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A new update from the Founders has been published on the Crowfall site. The main issue addressed in the letter is how Crowfall is being funded. According to the post, Crowfall has taken initial funding from investment sources to get the company running and the development of the game started. But given the overall price to develop a AAA game, more funds will be required, something the Founders are addressing in three ways.
The latest Darkfall: Unholy Wars patch notes have been posted on the official site. The most notable addition to the usual list of bug fixes and balance issues is the addition of the new Advisory System.
Fans of Star Wars games, including one of the best RPGs ever made, will want to head to the Humble Bundle site to take advantage of today’s deal. Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Jedi Academy and Star Wars: Dark Forces unlock for any amount of money paid. Go above the average donation (right now a bit over $11) and unlock Star Wars Battlefront, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Star Wars Republic Commander and a mystery title.
OtherSide Entertainment has announced that its KickStarter campaign to fund the development of Underworld Ascendant has officially begun. The team is comprised of the original development group that created Ultima Underworld. The KickStarter project is a dream to bring the series back to life. OtherSide is hoping to raise $600,000 to bring the core RPG to PCs.
A new video and article have appeared over at IGN that give Guild Wars 2 players and fans a look at the Maguuma Jungle, the setting for the upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion. In addition to seeing the setting, the article goes into some detail about the newly-announced Mastery System that will give players new ways to advance through the game.
A Reddit user has claimed to have unearthed new details about the Destiny expansion House of Wolves including the release date of May 19th. Details about how this information was gained remain sketchy, but megamanexe4 has posted some fascinating details about House of Wolves along with many, many images to solidify the rumors.
In a new post on the NeoGAF site, Bioware’s Aryn Flynn has indicated that while Dragon Age: Inquisition and Mass Effect will feature some similarities, Mass Effect 4 will build on its own unique experience. Some of the supposition stems from the fact that both utilize the Frostbite 4 game engine and that developers have said that ME4 will feature large explorable maps similar to what has been seen in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
With something like 30 hours under my belt in Darkest Dungeon at this point, there are definitely some classes I tend to favor more than others. Face it, some just get the job done better and aren’t as vulnerable to the sorts of chaos you’re sure to find while adventuring in the game.
A new pair of heroes has entered the Gigantic alpha test. Both are magicians, Griselma a summoner and Mozo a purveyor of the electrical and arcane.
The H1Z1 team has posted on Reddit that a server wipe will be performed on Thursday, February 5th as part of the normal game update cycle. All characters, player-created structures, placed vehicles and more will be wiped.