Everyone has a fighting chance
The Atlas Reactor team has announced that the game will be closing for good on June 28, 2019. As of today, all purchasing has ended and new “ways to acquire products that were previously for real money purchase”. XP, Flux and ISO rates have also been turned up “dramatically”. Servers will remain online through June 28th and anyone who logged in on or after January 1, 2018 will receive a “small parting gift” at the registered email address.
It’s Easter in Entropia Universe and players are being invited to check in to the annual Easter Mayhem event. This year, there are renewed robot attacks as players set off to defend the data interceptor.Players “assist the Calypso Defense Force to fight back against the waves of Evicerators, Spider Bombers, Defenders, Warlocks and Warrior robots to protect the Data Interceptors during the extraction process.”
The latest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter has hit inboxes everywhere, this time with a look at how the developers are working to ensure that the game is something players expect, but simultaneously, featuring the UNexpected as well. Players can “expect an emphasis on social gameplay” that is both rewarding and memorable — all the while with little surprises thrown in. “Expect wonder. Expect to have to think differently about people, environments & the world you occupy.”
The Torchlight Frontiers team has revealed a new class coming to the game, this time, the Railmaster aka “The Conductor of Pain”. The Railmaster has a canine companion carries a number of packs about its person while the Railmaster himself is literally followed by a train!
From the FYI Files: Ubisoft has announced that it is donating 500,000 Euros to help rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that was destroyed earlier this week in a catastrophic fire. In addition, the company has announced that Assassin’s Creed Unity is free to all takers for the next week “in solidarity with everyone moved by Monday’s events”. Assassin’s Creed Unity is set in Paris and has a faithful reconstruction of Notre Dame and the city itself.
In recent years, the video game market has been flooded with battle arenas of all shapes and sizes. Not all are successful, but sometimes the attempts are merely doorways into something that could be, given the company has the foresight and resources to see it and implement it. In Techwars: Global Conflict, developer Argus Games and publisher Black Sun Game Publishing attempt to bring isometric, team-based mech warfare into the mix. This is our review.
The Elder Scrolls Online team has posted a new article that introduces players to Elsweyr, the homeland of the Khajiit. The article goes into details about the design of the environments and where they found their inspiration. “There’s always a logic to the way things are in Tamriel, grounding in reality.” the post reads.
Wizard101’s spring update hit the Test Realm recently and I finally got the chance to take a look at all the new features and changes. While I expected this update to mostly focus on “quality of life” additions, KingsIsle actually provided a pretty good balance by also including a brand new event and a pair of skeleton key bosses.
Starting today, Skyforge players can take part in a log in event that will last through April 24th. Players will be able to claim a box each day that contains an assortment of different prizes. In addition, the team is promising some springtime activities and will be revealing more about that in the upcoming days.
Ubisoft has sent out the first trailer for the second story arc DLC coming to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The Fate of Atlantis is a DLC that will come out in three separate chapters that features completely new locations. The first chapter is called Fields of Elysium will launch on April 23rd. Players will be able to get hold of new weapons and leverage the Ability Enhancement system. Players can change how existing skills behave.