General: Tactical Battle MMO, Affected Zone Tactics, Hits Open Beta

IDC Games has announced that its forthcoming tactical battle MMO, Affected Zone Tactics, is ready to begin open beta testing starting today. Interested players can download and install the client via Steam or through the game company’s own platform. Currently, AZT is available in English, Spanish and French with plans to add six more languages over time.

Camelot Unchained: Crunch Time Interview with Mark Jacobs

A “Crunch” is a time when studios hunker down, dig in their heels, block out all distractions and grind like its launch day in a new MMORPG! It’s an emotional rollercoaster of hard work and determination during which the outside world must simply be put on hold in the name of the game! Here to create a distraction and break through the bubble is MMORPG.com!

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 Excerpt – The Pillars of Creation

On March 15, 2016, Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Comics will publish World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 1. The book is a compendium of lore and background information. The Legion expansion swirls around many of WoW’s iconic moments including Illidan, Queen Azshara, the Pillars of Creation, the Old Gods, the Titans and many others. We will be sharing a few excerpts over the course of the week and that will have relevance when Legion launches later in 2016.

General: Knights of the Old Republic Apeiron: First In-Game Footage

Poem Studios announced last month that it was working on a reboot of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Its version is called Apeiron and will feature not only much of the original game, but new planets to explore, quests and more. The team has released the first in-game footage that shows off a work in progress for KOTOR as it looks using the Unreal 4 Engine.