Skyshine Games is out to bring a new hybrid to the single player market with Bedlam, a roguelike RPG with a unique twist on both of those features. We posed a few questions to Skyshine to find out more about Bedlam and what makes it special.
World of Warcraft: Numbers Up, Blizzcon & the Iron Horde
This week in All Things Warcraft we talk numbers, the pre-expansion patch and anticipate a look at the Warcraft film at BlizzCon.
General: Top Ways to be a Better Person in MMOs
MMORPGs are perceived as being full of awful and terrible people. Whether it be an elitist that makes you feel terrible for being new to a game, or just a simple troll that makes everything insufferable, it’s seemingly impossible to play a single game for than a couple of hours without running into some of these players.
General: Sword Saga Gift Key Giveaway!
Sword Saga, The latest MMORPG from Reality Squared Games is formally launching its First server on the 13th of October 2014 and we have been given special gift keys to hand out to our community. Get your gift key now!
Xsyon: Prelude: Tribes and Towns Now Available to Free Players
Notorious Games is removing its previous rule requiring free players to join existing tribes before accessing the Xsyon’s core gameplay. Starting this week, free players can start their own tribes and homesteads.
Heroes of the Storm: Seasonal Hallow’s End Skins, Bring Your Friends to the Brawl
Blizzard’s keeping its team brawler Heroes of the Storm festive this month by adding in some fun new Hallow’s End skins including: Countess Kerrigan, Skelethur Abathur and the first Legendary skin, Infested Tychus. They’re also launching a new program that gives players two more ways to join the game.
Destiny: Top-Selling Game in U.S. During Month of September
Consumer market research firm the NPD Group this week released news that’ll make Bungie’s year – its online shooter Destiny is at the top of the U.S. game sales list for the month of September. Beating out titles like Madden, FIFA and even Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Destiny can now lay claim to being the biggest new franchise launch in video game history.
Guild Wars 2: (Dry) Top of the Heap
In ArenaNet’s last Points of Interest, the crew talked a lot about Dry Top and how its general design is the direction Guild Wars 2 zones might go in the future. "If you like the stuff in Dry Top, you’re in luck," said Living World Principal Content Designer Teddy Nguyen. "We always look at previous releases to see what worked and what didn’t work. It’s always a process of zeroing in on what you guys really want. It’s one of our more successful maps in terms of, well, everything."
SMITE: The Reaping Event Begins
SMITE players can take advantage of this weekend’s "The Reaping" event to score a cool Jack’o’lantern icon for the first win of the day. During The Reaping, all gods are playable, and players can snag 2x worshipers. The event runs from today through Sunday, October 19th.
Camelot Unchained: Pre-Alpha Testing Kicks Off Today
City-State Entertainment has announced that more Camelot Unchained players have been added to participate in today’s pre-alpha testing events that will include a look at battleground PvP. Players entering today’s event will notice a new build is in place since Wednesday’s play.