Everyone has a fighting chance
Cory Jones of Cryptozoic and HEX Entertainment sat down virtually on Skype with me last week to give me my first taste of HEX: Shards of Fate. For those unfamiliar, HEX is one of Kickstarter’s first big success stories. Funded by fans and backers for over 2 million dollars back in 2013, now two years later HEX is getting closer and closer to its initial goal of being the first "MMORPGTCG".
Super Evil Megacorp, the makers of mobile MOBA Vainglory are clearly confident about the future of their game since this week they announced the hiring of former Wargaming Asia Pacific Managing Director, Taewon Yun.
Tower defense MMO World Zombination recently hit 2.5 million iOS downloads and is hoping to add to its player base with a release on Android.
Land of Britain has been teasing a "mysterious announcement" that will be revealed next week, and to that end, it’s staging a treasure hunt that will reward participating players with a gift "that will make many gamers happy." The hunt began this week with a preliminary announcement by popular Twitch streamer, Kurolily.
This summer, indie studio Drowning Monkeys hopes to have RPG fans asking the all-important question, "Who ya gonna crawl?" Comedic action/strategy/RPG Dungeon Crawlers hits Steam July 1, with promises of turn-based gameplay, piles of treasure and ghost-filled dungeons.
Russian Indie studio Kraken Games is gearing up for next Tuesday’s Steam release of its debut project, session-based sci-fi MMO, Warside. The game’s been greenlit for Steam early access May 5th, and will offer players a mix of 2.5D shooter and RPG elements.
It’s that time again – time for this month’s free Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate DLC pack. This one comes with Metroid, Mega Man and Street Fighter Palico gear. In celebration of selling 1 million units of the game, Capcom’s also releasing a new "Hunter’s Weapon Gallery" theme available in the Nintendo 3DS Theme Shop.
Mobile MOBA Call of Champions this week released a series of videos for players interested in finding out more about the game’s core mechanics. Among the topics covered in these by designer Cinco Barnes are The Orb, Power-Ups and the Class System.
The latest Camelot Unchained newsletter has been unleashed that gives fans and backers some news about the game over the last week. Of particular note is the passing of the latest stretch goal that will bring new programmers to the team to assist with development. In addition, a brand new wiki has been opened that will be filled by the Camelot Unchained community.
Dragon Age: Inquisition players can celebrate this coming Tuesday, May 5th with the addition of a free multiplayer expansion for all platforms to the game. Included in the expansion are three new agents and a new map, the Ferelden Castle. The Bioware team will be on hand on Tuesday with a special live stream to show off the new expansion DLC.