Everyone has a fighting chance
The announcement of the stronghold game type was really exciting, and it was a real treat to give it a try during the beta yesterday. Twitch was also busy with several great casters showing off this brand new SPvP play type, and rightfully so! Stronghold has turned out amazing, and may be my new favorite thing to play in Guild Wars 2.
World of Warcraft Senior Game Designer Brian Holinka and members of the WoW Community Team will be on hand this Thursday, April 16th in a special Live Developer Q&A session specifically centered around PvP. The event will take place on the official World of Warcraft Twitch.tv channel at 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern.
The Blizzard team has gone on record with a new World of Warcraft feature that is not yet on the PTR but will be soon and that will be included in the v6.2.0 update. Called "Timewalking", it will feature special three day weekend events that will allow players to revisit dungeons long since outgrown, but in a new iteration that will see players’ gear scaled down to bring the challenge back.
As the final round of the Korean MapleStory 2 closed beta testing nears, Nexon has released a brand new trailer. See what you think and let us know in the comments.
Another week, another wing of Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain. Last week’s wing took us into the depths of the infamous Molten Core with a new trio of bosses to conquer and new cards for both the Shaman (who desperately needed some love) and the Warlock (who didn’t). Let’s dig in.
Hail and well-met, fellow Crusaders, it is once again time for us to look at what’s new in the world of Eternal Crusade. Lots of things to talk about this week, good news for Ork players, the revelation of the winner of the Eldar fifth sub- faction vote, and some changes to the Founder’s Program and the store, so let’s dive right in.
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for Stormthrone, the all new browser MMORPG by R2Games where you wield the power of six unique character classes to battle for Aeos! Get your key now!
Trion has announced that the next major update to Defiance will be arriving today, Tuesday, April 14th. Called "Alcatraz", players will have the new Expeditions feature to explore with up to four other players working cooperatively together to defeat ever-increasingly difficult waves of opponents for exponentially better rewards.
A new trailer has come out for an upcoming title called The AlterVerse. Developers Dogstar VR describe it as "part MMO, part creation kit, and part VR universe". To show off the game’s potential, a debut trailer has been released. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Cryptic Studios has announced that veteran actress Lisa LoCicero will be reprising her role as Miral Paris from Star Trek: Voyager. She will be joining players as they take on the Iconian threat when Season 10 launches later this year.