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After a promising testing period, WildStar’s third content update will soon be going live. Along with a ton of new content, Carbine’s also been working hard on a number of ‘quality-of-life’ updates to the MMO. For this week’s column, Gareth Harmer took a tour of the upcoming patch with Content Designer Morgan Brown.
Developer Mind Candy is best known in the UK for making the wildly popular Moshi Monsters iOS game. But the Moshi games tend to be more widely adopted by kids and casual gamers. Today marks the official launch of Mind Candy’s first attempt at pleasing the core gamer audience with World of Warriors. A charismatic and addictive RPG fighter for iOS devices, you just might find your next time-passer with this little gem. Read on for our full review.
The R2 Games team has sent out a quick preview of how blacksmithing will work in Stormthrone, its forthcoming MMO. Players will be able to create, gem, enchant, imbue and upgrade armor, then destroy it for components if needed.
MMORPG.com has partnered with the Allods Team and My.com to give away 100 keys granting access to the Skyforge beta weekend event taking place between Nov 13-16.
Players looking for a new multiplayer building experience will want to check out Trion’s Trove which has entered its open beta stage of development. Players are invited to download Trion’s "Glyph" platform and give Trove a try.
A new documentary centered primarily around World of Warcraft will be making its debut soon. Called "WoW Mom", the documentary originally started as a project to bring attention to Terry Bolts’ rare form of cancer. It later evolved into a journey of discovery at how gaming communities, many within World of Warcraft most notably, have been created to bring sufferers from a wide range of ailments together in a therapeutic manner.
Lucky stiffs Garrett Fuller and Bill Murphy are boots on the ground at the 2014 Blizzcon in Anaheim, California. The event doesn’t begin until tomorrow, but the guys have sent a picture of the annual goodie bag.
During the past summer’s iPhone 6 reveal, Super Evil’s Vainglory, a mobile MOBA, was featured to show off the power of the new iOS 8. In October, the game was released in limited markets but the team is ready to announce the release dates for both the EU and North America.
Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang have written a new graphic novel / comic called "In Real Live" that centers around a young female gamer that is paid for hunting down ‘gold farmers’. While aimed squarely at the younger MMO audience, IRL seeks to teach readers more about worldwide politics, tolerance and activism.
Escape from Dead Island will be launching in about two weeks. As part of the launch sequence, the first digital comic based on the forthcoming third person, story driven game has been released.