Everyone has a fighting chance
I took another trip up to Austin last week to spend some time with Richard Garriott and Starr Long, two developers I’ve come to enjoy speaking with a great deal. I think we may touch one of my reasons for finding these visits particularly interesting in this article, actually. It really starts with what Starr calls "tech-debt."
Starship Empire is embarking on its KickStarter journey to raise $10,000 to complete development on what is described as an "intense PvP MMO" where players control every aspect of their ships and each crew member inside. Starship Empire is being developed by a one-man team and has eighteen days left in the campaign to bring the PvP game to life.
Funcom has announced that Golden Week has kicked off in The Secret World. During the week, several interesting items and bonuses are available in the Item Shop. Most notably, however, is that players will earn double ability points and will have a chance to hunt down the Guardian of Gaia, a randomly spawning golem that can award players with some awesome in-game items.
The latest Skyforge class is now a matter of public record with the latest trailer release. The Lightbinder is a support class that is essential in any battle. Lightbinders have the ability to buff compatriots and can weaken enemies with debuffs. The key to Lightbinder success is avoiding direct contact with the enemy. Check out the trailer for more and let us know what you think in the comments.
Jagex has sent word that it has reached a milestone by adding the 200th quest to Runescape. The quest sends players back to an alternate Gielinor, a dimension of disaster, where they have never existed. While there, characters are reset to level one as they journey through the quest line. Not to worry, though: All experience and equipment still exists in the ‘real’ Gielinor.
According to several published reports, Geralt’s beard will grow over time in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Unless one’s character wants to be unkempt, Geralt will need to visit the barber every few days for a spa treatment.
In celebration of the $1.4M stretch goal, the Artcraft team has added the God’s Reach 3-faction ruleset to the core game module that also brings the Artifacts and Relics system on board.
We recently caught up with PlanetSide 2 lead designer Luke Sigmund to discuss the upcoming PlayStation 4 version of PlanetSide 2.
Four months after its original release and on very short notice, Bioware is providing us today the first DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition. In fact, the lack of any announcement beforehand is almost as surprising as the rather steep price of 15 Dollars, which makes it the most expensive story DLC in the Dragon Age franchise.
As Crowfall’s Kickstarter enters it’s final 24 hours, the developers at ArtCraft Entertainment will be joining the Gold and Glory Podcast to discuss Crowfall’s latest developments, offering further insights into their vision for the upcoming sandbox MMORPG. Featured on the cast will be ArtCraft’s Gordon Walton, J. Todd Coleman, Thomas Blair and Tully Ackland.