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Fans of Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic will be happy to hear that Drew Karpyshyn has returned to the fold after finishing his trilogy of novels. According to his blog, Karpyshyn will be working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, a clear sign that Bioware is committed to storytelling with the Knights of the Fallen Empire.
Some time ago, I wrote a piece about whether Heroes of the Storm could achieve the same casual success as Hearthstone, comparing Blizzard’s two new entries to the MOBA and online TCG genres, respectively. It’s difficult to determine just yet how financially profitable is HotS after its official release in June, but it anecdotally seems to have engendered a great amount of critical and community acclaim.
As the loud drum beat of hopeful anticipation echoes from the West, Capcom took to the stage at the Tokyo Game Show with a pair of videos to showcase the v1.1 update and the new class coming with it, the Element Archer, a healer as well as a ranged dynamo. Check them out and leave us your impressions in the comments.
The Revival forum has been updated with the latest Stage 1 offline client. The team is excited as this build marks another stepping stone on the march to the completion of Stage 1 of the game’s production.
The development team behind League of Angels has announced that several new features have landed in the game to give players even more content and mini-games to explore. Players will be able to take advantage of the new "totem unite" system that can trigger a second totem along with its stats at any point during battle.
Skyshine has released a brand new game that combines the best of several genres into a single theme — RPG, strategy, rogue-like and more all create a cool synergy.
In the latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter, Portalarium shows that it is getting ready for Halloween with the arrival of both a dyeable witch hat and spider wall decorations, one to wear and one to creep out the castle. In addition, several big community events are planned and detailed.
Naoki Yoshida dishes out info on Exploratory Missions and the Lord of Verminion minigame for FFXIV Patch 3.1 As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness!
It’s often said that in level-based MMORPGs, the endgame represents a completely different gameplay experience than that which precedes it. Some developers have gone as far as to say that it’s at the level cap where the game actually starts – which is ludicrous if you’ve spent over a hundred hours grinding through content just to make it there.
The Dark Souls III team is looking for PlayStation 4 owners with internet access to join up for several network stress test events. The events will take place regionally during October, with players selected in a "lottery" type drawing. Applicants will be testing game systems and balance, helping the team track bugs, helping to evaluate the load on servers and more.