Gameforge has announced that the fourth card set for HEX: Shards of Fate has officially been launched. The new set brings in over three hundred cards, over a hundred new items, seven special sleeves, six new heroes, a new tournament and the “Empower” ability.
Blade & Soul: Shattered Empire Content Expansion Launches
NCSoft has announced that Blade & Soul has been updated with the latest content expansion. Called Shattered Empire, players can look forward to new group content in the form of two dungeons, Whirlwind Valley a new 6v6 PvP mode, a new Spring Bounty XP event alongside the usual bug fixes and feature enhancements.
General: Duelyst Officially Launches
Counterplay Games has announced that its collectible card game, Duelyst, has officially launched. Players can take part in several game modes including competitive modes that include ranked season play across five divisions; practice mode pitting players against AI; and draft mode called The Gauntlet.
Conan Exiles: Funcom Believes Exiles Has the Largest Financial Potential
The Funcom annual financial report has been released that reveals several interesting nuggets of information, most notably that the company is counting heavily on the potential earnings of Conan Exiles alongside the other three ‘live games’, The Secret World, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online, all said to be bringing in “solid revenues”.
Dark Souls 3: Current Game to be the Last According to Miyazaki
In a translated interview at NeoGaf.com, Dark Souls III director Miyazaki has indicated that the latest game is the last in the series with “no plans right now for any sequels, spin-offs or tie-ins”.
General: Fire Emblem & Animal Crossing IPs Ready for Mobile Release
Nintendo has confirmed that both Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing IPs will be arriving on mobile devices in late 2016. According to Nintendo, Fire Emblem will be ‘more accessible’ on mobile devices than on other other systems and will feature both RPG and strategy elements.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft: Old Gods Released – IP Gains 10M Players in Four Months
Blizzard has released some pretty astonishing numbers for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. According to the press release, Hearthstone’s playerbase increased by ten million players in the past quarter and now has surpassed fifty million registered accounts.
Albion Online: The Heretics Take a Starring Role in Latest Video
The Albion Online team is anxious to show off one of the game’s factions with today’s release of a new video that stars the Heretics.
Second Life: Art Imitating Life – Trump Supporters Invade Sanders Camp
It appears that Second Life players are taking this year’s US presidential election into their own hands. After learning that a Bernie Sanders headquarters had been set up, Trump-supporting demons invaded in one of several waves of griefing supporters of Sanders.
General: Cryptic Hiring Producers – What MMO is Next?
Cryptic Studios may be looking to its stable of MMOs with yesterday’s Gamasutra posting looking for producers for an as-yet unnamed project. Given Cryptic’s rich MMO development of games including Neverwinter, Champions Online and Star Trek Online, it seems to be a promising development.