Allods Online players around the world are working furiously today to score 1,000 Global points to earn a bevy of interesting rewards for their participation. Called the Task Force event, players are charged with completing a variety of tasks to score both personal and global points for their servers.
EverQuest II: Two New All-Access Servers Set to Open
The EverQuest II team has announced that a pair of “special” servers will be opening up on Tuesday, June 28th and Tuesday, July 12th.
General: Tracking the Road to Release with New Visual Calendar
Open Critic has debuted the first iteration of a visual calendar that tracks the most major game releases across various platforms throughout the balance of 2016. Each game’s release date shows on the day it arrives along with its box art. In addition, major games conventions are marked to give easy reference for fans looking for announcements about their favorite titles.
Battleborn: Play with the Devs & Double XP This Weekend
A special Battleborn weekend is ready to roll starting today, Friday, June 24th with a double XP event that will last through Monday, June 27th. Players can enjoy earning 2x experience and can keep an eye on Battleborn social media for a chance to score two hero skins — Oscar Mike’s Tango Tango skin and Rath’s A Dark Night skin.
General: School of Dragons Expands with Return to Dragon Island
Kid-centric MMO School of Dragons has a new expansion for players to explore. Called “Return to Dragon Island”, new content includes new dragons and content based on the Netflix original series Dreamworks Dragons: Race to the Edge.
Blade & Soul: Costume Design Contest 2016 Begins
Blade & Soul players with a creative bent will want to check out all of the details about this year’s Costume Design Contest. One outfit will be chosen to have their design included as an in-game costume. There are a number of requirements that need to be met in order to enter the contest, so be sure to swing by the Blade & Soul site to learn more.
General: Game On #85 – E3 2016 in RPGs and MMOs
Welcome back to Game On! This week, Chris, Ryan, and Braxwolf break down all the biggest news of video games’ biggest week: E3! Over the hour, they go over all of the conferences, talk about their favorite games and reveals, and decide who the big winners of the show actually were. You won’t want to miss it!
Livelock: Interview with Kevin Neibert, Lead Game Designer
Livelock is an upcoming top-down shooter-slash-online Action RPG from Tuque Games and Perfect World Entertainment. It’ll be on PC, XB1 and PS4, and it launches on August 2nd. We managed to catch up with Livelock’s lead designer Kevin Neibert to chat about the game, its reception since debuting at PAX, and what players can expect when it launches in just over a month.
War Thunder: First Player-Created Skin Added to the Game via RevShare
Gaijin Entertainment recently released the War Thunder Content Development Kit for the community to utilize in the creation of new textures for pre-existing vehicles in the game. To date, more than a dozen skins have been submitted to the War Thunder Live, the content sharing platform, for assessment by the development team for possible inclusion in the game.
Necropolis: Collector’s Edition Now Available for Pre-Order
Bandai Namco, Harebrained Schemes and Battletech PC have announced a new partnership agreement with iam8bit to bring a physical Collector’s Edition of Necropolis to gamers everywhere. The CE is available for pre-order for $50 via the iam8bit shop. The CE comes as a vinyl soundtrack that also includes a game code.