As is customary with this column, most of my topics come about from talking to friends. This week’s is no exception and as a small group of us chatted about classes in MMO’s, most of us agreed that they were often restrictive and unnecessary. I suspect that such a view isn’t as popular amongst the majority as it is my group of friends, but it certainly started a lengthy debate.
Guild Wars 2: Ready Up
ArenaNet’s communications policy is terrible and needs to change while there’s still someone to communicate with.
General: Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Seeking Testers
The Battlegrounds site has been updated with a post that announces that interested parties are invited to sign up for testing. Battlegrounds is being developed by Playerunknown and Bluehole and is based on the Battle Royale game mode from H1Z1 and Arma 3.
Battleborn: Active Player Numbers Have Dropped Drastically On Steam
Battleborn continues to struggle to find its audience as evidenced by the most recent Steam Chart that shows the average number of players each day hovering around 750. This number represents a 23% drop from the prior month’s statistics.
General: System Shock: Initial Funding Goal Achieved
Nightdive Studios has announced that the initial fundraising goal of $900k via Kickstarter has been achieved to remake System Shock. The announcement was made via Nightdive’s Twitter and the System Shock Kickstarter’s page. With 18 days yet to go, it is likely that several stretch goals will be funded before the initiative ends.
Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade: PvE Mode Coming To Early Access Next Week
Behaviour Interactive announced via its weekly livestream last Friday that a PvE dungeon with Tyranids will be coming to the Early Access version of the game next week. At this point, the dungeon doesn’t have hardcore mode, elements of random generation or harder enemies, but it all will come at some point in the future.
Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade: PvE Mode Coming To Early Access Next Week
Behaviour Interactive announced via its weekly livestream last Friday that a PvE dungeon with Tyranids will be coming to the Early Access version of the game next week. At this point, the dungeon doesn’t have hardcore mode, elements of random generation or harder enemies, but it all will come at some point in the future.
Diablo 3: Season 6 Ends July 22nd, Season 7 Begins August 5th
Blizzard has posted notification on the official site that Diablo 3’s Season 6 will be ending on July 22nd in all regions. After a two week break, Season 7 will begin on August 5th.
Diablo 3: Season 6 Ends July 22nd, Season 7 Begins August 5th
Blizzard has posted notification on the official site that Diablo 3’s Season 6 will be ending on July 22nd in all regions. After a two week break, Season 7 will begin on August 5th.
General: The Social Beauty of Pokemon Go
Like so many of you, we’ve been playing Pok�mon Go a lot since it launched this week. And we’ve noticed something pretty amazing happening around the game… it’s got millions people playing together, in real life, as strangers. Pok�mon Go has essentially become the world’s biggest MMO in a matter of days.