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The latest State of the Crusade letter has been posted on the Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade site. The letter discusses several big topics including the notion that game design is influenced by change, something the team has embraced when it comes to combat.
KOG Games has announced that today marks the final day of service for Grand Chase in North America. Grand Chase has been running for the past seven years and to thank the community, the team will be hosting a special live stream event to say goodbye.
That’s the big question, right? With news coming in today that Australian retailers are being asked to pull WildStar from their shelves, something which similar preceded the announcement of ESO’s Tamriel Unlimited, it seems a freemium version of WildStar is en route.
The latest monthly newsletter has been published on The Secret World site. Letter writing duties have fallen to Senior Community Manager Laurie "sezmra" Payne since Joel Bylos has moved on to some other unnamed project within Funcom. This month, Payne reviews March including Golden Week, the #IAMTSW contest and the newly implemented Enhanced Player Experience.
Jason attacked the Stronghold beta and came away a few bruises and some tips that led him to victory!
The Skyforge team has just posted notification that the next closed beta event will kick off on Wednesday, April 22nd. A new round of beta invites is scheduled to be sent out as well to broaden the tester pool so keep an eye on your mailbox.
The DUST 514 team has published a new developer blog that reveals the first details about the forthcoming Player Trading System to be implemented later this month. According to the blog, player trading will be a "trust-based system" with mercs able to send items and ISK back and forth among those on contact lists.
Wurm Online players on the Elevation server will want to head into the game as soon as possible to grab land on the freshly reset and expanded map. After several issues with Elevation, the community voted for reset and today marks the beginning of the new with all land up for grabs.
In a near repetition of the Elder Scrolls Online phenomenon several months ago, Australian retailers have pulled boxed copies of WildStar from store shelves. According to Games.On.Net, both EB Games and JB Hi-Fi have removed all copies of the game, fueling rumors that Carbine Studios and NCSoft may be ready to announced a move to a free to play revenue model.
The World of Warships team has sent out a new video developer diary that gives players an inside look at the Imperial Japanese Fleet. The diary reveals the creative process behind each ship and gives viewers a look at how each will fare against the U.S. Navy.