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Funcom has announced that LEGO Minifigures Online will be launching across multiple platforms in its new buy-to-play iteration on June 29th. The game will be released on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and select Android devices and players will be able to adventure together across all platforms.
The Albion Online team has sent word (and a new trailer!) to announced that the summer alpha testing program will open on June 29th. The new phase will include several key improvements based on the last alpha event, including the recently revealed Hellgate events.
The latest State of the Beta and State of the Game letters have been posted on the Path of Exile site. Both give a great overview of the progress Grinding Gears has been making during the beta process for The Awakening expansion. According to the State of the Beta letter, the team is shooting for an early July release of the expansion.
NCSoft has lifted a corner of the veil covering Blade & Soul, this time with an announcement of what the monetization of the game will look like in North America and Europe.
Fans of game art books and / or World of Warcraft will be happy to hear that a new volume containing artwork, concept pieces, and key developer interviews is now on sale at retailers worldwide.
After the last update to Ark: Survival Evolved, a serious duplication bug was detected by players that saw unlimited ammo, guns, metal walls and C4. As a result of community outcry, developers have announced that all PvP servers will be wiped but that character progress will remain intact.
E3 is an exciting week for avid gamers for a variety of reasons. But aside from the announcements, reviews, and special events, E3 is exciting for another reason that’s closer to home: it’s a week where the feeling of community between gamers is at its strongest.
Red Thomas chats with Shroud of the Avatar Technical Director, Chris Spears, about this month’s release and about how Portalarium works with the community to make their game better.
I’ve been playing some Wildstar lately and it’s been really nice. I have always absolutely loved its art style and get such a kick of its animations and character creation (although some of the female characters need way more options) that I find myself playing it just to look around or take screenshots. I was playing this weekend with my Gamer Hangout co-host Eboni, and she commented at one point that leveling "takes a long time."
The Chinese Wuxia genre is one of the most celebrated martial traditions in modern films and video games, and Blade & Soul, a new free-to-play MMORPG from NCSOFT, looks to put that genre on center stage. Blade & Soul, which will launch with a fully realized, three-act story at launch, will feature high-level, competitive PvP, with hardcore features like a 1v1 arena in which gear will be equalized to promote player skill.