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Console Neverwinter players will have to wait a bit longer to check out Undermountain. The content expansion launch has been delayed until June 18th to give it “a little more time to bring the enormity of the Mad Mage’s realm to life on consoles”.
The Mediah quest line in Black Desert Online has been reworked to improve the quality of the story with most quests being rewritten from the ground up. The updated quests provide players with alternative viewpoints on the history and relationships in the game. Throughout the quests, players will “experience the consequences of pivotal moments in Mediah’s history” and will choose between two factions.
With Shadowbringers’ launch looming ever closer, Square Enix has pulled out all the stops with its press viewings of the game. I was one of the lucky few invited out to be one of the first to play the expansion. To say I wasn’t overwhelmed would be a lie, the shear amount of content available was substantial. A lot of changes are coming, and I won’t be covering them all.
We had the opportunity to put our Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers questions directly to Yoshida-san as part of a round-table interview. Topics included making sure those job changes are just right, and sharing a few details on updates to The Hunt. We also got the chance to dig into the design process behind Dancer and Gunbreaker.
My.com has announced season three of the narrative adventure series in Armored Warfare. Moscow Calling will introduce a number of new gameplay features including four new missions, new customization options, a new co-op gameplay mode, the Moscow PvP map as well as a number of new achievements.
Bossa has announced that Worlds Adrift will be closing down in July. While proud of what was achieved, developers cite a lack of commercial viability due to not reaching “the level of popularity it needs to continue”. The letter further states that too much development time was spent “making the game work rather than making it the experience we wanted it to be”.
SteelSeries has announced a pair of keyboards that feature “OmniPoint” switches that are fully adjustable. The Apex Pro and the Apex Pro TKL allow gamers to tune the distance required for each key to register being pressed. According to press information, this allows games to play more accurately and quickly.
Capcom has released a pair of very brief videos to showcase weapons coming to the Monster Hunter World expansion, Iceborne. The videos showcase several of the new weapon styles coming with Iceborne. In each, viewers will get a look at weapons in action as the character enters into battle.
Intrepid Studios has released a new video developer diary, this time focused on Weapon Modeling and featuring Senior Weapon Artist Carson Steil. In the video, viewers are treated to a look at the creative process from concept art through its inclusion in the game.
The Trove site has been updated with the news that Gardening 2.0 “is now in season” in the game. It comes complete with new Alchemy and Vegetable plants, new ways to craft plants to eat and much more. Gardening ranks now allow players to earn the title Horticulturalist at level 300. Players can get buffs to resources or can help players “grow big and strong”. Simply equip a harvested plant to gain the buff.