Necropolis is an upcoming Action RPG with roguelike trappings, akin to the ever-popular games Dark Souls and Bloodborne. But Necropolis approaches the genre with a bit more humor, a little more irreverence, and a lot more dynamically generated dungeon romping. Read on for our interview with Harebrained Schemes’ Co-Founder and Studio Manager, Mitch Gitelman.
Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade: Signed, Sealed & Delivered – Bandai-Namco Named as Publisher
Behaviour Interactive and Bandai-Namco have announced a partnership agreement to bring Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade to XBox One, PlayStation 4 and Steam for PC later in 2016.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Laundry List of Crafting Changes Detailed in New Dev Post
The Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with along, detailed post from Bioware’s Eric Musco. In it, Musco lays out all of the massive changes coming to crafting with the v4.1 update. The goal, Musco writes, is to make crafted gear an effective alternative to gear earned in Missions and Operations, including a new tier that will be the highest craftable gear in the game that does not require exotic materials to complete.
General: Multiplatform Livelock Top-Down Co-op Shooter Announced
Perfect World Entertainment has revealed more specific information about its next title, Livelock. Originally developed as a cooperative ARPG called World War Machine, Livelock is being released by PWE as a top-down cooperative shooter for PC, XBox One and PC. The release will take place in 2016 with all platforms to arrive simultaneously.
General: Smedley & Team Cancel Hero’s Song KickStarter
John Smedley and team have sent word that the KickStarter initiative to fund Hero’s Song has been cancelled. According to the KS update, the team realized that the trend in acquiring nearly $800,000 to complete Hero’s Song was too low and that the goal was not going to be met.
Cabal 2: Calamity of War Interview with Tyler Sullivan
Tomorrow marks the launch of Cabal 2’s latest update – Calamity of War. We had a chat with ESTsoft’s Tyler Sullivan about this latest content upgrade: the dungeons, new level cap increase, and brand new Nation War system. Read on for all the info.
Blade & Soul: Rising Waters Update Set to Flood Servers February 10th
The Rising Waters update to Blade & Soul is now announced as being ready for deployment on February 10th. The update will feature new end game content with three new max-level content adventures that will increase a player’s martial abilities. In addition, Bloodshade Harbor, a 4, 6 or 24 player dungeon will be released.
Trove: Block Jam 2016 Ready for Take Off
The Trove team is inviting players and fans to a party with today’s Block Jam 2016. The party is being thrown to celebrate the awesome Trove community. It kicks off on the Trion Twitch Channel at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern and will run for about six hours. Fans and players can get hold of great prizes, take part in PvP developer Battle Arena matches and check out the action with some of the games more prolific streamers.
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Risia Ice Games & Midwinter Festival Begin
Dungeons & Dragons Online players are invited to head into the game to take part in the Winter Games that features both the Risia Ice Games and the Midwinter Festival.
ELOA: Elite Lord of Alliance: ‘The Looters’ Content Expansion Released
Webzen has announced the release of the latest content expansion to ELOA. Called “The Looters”, players will be able to take on the Den of the Looters dungeon with bosses that will challenge skills and tactics. Doing so will yield level 50 unique weapons.