The annual Lord of the Rings Online Summer Festival has arrived and it comes packed with new activities and items to score. Participating in events and quests can yield tokens that are used to purchase items such as this year’s newest thing, a flying kite.
ARK: Survival Evolved: PlayStation 4 Version Delayed to Prepare Full Version
Kayd Hendricks has posted on the PlayStation blog that the PlayStation 4 version of Ark: Survival Evolved is on hold in order to prepare the main game for final release. Hendricks indicates that the delay will enable an earlier release of Ark. There is no indication in the post about a future PS4 release window.
Final Fantasy XV: Carbuncle Surprise Promotion Nets Prizes for Players
Square Enix has unveiled a new promotion for Final Fantasy XV that could see players win an array of prizes including a car, a home entertainment system, action figures, wireless speakers, a custom XBox One console and much more. Pre-ordering the game enters players into Carbuncle Surprise where players log in every Friday for a chance to win one of the prizes.
World of Warcraft: Are You Prepared? Your Legion To Do List
With this week’s major update to World of Warcraft in preparation for the Legion expansion coming on August 30th, a lot of new systems went into place. Every player class and specialization received an update in both skills and talents. The bottom line is that if people think they’re going to breeze in on Legion launch day without attending to several things, it’s more than slightly likely that somewhere, somehow they will hear “YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!”
Winning Putt: Not Exactly Par for the Course
Bandai Namco and Webzen are out to capture an often overlooked segment of the gaming community, namely sports fans of the more cerebral type who enjoy a round of golf – only this time, of the virtual sort. Winning Putt is hardly the only golf game on the market, but it is a title that not only appeals to sports fans, but it also brings some interesting mechanics to the genre in its MMO and RPG features, though at a cost, and a high one too.
World of Warcraft: First Harbingers Video Profiles the Formidable Gul’Dan
The first in a series of videos to profile some of the most notable World of Warcraft legends has arrived. The first of the Harbingers movies reveals the backstory of Gul’Dan, one of the most notorious of the game’s villains. Cast out from his clan, rejected by the elements, Gul’Dan wrested power from the world. It is a beautifully made video that lore hounds will love and fans of WoW will appreciate.
Trove: Making the Move to PS4
Trion’s voxel MMO Trove has been a huge success on the PC. Now the team is working on the port to consoles and giving players an even bigger world to enjoy. We sat down with Andrew Krausnick to go over what it is like to transfer an MMO to the PS4. Andrew also gave us some insight on the game’s upcoming content, so jump in and read as we continue our Trove coverage with their big move!
General: Be Honest, You Don?t Finish Your Games
For the last couple of years, I’ve been fascinated at how few players actually complete their games. It all started when I read this IGN write-up of a GDC talk where the narrative and design leads from Microsoft and Riot revealed that, at most, half of the games they examined were finished.
Chronicles of Elyria: The Store and the War
This is a hard one. This week I’m going to talk about the pink and purple polka dotted elephant in the room that is the Chronicles of Elyria (COE) storefront. If you read the latest COE update from Soulbound Studios owner/leader Jeromy Walsh then you might be thinking “I thought the Elephant in the room was the website”. I think the elephant is the storefront and I’ll explain why but before I get into that I want to explain something else.
TERA: New Event, ‘TERA Mongo’, Ongoing Through July 31st
TERA players are invited to head into the game to take part in a new event called TERA Mongo. The idea is for players to hunt down and kill Mongos, monsters that can appear in strange places. Finding and killing these creatures can yield enchanting materials and cosmetic items. Uncommon and rare Mongos can also drop a mount.