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The latest Atlas patch notes have been published to bring a new in-game event to players as well as to inform the community that the Empire Server has been shut down and replaced with a North American PvE network. The PvE network will utilize the Colonies system, but devs have committed to supporting both “open-ended PvP and more controlled, rule-based PvP”.
A Heroes of the Storm player named Michael Mickowski, 26, has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on charges of terrorism and is currently being held on a $150,000 bail in place. Mickowski was arrested after Blizzard Entertainment reported comments he made while playing HotS where he threatened a mass shooting at a school when he “had enough money to buy a gun and some ammunition”. At first, Mickowski threatened a high school, but changed to threatening an elementary school.
Guild Wars 2 devs have posted a note to the community to prepare them for some big changes coming to Elite Specializations with next week’s update. “We’re targeting a few elite specialization to receive trade-offs, and we expect to continue doing this in future updates”. The example of what a devs consider a trade off is the Necromancer who, when choosing an elite spec, loses Death Shroud, but they gain additional abilities.
When players land on Kepler in Population Zero, they will need to find ways to protect themselves from all the things (and there are a lot!) that can kill them. One of the first things everyone will need is something to cover their bodies with, and on Kepler, there are two distinct types of gear players will need: Costume and Armor.
The Bethesda Blog has been updated with some new information about new features and changes coming to Fallout 76 in May. Players can look forward to new weekly challenges and rewards in Survival Mode, including six legendary weapons. The team is also looking for feedback about recent tweaks to the Survival Mode Scoreboard and what the “community feels are the most impactful” stats that should be reflected.
It’s like clockwork. Every year, around the end of March I wait for the announcement that Super Adventure Box is returning to Guild Wars 2, along with a little cheeky April Fools gag from the folks at ArenaNet.
Red Thomas interviews John Krajewski from Strange Loop Games, the studio behind Eco. They talk about how the game came about, early funding, and some of the ideas the team has for future growth.
April 29th isn’t that far away and the Mordhau team wants to get everyone pumped with the release of a brand new trailer for the 64-player first-person melee action game. You may remember that Mordhau is one of the success stories from Kickstarter after bringing in nearly $300k about two years ago.
The Korea Herald business section is reporting that Nexon Chairman Kim Jung-ju has approached Disney to discuss acquisition. Kim has said, “What I envy the most about Disney is that they do not force money out of kids. [Consumers] gladly pay Disney. Nexon has a long way to go. Some people hate Nexon to death.” Kim and his wife currently own 98.64% of Nexon stock and announced in January their intent to sell. Up to recently, the short list included, among others, Tencent, Kakao, and Netmarble.
With the first successful Fractured alpha event in the bag, developers are looking ahead to Alpha 1 – Test 2 that is currently scheduled to begin in June. The summer alpha will include a number of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. In the intervening months, devs will be working on several systems including the expansion of the Housing system, updates to the world including the Deadwoods zone and a number of technical improvements.