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We had the opportunity to chat with World of Warcraft’s Executive Producer John Hight who has been with the team since 2016. We wanted to learn more about his background and his work on WoW. Read our exclusive interview.
World of Warcraft players can now head into the PTR to check out the Nazjatar zone that will be coming to the Battle of Azeroth expansion when 8.2 – Rise of Azshara rolls out. Nazjatar is a large zone that will feature a number of new mechanics and content including “rare mobs, treasures, timed events, PvP War Mode events and World Quests”. In addition, the massive 8-boss Mechagon dungeon is open for testing.
In the first in a series of blog posts on the Ashes of Oahu site, the development team reveals what players can expect when the game launches. The series begins with “What is Ashes of Oahu” and introduces readers to the basic elements of the game, some of its unique lore and what makes it different than other RPGs on the market. Subsequent articles will “deep dive” into specific topics and features.
Star Wars: The Old Republic players who log into the game between now and May 6th will receive an M4-Y8 Astromech Droid in celebration of Star Wars Day. The Droid will be delivered in-game beginning May 10th. In addition, a number of Cartel Market items will be on sale throughout the week.
Epic Games has announced that it has purchased San Diego developer, Psyonix. Psyonix is best known for Rocket League, its popular Unreal Engine game. Rocket League will be making the move to the Epic Games Store later in 2019, though, at least for the time being, it will remain for sale on Steam. Epic has further clarified that it will continue to support the Steam version with DLC, patches and any other content that is released for PC.
During yesterday’s Borderlands 3 livestream extravaganza, it was revealed that, while the game won’t have microtransactions in the “traditional sense”, there will be DLC for sale as the game matures. “We’ve made a commitment to what Borderlands is and supposed to be,” said Randy Pitchford. “Our fans have told us loud and clear that they cherish and want us to preserve in Borderlands 3. There’s no microtransaction-y, free-to-play kind of stuff.”
Over the course of the upcoming weekend, Star Trek Online will be featuring a Junior Officer Weekend that will see players earn +50% Commendation XP by completing Duty Officer assignments. In addition, players can claim a free Purple quality duty officer “with a unique active roster power”. This is only available to Captains who have not yet claimed a duty officer in prior events.
DC Universe Online has been patched to Game Update 94 that brings a host of new content into the game including the springtime seasonal event with its new Feats, new Spring-themed base items, suit and a Blossoming Spore pet. As players work through the event, they collect Seed Pods to purchase items from a special vendor.
2K Games invited us to be a part of their premier gameplay event in Hollywood, California to be among the world’s first to jump back into the next installment of their over-the-top looter shooter. Within this article, we will be outlining what we know of the story so far, some of the things that are new, and some thoughts on the experience as a whole.
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