The latest ‘deep dive’ article has appeared on the Elder Scrolls Online site that gives players some new information about overall improvements coming to Cyrodil when the Thieves Guild DLC goes live. Most notably, performance improvements, optimizations to ability cost checks, armor bonuses and how abilities work with the Champion System will be included.
Vampyr: First Screens Show a Dark, Foreboding World
Dontnod Studios has sent out the first four screens from it upcoming RPG in development, Vampyr. The game takes place during a pandemic of the Spanish flu and the screens show off the dark foreboding world that players will inhabit.
Black Desert Online: A Beginner?s Build Guide to the Ranger
In just a couple more days, the gates to Black Desert Online will be open to all, not just pre-order head start buyers. There are loads of systems in BDO that need explaining, but one that often goes overlooked is the skill system and what skills each class should focus on when just starting out. Today, we’re bringing you a quick beginner’s guide for all the Ranger players out there who want to know the best way to fill enemies full of arrows.
Black Desert Online: Freshly Launched MMO has a Couple Issues. News at 11
The Black Desert Online team has posted a short note regarding issues with one of the North American servers. A limited number of players on who had created characters on Serendia had been incorrectly placed in the wrong channels causing issues with claiming preorder items. As a result, players can either leave their character on Serendia or they can create a character on a new server. The team is working to ensure that the issue is cleared up and that all items can be claimed.
Blade & Soul: Bots Gone Wild
It has been nearly two months since NCSoft released an EU/NA version of Wuxia MMORPG Blade and Soul. As time has gone on, players are moving to level cap, working on increasing the power of their weapons and are engaging heavily in arena and world PvP. As mentioned previously, NCSoft’s long-term plan for BnS is arena-based PvP tournaments that are already quite successful in the South Korean market.
Black Desert Online: Review in Progress Part One
Black Desert Online is refreshing. While there’ve definitely been bumps along the way, the game is finally hitting western shores with the head start for pre-orders currently ongoing. We’ve been playing since last week, after dabbling in the beta tests, and are finding the non-conformist way the game unfolds before you to be a very nice change of pace from the usual MMORPG fare.
WildStar: The Arcterra Assessment
Destination: Arcterra hits WildStar’s test realm, bringing a new zone, new story, and shiny new rewards. We tooled up columnist Gareth Harmer with a scarf and gloves, before sending him on a trip to this wintery wasteland.
General: The Return of the Early MMO
Gaming can go full circle with trends and concepts. Back in 1997 Ultima Online created a concept that allowed large groups of players into a digital sandbox to grow a fantasy world together. EverQuest picked up the ball and ran with it scoring a huge touchdown by taking the game from an isometric view into a third person view.
General: Slashy Souls: Dark Souls Inspired Mobile Spin-Off
Bandai Namco in partnership with Gamestop is releasing a new mobile RPG called Slashy Souls that is based on Dark Souls series.
ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds: Latin American Version To Begin OBT On March 8
Axeso5 has sent word that the open beta test for the Latin American and Brazil version of ASTA will kick off on March 8th. This version of the game will be localized in both Spanish and Portuguese.