Trion Worlds is giving Trove players a heads up that inactive names will be reset on March 7, 2016. Finally IRL33T might be available at long last!
Guild Wars 2: Salvation Pass Raid Wing to Arrive March 8th
Guild Wars 2 players will be happy to hear that Salvation Pass, the second raid wing, will headed into game on March 8th. The mention was made on this week’s Guild Chat.
The Division: No Microtransactions & No P2W
Ubisoft’s Natchai Stappers has gone on record via Twitter as saying that The Division will neither have microtransactions nor become a pay-to-win title.
Tree of Savior: Announcing the Announcement About Open Beta
The Tree of Savior site has been updated with a post that tells fans that the open beta is incoming and that the team will be making another announcement soon with more details.
Survarium: Game Updated with New UI, Weapon Mods Added & More
The Survarium team has sent word that the game has undergone a significant update recently that bring a number of requested and overhauled features online.
Black Desert Online: Head Start / Launch Client Ready for Download
With the Black Desert Online head start program ready to kick off this weekend, and with launch coming early next week, Daum has announced that the game client is ready for download.
General: Pokemon Sun & Moon Announced for Holiday 2016
Fans of Pokemon will want to take notice of the next generation of games based on the wildly popular IP. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon will be ready for 3DS gamers everywhere during Holiday 2016. The games will support nine languages and owners of previous titles will be able to transfer their Pokemon to the new games.
General: Lovecraftians Rejoice! Call of Cthulhu Coming in 2017
Fans of Lovecraft will be happy to hear that Call of Cthulhu will be heading to PCs and consoles everywhere in 2017. The game is the official game adaptation of Chaosiums tabletop RPG, Call of Cthulhu. CoC is being developed by Cyanide Studios and will feature “RPG-investigation with psychological horror and steal mechanics in an immersive world”.
General: Mapping Player Motivations on Four Game Quadrants
Quantic Foundry has an interesting survey for those who might like to assess their personal gamer motivation profile as well as compare themselves to the over 220k gamers who’ve already taken part in the survey. A five minute questionnaire will yield a profile based on four quadrants: Deep Story, Action-Packed Narrative, Immersive Challenge and Open Mayhem.
Das Tal: Spring Alpha to Last 30 Days & Other Testing Opportunities
The Das Tal team has published an extensive newsletter about the changes the team has implemented over the past month and that will be incoming through March. In addition, players will have at least a couple of opportunities to try out various systems with the March 15th US Clan Pre Alpha 2 Playtest with invites to PvP guilds already sent. Lastly, Spring Alpha will get underway “soon” with more to be revealed at a later date.