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For savvy World of Warcraft players and Final Fantasy fans, the Aerith character has been living in Dalaran for quite some time. In the latest alpha build for Legion, however, she is now joined by none other than Cloud, yet another in Blizzard’s many nods to the wider gaming culture.
Bandai-Namco has officially revealed the release date for Dark Souls III. The game will be released in both North and South America on April 12, 2016 for PlayStation 4, XBox One and PC via Steam. Fans can grab a Collector’s Edition for $129.99 with all sorts of goodies included or a "Day One" Edition for $59.99.
A lot of online games have been launched over the past two years that follow a very specific format. Sandboxes are the best way to describe them. However games like: ARK, Life is Feudal, RUST, DayZ, H1Z1, and Reign of Kings all seem to follow a very similar format. You begin with nothing, hope to survive long enough to build up something, and then adventure out a great risk to lose what you have built. It really seems like a fun format… but only for a little bit.
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The Gloria Victis team has sent word that a pair of patches over the course of the last week have solved several critical issues in the game. Players can look forward to a reduction in CPU usage, an improved and simplified combat system and the resolution of issues surrounding log-in, saving inventory in the database and crafting/building problems as well.
The Albion Online team is beginning a new series of articles to shine the spotlight on the dynamic nature of the game community by profiling players, guilds, interesting stories and political machinations. In the inaugural piece, the guild Vendetta receives the star treatment.
Earlier this week, a tragic shooting event took place at a hospital in San Bernardino, California. According to members of the EVE Online community, long-time player Robert "Photon Torpedo" Adams was among the victims. Many memorial posts have been made on both Reddit and Facebook and a special GoFundMe account has been set up to assist his widow and baby girl.
It’s been an impressive year for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt proven during last night’s Game Awards. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt scored big by taking home the Game of the Year prize for 2015 as well as winning The Best Roleplaying Game for the year. In addition, CD Projekt Read garnered the Developer of the Year trophy.
If you didn’t spend a fortune last weekend or on Cyber Monday and still have a few bucks left in your virtual wallet, well, there are still some great finds out there. Gamers looking for some last minute deals will find that even though Amazon’s busiest day has past us, there are some leftovers in the fridge from Thanksgiving.
I may have missed the boat on Divinity: Original Sin’s vanilla release, but with Larian Studios’ relaunch of the game in October, I was determined not to make the same mistake twice. I’ve been blundering through the Enhanced Edition’s wonderfully expansive content for fourteen hours or so, and have yet to scratch the surface of its open-ended gameplay and story.
The Lineage II Classic EU server prepares for launch, the development team is beginning to consider how to name this throwback to an earlier time. Players have from now through December 8th to determine the theme for the server name followed by picking a name that supports that theme at a later date.