The Camelot Unchained team has big news for fans and backers with a special live stream event to be held on Tuesday, December 22nd where crafting will finally be revealed along with a look at live extended alpha gameplay. The event will be held in the Camelot Unchained Twitch.tv channel at ~12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern.
The Division: Hands-On Testimonials from Community Members
During a recent play-test event for Tom Clancy’s The Division, community members were invited to the Ubisoft studios to get a hands-on look at the highly anticipated title. Testers were given the opportunity to tell of their experiences in the game. See what they had to say.
Star Citizen: New Trailer Introduces Procedurally Generated Planet Systems
Roberts Space Industry has sent out a brand new holiday gift for fans in the form of a Star Citizen trailer showing procedurally generated planet systems. It’s a gorgeous video shot 100% in-engine with some pretty cool explanations of what is being shown. Check it out and leave us your thoughts in the comments.
World of Tanks: Blitz Launches on Windows 10, Allows Cross-Platform Play
Wargaming has announced the launch of World of Tanks: Blitz for Windows 10. With a single-server technology, players on iOS, Android and Windows 10 can now face off against one another in a battle for dominance.
World of Warcraft: Legion PvP Previewed – Shake Up in the Status Quo Incoming
The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a lengthy article giving an initial preview of the massive changes coming to PvP with the launch of the Legion expansion in late 2016.
MechWarrior Online: Piranha’s Russ Bullock on the Biggest Update Yet
But as someone who never really took the time to pay much attention to Mechwarrior Online and the much larger Battletech universe, the highlight of my evening was sitting down and talking with Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games. If one person would be able to convince me that Mechwarrior Online was a game worth playing, surely this man would be the one.
ELOA: Elite Lord of Alliance: Elite in Name Only
With the small handful of ARPGMMOs that are beginning to be published for Western audiences you may be tempted to give this game a try. Don’t.
Guild Wars 2: Designing the Soundscape of Heart of Thorns
Now several months beyond the launch of Heart of Thorns, the Guild Wars 2 team is shining a light on one of the more underappreciated arts of game development – sound design. To that end, we caught up with Jerry Schroeder and Drew Cady (Sound Designers each) to talk about the behind the scenes work of bringing the Maguuma Jungle and its denizens to life.
Xsyon: Prelude: Rethinking Subscriptions to Become B2P
The Xsyon site has been updated with a new developer blog that says the game is going buy to play rather than continuing to be a subscription-based game. According to the post, many Steam players balked at having to pay a subscription for an early access game, hence the change to B2P in order to retain potential players.
Overwatch: Latest Developer Update Focused on Progression
The latest Overwatch video developer update has been posted by Blizzard. In this episode, Game Director Jeff Kaplan takes about ten minutes to discuss what is coming up after the holiday hiatus. Kaplan tackles the subject of progression, how previously implemented progression reward systems have failed and how the team is planning to try again with the restart of the Overwatch beta in January.