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The Sword Coast Legends team will be on Twitch.tv tomorrow to show off the game. The event will feature some new information about the campaign and introduce fans to some of the NPCs they will run across. The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 19th at 3:00 pm Eastern / Noon Pacific.
Pillars of Eternity launches next week on March 26th. As fans of the Infinity Engine RPGs of yesteryear ourselves, we’re all very eager to give this new take on the golden age a playthrough. Today, we’re happy to present to you an exclusive look at the classes you’ll be able to choose from and party with when Pillars comes sliding into digital shelves.
The WildStar site has been updated with new information about Contracts and how they will function when the Invasion: Nexus update goes live. Contracts, according to writer Joe Piepora, are ways for top level players to be able to progress to great gear through bite-sized, repeatable content.
One of the things that has been receiving a lot of attention both here and in the overall MMO space lately is the fact that there seems to be a lull in the "excitement" generated about MMORPGs these days.
The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference has begun today. What makes it of note for MMO players is its connection to Second Life with the opening keynote being given by Ebbe Altberg, CEO of Linden Lab. There will be at least a couple of other panels being hosted by Second Lab developers.
The latest Darkfall: Unholy Wars update has been deployed which brings big changes to several combat systems in the game. New ultimates have been added as well as movement changes to make combat feel more responsive and fluid.
Artcraft has announced that Valerie Massey has been hired to take on a community management role for Crowfall. Massey is the former senior director of public relations and communication at CCP and brings a wealth of experience to the team.
Aptly named indie developer Grimm Bros. have put together a take on the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood by the Grimm brothers with Dragon Fin Soup. In Dragon Fin Soup, you play as ‘Red Robin’, who is essentially the character of Little Red Riding Hood – if she were also a knife wielding, shotgun toting, raging alcoholic.
The Origins of Malu: Factions team has sent word that the early access release for the Battlegrounds segment of the game will be opening on March 20th. Once testing has been completed on abilities and skills as well as on network performance, the doors will slowly open for more and more users. Battlegrounds early access testing will begin at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern on Friday, March 20th.
Ever since we launched this blog, we’ve been covering a ton on the ins and outs of YouTubing as an MMO gamer. In the past few weeks we’ve been touching on different kinds of gameplay videos, and looking at the kinds of MMO uploads you all love to entertain yourselves with. Well at TGN we don’t like to play favourites when it comes to gaming content, because we pretty much love every kind of gamer vid out there.