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Marko Kieckmann has gone on record as saying that he and the team will be reluctantly closing down Face of Mankind by the end of August 2015. Kieckmann thanks backers, the community and his development team for their nearly fourteen years of dedication. Further, he indicates that he is currently working on a new project that he will be able to share "soon".
The Korean open beta for Civilization Online will kick off on July 14th and run through July 18th. To celebrate the imminent beginning, the team has released a new customization video featuring all four included groups: Roman, Chinese, Aztec and Egyptian. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Citadel Studios Project Lead Derek Brinkmann has announced that the pre-alpha 2 client for Shards Online has launched. Folks are asked to check their email for an invitation to download the server and the toolkit. During the pre-alpha 2 phase, alpha backers who contributed at the $200 mark will be able to mod and host their own servers. This is a milestone event with servers being hosted by non-Citadel personnel.
Guild of Dungeoneering has officially launched for both PC and Mac. Interested players can grab a copy off of Steam or GoG for $14.99. The game turns the game around by having players build the dungeon for their non-playable dungeoneer to explore.
The biggest event in Dark Age of Camelot in ages it set to launch today via Broadsword. Read on for the details, and where to get started in-game.
The Repopulation team will be deploying a new patch today that brings the new tutorial system on board alongside improvements to the UI, crafting enhancements and over two hundred bug fixes.
Bandai-Namco has announced that the first round of closed beta testing on July 23rd. Supernova is a real-time strategy MOBA for PC. Players can find out how to get involved in the CBT by visiting the official site.
Is Tavern Brawl a worthy addition to Hearthstone given the team’s desire to keep the overall experience pared down to only the cream of the crop? It should come as no surprise to you that I’m a fan given the article headline, but let’s dig a bit deeper into the new game mode.
Back in my day a vine was a thing I used to swing over crocodiles in Jungle Hunt. Nowadays it’s a place where you could watch someone playing Jungle Hunt for 6 seconds. Word on the e-street is it’s all the rage with the younglings (likely because their attention span is about 5.5 seconds)-note I put that barb a few lines in knowing full well none of that generation read past the first sentence! Ha!
Raphael "Raph" Koster is an award-winning game designer and creative director best known for his work on Ultima Online (UO) for Origin Systems/EA and Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) for Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). A pioneer of massively multiplayer online games, Koster is regarded as one of the video game industry’s foremost authorities on game design.