This weekend Ubisoft opened up the PC beta for the Division. Read on to find out why Rob is excited about what the Division represents and what he thinks of the game’s potential.
General: 5 Reasons We Love the Rise Survival Games
The evolution of the “massive online game” has been an interesting one to track over the last decade plus, never more so than in the last few years as traditional MMORPGs became bogged down in the theme park mentality and seemed unable to get out from under the looming shadow of World of Warcraft. We have witnessed the rise of the MOBA, the MMOFPS, the MMORTS and more.
DC Universe Online: Love Conquers All Event Arrives
With the dawn of February comes the many Valentine’s Day game celebrations. First off the bat is DC Universe Online and Love Conquers All. The event brings new feats, quests, events, base items, style rewards and auras to players choosing to participate.
World of Warcraft: With Legion’s Launch Seven Months Out, Will Blizzard Make It?
With the World of Warcraft: Legion alpha back in service, we had the chance to hit the ground running in the newest build. Three areas are open and we took a trip through two of them: Highmountain and Stormheim with Suramar yet to go. Taking into account Blizzard’s projected release of “summer 2016” which can mean any day up to September 21st, and with the alpha in its current state, one has to wonder, “Will Blizzard make it?”
WildStar: Heading to Steam… and Arcterra!
Yes, WildStar is coming to Steam in the first half of 2016…but wait there is more! Okay, now that we have the Steam thing out of the way, what the heck is going on with WildStar?
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Latest Livestream Features A Look At Chapter 10
Bioware was on hand late last week for a livestream event to discuss some of the particulars coming in Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire chapter 10 update coming early February. Dulfy.net has a great recap of the story elements discussed and a Q&A covering a number of topics.
General: Duelyst Announces Ranked Season Card Rewards
The Duelyst team has revealed the season rewards for players based on their rank. Players compete on the ladder and work their way to four separate ranks: Silver, Gold, Diamond or S-Rank.
General: Kaidan: Asymmetric Horror RPG Announced
Independent developer, Mentanoia Games, has announced that it will be pursuing a Kickstarter campaign towards the end of February 2016 to fund the continued development of Kaidan, an asymmetric horror RPG. The multiplatform title will feature VR support and small group gameplay.
The Repopulation: Port To Unreal Engine, New Survival Title Announced
After earlier issues with the alpha servers in December 2015, The Repopulation has been offline since. A new post has been written on the official site with some very good news for players and fans of the game. The Repopulation is moving to the Unreal engine which will require rewriting the base code from scratch hence a significant delay in the release of the game. However, backers and players will gain access to Fragmented, a survival title based in the same game universe as The Repopulation.
General: Conan Exiles: New Information Revealed
Funcom’s Joel Bylos sat down with IGN to discuss more about this week’s reveal of Conan Exiles, a survival game based on the world of Hyboria. Among other things it was revealed that the game world will feature a 53 square kilometer map that is more than twice the size of Skyrim’s main map.