Earlier this week, Funcom’s Joel Bylos posted a brief note on the Conan Exiles Facebook page that let players know that, despite hopes of bringing the Early Access version of the Hyborian survival title to Steam in September, the team feels that it needs more time to flesh out its vision for the game world. As a result, Early Access will kick off in January 2017 instead.
Grim Dawn: Half a Million Plus Copies Sold
Just a very quick Saturday note to let you all know that the Crate Entertainment team has posted that Grim Dawn has sold over a half a million copies of the game. For one of the earlier crowd-funded titles that just hit final release earlier this year and that has added builder tools since that time, that’s a major feat!
World of Warcraft: Max Camera Distance Reduction Being Met with Resistance
World of Warcraft players are expressing displeasure at a new version of the Legion alpha that has removed the ability to move the camera back from a player’s location by using a known console command “/console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 4”. The majority of player, many of them raiders, have been active in the discussion saying that it hampers a raid leader’s ability to effectively direct other players, most keenly felt by those who are melee.
General: Side-Scrolling Cyberpunk RPG ‘Dex’ Releasing July 8th
Dreadlocks has partnered with BadLand to publish its cyberpunk 2D side-scrolling RPG “Dex” for both PlayStation and XBox One. The game will be released on July 8th for both platforms.
General: Mages – A First Person Party Reworking of Legendary Films
Napoleon Games has sent word that it has released its turn-based first-person RPG called Mages. The game seeks to capture and rework a pair of classic films, Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.
Shroud of the Avatar: Solstice Bridge Tutorial Area Reworked
In the latest Shroud of the Avatar letter, the dev team lays out an overhauled Solace Bridge found in the Path of Love tutorial area. The diary reveals that monsters in this particular section had been largely ignored and that the reworked version that will no longer happen. Feeling that combat is best learned through active participation with things attempting to kill players, the now twelve zombies will be doing their best to do so.
Black Desert Online: Hacking Shut Down? Eyewitnesses Think So
Thanks to our own HoldenHamlet for this find: It appears that CD hacks and skill spammer hacks have been shut down in an unreported piece of recent updates. Reddit user Ninjamonke wrote that it appears that the death of these hacks is legit from statements made in the BDO bot maker’s Discord channel from both staff and developers of the programs.
Lord of the Rings Online: Never Say Never – Next Raid Already in the Works
After three years, Lord of the Rings Online players had given up hope of ever getting another epic raid. But you know what they say, “Never say never.”
Black Desert Online: Rumor Squashed: Daniel Loehr On Paternity Leave, Not Fired
To anyone who might have heard a rumor that Black Desert Online Project Manager Daniel Loehr had been fired, please consider yourself disabused of the notion. We reached out to Daum EU’s Rick van Beem about the rumor and were told that Daniel is a proud new father currently on paternity leave for a couple of months. While Daniel is away, an associate project manager has been appointed to keep things shipshape.
General: System Shock Remastered – New Name & Kickstarter Next Week
Polygon is reporting that “System Shock Remastered” is going to be renamed simply “System Shock” when its KickStarter campaign begins on Tuesday, June 28th. According to Night Dive Studios CEO Stephen Kick, the “passion and resources” the development team is putting into the project raises it above a reboot or remaster and into something more.