Everyone has a fighting chance
Due to this column’s biweekly schedule, I’ve had a couple of weeks to think about the news that SOE was purchased by venture capitalist / technology investment firm Columbus Nova. During this fairly short span, we’ve already seen that the new owner isn’t hesitant to make significant personnel cuts at the newly renamed Daybreak Games. As is my wont, I can’t help wondering how this situation fits within and reflects the overall state of the MMOG genre.
Cosplayers unite and show off your best Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade look for the just-announced cosplay contest that will run from February 16th through March 31st. Cosplayers will be able to score several different prize packages that include Razer ‘tactical backpacks’, Xenos packs, lithographs and more.
A new trailer for Final Fantasy Type-0 HD has been released that features a good look at the characters in the game as well as divulging the information that, while the trailer is in Japanese with English subtitles, when the game releases on March 17th, players will be able to opt for full English voice overs. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Daybreak games says it’s still very much alive, and Terry Michaels is one of the devs still leading the charge, so what do YOU want to see from EQ Next in 2015? What will affirm your faith in the studio after its layoffs and convince you that EQN is on track?
Wargaming is looking for beta testers for its upcoming collectible card game, World of Tanks: Generals. Players can sign up on the WoT: Generals site and help test the PvP mode and PvE training battles, as well as work with over two hundred cards to create custom decks.
Age of Wulin, the EU version of Age of Wushu, will be expanding on March 10th with Chapter 4: Betrayal & Forgiveness. This expansion is the third in the game’s history and will allow players to abandon their current sects to join one of the factions or Great Factions or to simply hit the road as a free agent.
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The Heart of Thorns announcement answered some questions we had about the future of Guild Wars 2, but it also created a whole lot of new ones, for example, these new specializations make one wonder, will we see new build choices allowing players to play as healers?
This week we check in on some numbers for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone. We also see what it takes to bring social aspects back to WoW.
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