Tibia: First-Ever Level 999 Player to Claim History-Making Find

In Tibia, there is a mysterious door that until now has remained unopened. Called the Gate of Expertise for Level 999, no one player has attained such a lofty height….until now, or more accurately, sometime in the very, very near future. Tibia player ‘Kharsek’ has achieved level 998 and will soon be eligible to turn the knob on the door that was added as a “joke” over a decade ago.

Escape from Tarkov: Technical Alpha Testing Detailed

Battlestate Games has released the first information about the upcoming Technical Alpha Test. During TAT, players will be assisting the team to identify potential issues that might affect early access as well as testing load distribution. The pool of players will begin small but will increase over time. Several pre-order packages include automatic inclusion, with others offering a percent chance of being selected.

General: Amazon’s A-List Grows with Former EA Creative Director

Amazon Game Studios is attracting some of the biggest names in gaming and it continues to grow with today’s announcement that former EA Creative Director Rich Hilleman has joined other luminaries including more than a few from ArenaNet. As yet there is no word on what the developers are working on but we’re hopeful that information will be released soon.

General: Can You Be Lonely In An MMO?

For the first time in a long time, I find myself without a guild in not one, but two MMOs. I left my last in Guild Wars 2 before taking a break from the game, and left my curent in Black Desert Online simply because no one wanted to talk. The majority of my time in any MMO has always seen me accompanied by long-standing friends and we’ve tended to gravitate towards the next big thing as a group.