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A lot of our readers may not know it, but Gearbox and 2K’s Battleborn are poised to bring a much-needed sense of co-op PVE to the land of competitive online shooters when the game launches in February. We reached out to Creative Director Randy Varnell to ask about Battleborn’s more RPG and PVE sensibilities, and we think you’ll like his answers…
Soon – and not even Soon(TM), but actual SOON – we’ll be barreling through the Maguuma Jungle, battling Mordremoth’s minions at every turn. We’ll explore every nook and cranny of the elder dragon’s domain, uncover great secrets, and, most likely, experience great triumph at the culmination of our campaign.
Conquer Online has expanded yet again with the successful launch of the Kingdom War content upgrade. After launching on October 15th, players have been working to grab the last Talisman, "Tempest Wings". In addition, server wars are raging with one invading another’s cities and by launching military campaigns to plunder gold bricks.
Techland has announced that The Following expansion to Dying Light will launch during the first quarter of 2016. Players will be able to upgrade and customize a cool new in-game all-terrain dirt buggy. To show off the buggy in game and to reveal some of the design philosophy behind it, Techland released a terrific video you can watch below.
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has arrived that is packed to the rafters with a video showcase of the game’s music system seen in the video below, a pair of zone profiles and an invitation to check out the Gallery of Wonderful Horrors.
The EVE Online community site has revealed the participants in the Amarr Championship. According to the site, the teams are being assembled for each of the six Imperial Royal Families, each of which will be contending for the Amarr Championship.
One of the two teams hoping to secure licensing from Aventurine in order to bring back the original Darkfall Online, Big Picture Games, has laid out the first details about how funding the project will happen as well as alpha and beta plans.
Folks looking to get into the EU-NA version of Black Desert Online will want to check out Daum’s Reddit stream for a listing of sites that will be giving out alpha keys in the near future. At the moment all BDO’s social sites will be giving out keys as well as several BDO fan sites. Others will be added as the date for alpha testing nears.
The Camelot Unchained site has been updated with some fantastic information about the latest class to be revealed, the Heavy Fighters. Heavy Fighters come in three forms, each with its own set of unique abilities: Fianna, Black Knight and Mjolnir.
Skyforge players have announced a sneak attack by the Gorgonides — a technologically advanced race. Taking the fight to the Gorgonides can yield some impressive rewards for players. It seems that the Reapers were set to invade but there were some issues that resulted in the Gorgonides arriving on Aelion instead!