We’ve all seen the glut of games that are begging for your money in the guise of early access but where did they come from? Rob tries to tackle that topic this week.
PlanetSide 2: New Mineral Allows for Almost Instant Building Gratification
PlanetSide 2 has released a new update that brings construction into the game, so don your hardhats and start looking for a new mineral called “Cortium”. Special harvesters called “ANTs” (Advanced Nanite Transports) are deployed to collect and refine the ore for use.
General: Expedition: Vikings – Firmly Grounded in Historical Accuracy
Last weekend at PAX East I got the chance to demo Expedition: Vikings, the follow-up to Logic Artists Expedition: Conquistadors. Set in approximately 700 AD, you play the Chieftain of a small Viking village, in search of glory and wealth to improve and expand your village and your standing in the Viking world. You recruit raiding party members from within the population of your village, and then you lead them out into the world in search of adventure.
General: Pyre – An Intriguing, Beautiful, Mishmash of Genres
Pyre is an intriguing, beautiful, and weird mix of a RPG with a mini-game filling in for what normally would be fighting in most other games. The PAX East demo was only about 20 minutes long, but it packed a ton of different aspects of the game into those few minutes.
ArcheAge: v2.9 Ascension to be Released on May 31st
Merv “Khrolan” Lee Kwai has penned the latest Letter from the Producer on the ArcheAge site. In it, he quickly runs down the game’s most significant updates and improvements over the past month and then gives players a look ahead at the future.
Black Desert Online: God-Mode Hack Possible, Daum and Pearl Abyss Reacting
Reports are coming in that nefarious players are using different ways to hack cooldowns and make them non-existent, and to hack Health and Mana in Black Desert in order to make themselves invulnerable. We’ve reached out to Daum Games, and received the following response…
General: VReal Seeks to Bring a Twitch Experience to VR
UploadVR.com has an interesting preview for a new program on the way to virtual reality fans everywhere. Called VReal, the platform seeks to bring a ‘Twitch-like’ experience to virtual reality games. In essence, it brings players into the experience of the player they’re watching.
General: The Culling – Battles that Play Out Like The Hunger Games
Survival games remain very popular among MMO players these days. Especially if you were into hardcore PvP back in the old days. Each one coming up offers some twists and turns on an already solid premise. Of all these The Culling really caught our eye at PAX East. The battles play out like Battle Royale or Hunger Games in most respects, which makes this game a lot of fun to play and even fun to watch.
SMITE: Tomorrow’s Live Stream Event Aids Player in Cancer Battle
Hi-Rez has sent word that tomorrow marks the beginning of the Spring Fling Charity event from the company’s Georgia studios. All proceeds gained will be used to assist SMITE player David “Allied” Hance in his fight against cancer. The event will take place in the SMITE Twitch.tv channel beginning at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern tomorrow.
Atlas Reactor: New Map, Season Chapter 2 Arrive in Beta
Atlas Reactor beta testers are being invited to check out the latest update to Atlas Reactor. The latest content includes a new map called Evolution Solutions and the latest Season Chapter 2.