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Bandai-Namco has announced the European, African, Middle-Eastern and Australasian release date for Sword Art Online: Lost Song. Players can look for the much-anticipated title in these regions on November 13th. The North American release date remains unknown at this time.
Warhorse Studios has released a new game play video from Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a medieval RPG that does not feature magic, dragons or any of the typical trappings of a fantasy setting. The trailer shows off some of the game’s swordplay action. See what you think!
Shards Online backers should be aware that the scheduled August 15th playtest has been moved to Wednesday, August 19th and will include a new build including housing. The team is looking for feedback on the first pass of the housing system.
What message does it send when one of the greatest features in a video game is the ability to not play it? What does it say about the quality of that game, about the exchange that you are expected to make of your time and money in return for an experience? Chrono Wars pushes this question with almost every kilobyte of its being, and after spending the last few weeks grinding away to increase my character’s power, I’m afraid there is only one obvious answer.
The Darkfall: Unholy Wars forum has the patch notes from the latest update that the team is calling the ‘largest in scope and importance’ in the game’s history. The ‘expansion’ is focused on economy and is said to give players a reason to go out into the world to collect resources and materials to upgrade items.
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment have announced the release of the latest module, Strongholds, that brings a number of significant changes to the game, most notably the addition of guild fortresses, or strongholds.
So what is Kingdom Under Fire II? KUF2 (much easier) is a merging of the spirit of earlier Kingdom Under Fire titles with a new beautiful engine. In short, KUF2 is a cross between RTS, RPG and MMO. Playing out in front of me it looked like the sort of thing Peter Jackson dreams about when he considers battle scenes.
It’s been almost a year since Motiga’s action-brawler-shooter-MOBA entered alpha. With closed beta just around the corner, we caught up with Creative Director James Phinney at Gamescom. In a packed interview, we discussed the technical challenges the studio has faced, how depth, strategy and skill has been baked in, the deal with Microsoft, and more.
The Elder Scrolls Online site has been updated with a quick look at each of Imperial City’s twelve distinct districts. Viewers will get a look at screens from each district and get a brief history and education about what makes each unique.
Ever since I watched The Hunger Games I’ve been in love. No, not with Jennifer Lawrence’s portrayal of hero Katniss Everdeen (though she was pretty cool), but rather with the idea The Hunger Games was built upon. Yesterday, I was able to finally have a part of that dream realized, and I cannot stop thinking about it. The developers of Ark: Survival Evolved rounded up a bunch of writers and YouTube personalities and threw us into our own Battle Royale, and it was incredible.