During last week’s GDC, Bioware’s Alistair McNally walked around the show floor sporting a t-shirt with the name of the company’s new, as-yet-unnamed IP emblazoned on it. The catch? No one noticed or caught it. According to IGN, folks are now scrambling to find photos of McNally to uncover the mystery.
Phantasy Star Online 2: When Worlds Collide – FFXIV & PSO2 Cross Promotion Revealed
During a Phantasy Star Online 2 event in Tokyo this past weekend, it was announced that Final Fantasy XIV and Phantasy Star Online 2 will be exchanging a few assets for cross-promotion. FFXIV’s Odin will enter PSO2 this summer as well as Miqo’te outfits. At this point, it remains unrevealed what PSO2 items will appear in FFXIV but it’s a likely bet they will. According to Kotaku, this should be revealed soon.
General: Blizzard Loses a Writer, Original Diablo Game Pitch Revealed
A pair of interesting news items with regard to a pair Blizzard Entertainment’s most iconic stars surfaced over the weekend.
Camelot Unchained: CSE’s Sausage
A lot, “a lot” is roughly number of CSE updates we’ve seen over the last few of weeks (30 plus youtube videos alone). It’s almost like they planned for this or something (stirs his pot). After being in a lull (by their standards) for a few months it’s nice to see CSE firing in all cylinders. It would be impossible to cover everything, or even almost everything CSE has been showing us so I’ll have to go with…bullet points! How exciting!
General: Adventure Quest 3D – Breathing New Life Into an Old Favorite
The team at Artix is ready to launch Adventure Quest 3D which will bring in the third generation of the Adventure Quest game with updated graphics, all new design, and the same MMO gameplay that fans have adored for over a decade.
EVE Online: Chronicles of a New Eden – What I Expect From Fanfest
EVE Fanfest is now exactly a month away, and for those of you who might be unfamiliar, it’s one of the biggest weekends all year for EVE Online. Between Fanfest and EVE Vegas, which I covered extensively last year, both gatherings are a chance for CCP to shake hands with their players, talk to them about upcoming changes, announce new projects, and then get blindly drunk. It’s a pretty good time.
General: Tyranny – Taking the Side of Evil
In the realm of most RPGs you are the hero. You pick up a rusty sword to save your family in the small village and then go on to greater things. You battle the evil forces and return balance to the world for good. Well, that is all fun, but it has nothing to do with Tyranny. Building on the success of Pillars of Eternity the team at Obsidian is now ready to show their next RPG.
Black Desert Online: Why Do You Think BDO Has Been So Well Received?
Some friends and I were discussing Black Desert Online earlier this week and we eventually began to chat about the wider genre and how, seemingly, many people have grown tired of the typical formulae surrounding “theme parks”. My brother, who rarely plays MMO’s any longer, asked why I thought Black Desert Online had been so well received.
Guild Wars 2: It’s the Economy, Stupid
What can be done to address Guild Wars 2’s economic problems? Maybe not letting them get so bad in the first place.
Blade & Soul: Silverfrost Mountains – The Biggest Update Yet
These past few months Blade & Soul has kept up a very fast paced schedule of content. Their goal is to bring North America up to speed with the other regions of the world and get players on an equal timeline globally. To do this there have been some big updates that have come just after launch. The Rising Waters expansion as well as the release of the Warlock class continued this drive. Now we are hot on the heels of the Silverfrost Mountains update with lots more to come.