The first major news for North America’s and Europe’s version of Black Desert Online has arrived and it’s got some big ticket items of interest to the community.
Escape from Tarkov: Alpha Planned for February, Beta in Q1 2016
The Escape from Tarkov Facebook page has been updated with the third in a series of developer questions and answers. Of particular interest in the Q&A is the news that alpha is scheduled to start in February, with beta to kick off sometime later in Q1 2016.
The Division: Devs Promise Single Players Have a Place Too
The Division is shaping up to be a fine multiplayer experience based on recent videos and information released by Ubisoft. From the beginning of its development, however, players have been told that a robust single player campaign as well. In a new interview at Venture Beat, editors spoke with Magnus Jensen, creative director on The Division, to find out how that will happen.
Albion Online: Second Major Update, Brutus, Detailed
Albion Online will be updated later in January with the second major patch, this one called “Brutus”. Quality of life additions will be forthcoming, among them the ‘repair all’ option. In addition, the first iteration of the UI overhaul will be released as well as an “undead theme” found in a pair of new dungeons.
Star Citizen: Alpha v2.1 Arrives
The Star Citizen site has been updated with a look at the latest version of the alpha. The latest alpha client features new ships, a few put on sale in celebration of v2.1, a new weapon and a more streamlined bug reporting system.
TERA: Better Communication on the Docket for Improvement
TERA’s Senior Producer Matthew Denomme has taken to the official forums to apologize for strident community reaction to the latest producer’s letter that informed players that the next content update was being delayed until March, a significant gap between December’s Brawler update and the next release.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Eternal Championship Solo Challenges Introduced
The January Star Wars: The Old Republic Producer Live Stream took place on Thursday and the community team has posted a nice wrap report that includes some interesting nuggets of information including the Eternal Championship, a solo challenge of ten encounters that counts towards weekly missions reward progress, can include rare drops and a Recruitment Mission for a new companion named Bowdaar.
TERA: Six Streamer Guilds to Take Part in The Big Brawl Today
TERA has invited six well-known streamers to take part in a special live stream event called The Big Brawl today, Friday, January 15th at 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern. Jaynee, Foxdrop, Brofresco, Jessecox, Crendor and Turps have each formed a guild and will be meeting head to head on one of TERA’s mega battlefields to duke it out for supremacy.
Bless: KR Open Beta to Kick Off on January 27th
Despite a rocky start to the testing stage of development, it appears that all is going well and Bless Online is slated to begin the open beta in Korea on January 27th. According to Steparu, players interested in trying out Bless Online can download the client and customize characters prior to the start of the beta.
The Division: XBox One Beta Coming January 28, PS4 / PC on January 29th
The beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division is finally ready to roll. XBox One testers will get a day’s head start with the beta event starting on January 28th. PlayStation 4 and PC users will get in on the action beginning January 29th. The beta will end on January 31st.