My.com and Obsidian Entertainment have revealed a backstory for the upcoming Armored Warfare. The story centers around economical and political chaos which gives rise to necessity of war.
General: Mobile RPG Star Wars: Uprising To Be Shown At PAX
Kabam will be showing off the latest RPG in development at PAX Prime next week. Called Star Wars: Uprising, the RPG places characters in the Star Wars universe and features both single player campaign and co-op missions with friends.
General: John Smedley Leaves Daybreak, Starts New Company
John Smedley has announced that he has left Daybreak Game Studio and has formed a new company and is its CEO. Earlier this summer, Smedley announced he was stepping down as president and CEO of Daybreak, but that he would be transitioning to a new position within the company after time away.
General: Hardware Roundup: Razer VR Camera & GeForce GTX950 Origin PC
The weekly hardware roundup features a pair of interesting items, including Razer’s new VR Camera and Origin’s announcement that entry level PCs now will ship with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 graphics card.
General: MMOs vs RPGs
Here at MMORPG.com, we cover both MMOs and RPGs, but sometimes, you have to pit the things you love against each other just to see who’s the cream of the crop. This week we bring you the debate long in the making: MMOs versus RPGs!
Black Desert: Final Stage of Russian Limited Beta to Begin September 15th
GameNet has announced that the final stage of the Russian Black Desert limited closed beta test will begin on September 15th and run through September 21st. Several new and / or updated features will be included in the CBT, most notably five playable classes, PvP starting at level 30, guild warfare, new open world bosses and more.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire to be Shown in Upcoming Stream
Bioware has announced a forthcoming live stream in which players will get a first look at the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire. It will be the first time that game play from the expansion will be shown. The stream will take place on Wednesday, August 26th at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern in the SWTOR Twitch channel.
ArcheAge: Update 2.0 to Feature the Hero System
ArcheAge 2.0 is on its way. Called "Heroes Awaken", the update will feature the Hero System that will allow players to become faction leaders who can enable faction-wide quests and lead the team to war.
Camelot Unchained: Animation System Sparkles in New Video
Intrepid forum user PottedPlant22 has discovered a new animation video from the Camelot Unchained team. The video was released as part of the late Thursday, August 20th newsletter that also discusses several other interesting topics.
Crowfall: The Imortance of Correct Implementation of Crowd Control
The Crowfall team is on record in a new developer diary that discusses the delicate balance between crowd control and the ability to escape from, or even become immune to (for a short time), its effects. In the article, devs examine CC pros and cons in MMOs thus far about ways in which CC might most effectively, and fairly, be implemented in Crowfall.