In 2010, Blizzard’s Dustin Browder recalls what it was like to finish StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The team was exhausted, but happy with their work. Little did they know that they’d need to bring something to BlizzCon that year to represent the StarCraft franchise. They settled on showing off the map editor and its many tools, the power of what sort of mods players could create.
General: Mobile RPGs Have Major Problems
In the days leading up to this week’s RPG Files, mobile dominated the news cycle. This week saw the rollout of Pokemon Go, Snail Games Kingdom Warriors, Soul Ark getting down with its turn-based self, and, most unexpectedly, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast. It has Chris wondering, maybe it’s time he start caring about mobile RPGs!
Chronicles of Elyria: MUDdy Waters
Chronicles of Elyria has never been a typical MMORPG but after reading the last two updates it appears that even the development will be exceptional with The Awakening, Kingdoms of Elryia, ElyriaMUD and the Exposition! Wondering if those ideas are exceptionally great or exceptionally terrifying? So am I but before we get into them lets get some things straight.
Gigantic: More Stress Testing Planned for This Weekend
Motiga and Perfect World Entertainment have sent out word to all of last weekend’s stress testers that another round is scheduled for Saturday, July 9th from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern. XBox One, Windows 10 and Arc players who took part are invited back in to test out some of the changes and tweaks made by the Gigantic team since the last test.
City of Titans: Latest Update Features New Video & Comic
Missing Worlds Media has posted a long update to bring backers up to speed on what the City of Titans team has been up to in the last several weeks. Included in the update are a pair of videos, one from 2014 and one from 2016, showing the progress made over the course of two years.
Lord of the Rings Online: RUMOR: Layoffs Hit Turbine
Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Online developer Turbine Studios is rumored to have undergone a round of layoffs. The information was posted to the personal Facebook account of former LOTRO Community Manager Rick Heaton. We have reached out to Turbine to confirm or deny the rumors and will report back when we know more.
World of Warcraft: Legion Comic #2 Arrives – Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar
The second in a series of digital comic leading up to the World of Warcraft: Legion expansion is now available for download or to read online. Called Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar, the story centers around Gul’Dan’s ultimatum to the Nightborne to give up control of the Nightwell or lose it to the Burning Legion.
Black Desert Online: Servers Under DDoS Attack Again
Black Desert Online is under DDoS attack for the second time in about as many weeks. The team has acknowledged the attack and is working to resolve the issue. The report came nearly a full day ago, but as recently as a half hour ago, the problem still existed.
TERA: Aces Wild Update Goes Live
TERA players will want to check in now that the Aces Wild update has been deployed to all TERA servers. The update brings a number of feature enhancements, bug fixes and quality of life improvements to the game including class balance changes, more flight zones for flying mounts, dedicated storage of players’ cosmetic items and more.
Necropolis: Death Jam Live Stream Event to Feature Twitch Celebs
Harebrained Schemes and Bandai Namco have partnered with Twitch partner Hyper Rabbit Power Go to bring a special Necropolis live stream event to the world on Saturday, July 9th from 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:00 am Eastern. Called Necropolis Co-Op Death Jam, the event will feature several Twitch and YouTube ‘stars’ including ManVsGame, Jessica Marzipan, Margaret Krohn, Team Main Menu and others.