WildStar players will want to check their inventories for a new vanity pet given by way of apology for recent downtime extensions. Be on the lookout for an Enhanced Pumera and give its cheek a little pinch for us, will you?
Heroes of the Storm: Open Beta Unleashed
Fans of Blizzard IPs and games will definitely sit up and take notice of the fact that Heroes of the Storm has been unleashed into open beta. Starters will get an awesome trio of heroes including Jim Raynor from Starcraft, Sylvanas Windrunner from World of Warcraft and Diablo from the Diablo series of games.
General: What Made You a Gamer?
The Newbie Blogger Initiative has been continuing through the month of May. One of the weekly NBI events is called the "Talkback Challenge" and the question for this week is an interesting one: "What made you a gamer?"
Camelot Unchained: A Pet Class That Isn’t a Pet Class
How do you make a pet class for a game that is being built for large scale open world pvp battles? As much as I love them (and have loved them since I first dabbled in "Creature Handler" way back in Star Wars galaxies) pets in any game are hard to get right and in a PVP game they can be downright game breaking! When I heard CU was going to have a "pet class" stretch goal my skeptical pager started buzzing!
Elder Scrolls Online: Is Zenimax Being Secretly Transparent?
One of the best things a game developer can do is get direction from those who play it. While a developer may have passion for the game they are creating, they will never understand the game itself like those who play it day in and day out. We play the games for a lot longer than any developer. So of course we all have feedback and design concepts that we feel could improve the overall quality of the game.
Blade & Soul: Hands On with Blademaster, Force Master and Summoner
As we announced elsewhere on the site, Blade & Soul is finally coming to Europe and North America this winter, with a closed beta beginning this fall. The Free to Play MMORPG from Team Bloodsport and NCSOFT has a lot of pent up demand behind it, and we got our hands on the Force Master, Blademaster, and Summoner classes to give you our first impressions.
Blade & Soul: It’s Finally Coming to America
Some might say that 3 years is too long to wait for an Eastern bred MMORPG to come to the West. In the case of Blade & Soul, it seems like the long detour to an English client has only created more pent up demand for the Wuxia-themed game from NCSOFT and Team Bloodlust. And we’re happy to announce that Blade and Soul is indeed launching as a F2P MMORPG in the US and EU this winter, with a closed beta to begin this fall. The wait, as it were, is almost over.
EVE Online: Chronicles of New Eden – Chance Ravinne Gets His Revenge
When most people were watching the fireworks on the cool evening of July 4th, Chance Ravinne, stealth bomber extraordinaire, was making his own. Where many prefer to beat their chests and flex their muscle flying some of EVE’s largest, most expensive ships, Chance prefers the silent approach. He is dagger in the night, the cheetah in the reeds; waiting for that one moment a pilot drops his guard.
General: Power Rankings – MMOGs Currently In Beta
If we were to count all the MMOGs and quasi-MMOGs presently in various stages of testing, I have no doubt that the total would have three digits. Naturally, they’d differ widely with respect to how much interest they are generating. Frankly, we’d find a fair number that are effectively invisible, unknown except to the most ardent industry observers.
World of Warcraft: S.E.L.F.I.E. Scavenger Hunt — Join the Invasion
Blizzard has announced a special new contest based around the recent additions to World of Warcraft that include the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera and Twitter integration. Players are invited to take and submit their best selfies in order to win weekly prizes and even the opportunity to score Blizzcon tickets.