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On April 10th, anyone with a hankering to do so will be able to play Albion Online thanks to its free to play launch. “This change will bring incredible new dimensions to the world of Albion, as a new generation of players ready to make their mark on the world enters the fray.” the blog reads.
I’ve always been fascinated by complex and somewhat crazy connection theories. The Pixar Theory in particular is one that I heavily follow. Even if things don’t match perfectly, there’s just something fun about exploring what ifs and drawing dotted lines where the creators never intended them to be. Or did they?
ArcheAge players can now set off to learn more about Hiram thanks to the addition of the new story questline, Western Hiram Mountains. Content includes a new 15-20 player instance (Fall of Hiram City), the new Noryette Challenge dungeon, changes to the Red Dragon’s Keep, bug fixes and feature enhancements.
Gameforge has revived Guardians of Ember and the game is now in open beta. Those interested in trying the game out can download the client from the Guardians of Ember site. All players who took part in any beta phase will be rewarded with an in-game title. Every player will also receive “special items and freebies” for their participation.
Skyforge players will have new content to explore when the New Horizon expansion launches on April 9th. A mysterious new race has been discovered that will send players off on a journey of discovery to a new planet. The events in New Horizons take off from the Distant Frequencies expansion as players head out on a reconnaissance mission to find the planet Terra.
Fortnite has been updated to v8.11 across all of its game types. Battle Royale players can get hold of the Flint-Knock Pistol, a blunderbuss weapon that can knock opponents back. In addition, “One Shot” is the new limited time mode with some interesting mechanics including low gravity, sniper rifles only, and only 50 health per player. Lastly, Gauntlet Solo Event and Gauntlet Duo Test Event will run for 24-hours each on March 19th and March 23rd.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is going to be getting some “under the hood” tuning that will bring some big changes to the game. Dynamic Placeable Objects will be overhauled as the team looks to the future for new content. The unnecessarily complicated web of DYNs makes it necessary to change up the system a bit. They will be refined, polished and optimized to make creating DYN packages much quicker yielding faster development of new content.
A pair of new toys have arrived in the Blizzard Shop, both online and in World of Warcraft. These are not just any toys, however, but are being sold to fans of esports to help raise funds for the Arena World Championships and the Mythic Dungeon Invitational prize pools. Each will have a guaranteed minimum prize of $250,000.
Google is going hard at the next generation of gaming and is ready to take on consoles. Stadia will link all the different ways that gamers play games by being a streaming platform that doesn’t require a PC or console. “This generation of gaming is not a box,” said Phil Harrison.
Red Dead Online anglers will have a chance to show off their fishing prowess thanks to the Fishing Challenge added to this week’s Competitive Challenge as part of the free roam event rotation. Cowpokes will try to not only tell the biggest whopper of a story, but also to back it up with the heaviest fish across three different bodies of water: Lakes, Swamps and Rivers.