One of the more pleasant surprises coming out of Microsoft’s E3 conference was the reveal of State of Decay 2. For those who fondly remember those days of Xbox Live Arcade, before DayZ, H1Z1, and the dozens of others beat that zombified horse, State of Decay was one of the more unique takes on post-apocalyptic survival. And now Undead Labs is returning to take that great concept and do it right. I caught up with the founder of Undead Labs, Jeff Strain, to talk more about State of Decay 2.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward: Microsoft Approaches Team About XBox One Version
According to a report at Polygon, Square Enix is considering an XBox One version of the game but has some concerns about Microsoft’s understanding of what it means to run an MMORPG. Naoki Yoshida confirmed that Microsoft approached the Final Fantasy XIV team about the possibility of creating an XBox One version but that the team felt it needed to have certain regulations waived before talks could progress further. At this time, the team is still waiting for Microsoft’s response.
Neverwinter: Celebrating Three Years in a Big Way
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment are inviting players to come celebrate the third anniversary of Neverwinter. Players will start off with the Protector’s Bounty to all who help merchant caravans reach the city in time for the celebration and free gifts will be offered each day between now and Thursday, June 23rd.
DarkFall: New Dawn: Stress Test Coming June 28th
Darkfall: New Dawn will be inviting players in to put the game through its paces on June 28th beginning at 5:00 am Pacific / 8:00 am Eastern. The notice was given in the final sentence of the most recent developer blog on the Darkfall: New Dawn site.
EVE Online: ‘Baby’ Citadel Bigger Than The Empire State Building
CCP Games has released an interesting video that compares the size of the smallest of the three citadels, EVE Online’s ‘cities in the sky’, to the Empire State Building. It’s an impressive look at an impressive ship. Check it out!
Overwatch: The Hero Shooter to Beat
Overwatch feels like a sort of natural evolution of the Team Fortress formula. Blizzard’s taken the basic idea of Team Fortress 2 and managed to modernize it with gameplay elements from the MOBA genre. It’s a hard locked six vs. six affair and there are way more characters (21, to be exact), but they’re ultimately pretty similar games with similar game modes.
General: Twitch Gets Real – Legal Action Filed Against Bot Makers
The Twitch blog has been updated with a significant post that reveals a new legal action filed by the company against seven of the most active viewbot services sellers. This is the third layer of protection the company is putting in place to stop broadcasters from overinflating view statistics, follower counts and chat activity on Twitch.
Marvel Heroes 2016: Dynamic Combat Level & You – A Player’s Primer
The Marvel Heroes 2016 forum has a brand new post to give players a forward look at a system that will be coming to the game soon. Called Dynamic Combat Level, the system essentially evens the playing ground between players of different character levels. In essence, a level 40 fighting enemies with a level 15 friend will take equivalent damage as if he or she was also a level 15. That doesn’t, of course, mitigate additional skills attained since level 15.
General: The RPG News of E3 2016
Another E3 has come and gone and with it another tidal wave of gaming news. This week in the RPG Files, we’re looking at all of the roleplaying news that’s fit to print. Read on to see just what this year’s biggest presser had for RPG fans!
World of Warcraft: Nuggets of Legion Info from Today’s Live Stream
Ion Hazzikostas was on hand with Community Manager Josh Allen during a live stream event to answer community-submitted questions about World of Warcraft: Legion. The answers revealed a few interesting nuggets of information about several different topics.