Everyone has a fighting chance
Wargaming has announced that the closed beta for its trading card game, World of Tanks Generals, has kicked off as of today, March 2nd. Players will have access to over 200 cards during the beta divided among several nations and types of cards. The closed beta is to give players a chance to learn the basic mechanics and to offer feedback tot he development team.
It’s no secret I’m a fan of ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2. But, like many of you, I’ve been dying for something meatier to chew on than the Living World for some time now. There seem to be so many features and additions we’ve all be waiting for ages to see added. With Heart of Thorns, the first full expansion to Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet seems poised to offer us all those things and more.
The ESL Operation Victory competition has been cancelled according to a new post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site. The contest was designed for teams of players to race through operations in an effort to submit the best time to Bioware. However, issues cropped up in the Coratanni encounter that produced issues for those attempting to move through quickly. While tomorrow’s patch will address some of the issues, the team felt that others remained.
Winter Soldier recently was added to Marvel Heroes 2015. We had the opportunity to talk to WS’s voice actor David Hayter, best known as Solid Snake, to find out more about Winter Soldier. Check out what he had to say in our exclusive mini-interview.
The path to the beginning of the Camelot Unchained alpha continues tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd. Thanks to MMORPG.com user will75, we know that the team will be on Twitch.tv during a planned stress test of the game servers in an effort to see if improvements to the game client’s stability have been effective. During the event, developers plan contests, chat with the development team and a live look at the work that’s going into getting the Camelot Unchained alpha underway.
This week we get a peek at what may be Hearthstone’s next PVE adventure and take a look at World of Warcraft Patch 6.1 now that it’s been in the wild for a bit.
Boss fights are supposed to bring a challenge to players, putting their skill and patience to the ultimate test! Without them, there would never be a truly worthy foe to stand between the players, and their goals. Guild Wars 2 has featured some amazing bosses thanks to their design, but some mechanics prevent these types of encounters from feeling as epic as a boss fight should be.
Big news today for World of Warcraft players. Blizzard has announced plans to allow players to purchase game time with gold! Similar to the PLEX system in EVE or C.R.E.D.D. in Wildstar, you’ll soon be able to purchase a WoW Token from the auction house using gold that can be consumed for 30 days of game time. This is huge.
MMORPG.com has partnered with My.com to give away five of their recently announced Skyforge Founder’s Packs. These aren’t the entry level packs, either! We’ve got five of the Wrath of the Gods Ultimate Edition packs today.
Kickstarter is a massive driving force in game development today. Anyone with an idea and the skills to make it a reality can get their game funded and in the hands of gamers across the world. It’s an incredible time for game development. On the other hand, if a major studio with veterans at the helm want to create their dream project without the constraints that AAA development often entail, they can use crowdfunding to circumvent all of that as well.