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Novaquark is “redefining the meaning of ‘massively multiplayer'” with its recent simulation dropping 30,000 concurrent ‘players’ onto a single Dual Universe planet. Members of the community joined up to “witness this world premier”.
Battlefield V will have a new battle royale mode for its players when Firestorm debuts on March 25th. “Firestorm is Battle Royale, reimagined for Battlefield. Dominate on the largest Battlefield map ever with epic weapons and combat vehicles as a deadly ring of fire closes in. Scavenge, fight, and survive to become the last squad standing.”
There was a time when I would look down on an Online Dungeon Crawler like Torchlight Frontiers. My taste in MMORPG’s was very specific. I knew what I wanted and if it didn’t fit my specs I wouldn’t give it a look. What a narrow view that was. It cost me many decent MMORPG experiences and people that I would have shared them with.
According to French site ActuGaming.net (via PCGamesN), rumors are beginning to swirl that Lady Gaga will have a part in Cyberpunk 2077. What that means, precisely, remains unknown, but the site’s source said that she has been seen at the CD Projekt Red studios, possibly for motion capture work. Additionally, the source reported that the collaboration with the Oscar-winning artist will be confirmed at E3 2019.
The ExileCon site has finally debuted that provides Path of Exile fans with lots of information for the first-even fan convention. ExileCon will take place on November 16-17 in Auckland, New Zealand and the event will be packed with news of the December expansion and, most notably, the “mega-expansion (4.0.0). Fans will also be able to take part in developer talks, play unreleased content, check out some tournament play, party with other fans and much more.
The Anthem Reddit is a hotbed of angry players since the last update applied a number of changes to the loot system which did not, according to the community, make significant enough changes. Several posters on Reddit and in other locations have suggested boycotting Anthem until further changes are made to the loot system to make it more lucrative, particularly at endgame. BioWare has responded, with Head of Live Service Chad Robertson lamenting that BW is’t “fully happy” either.
Remember when Ice-T starred in EverQuest news from last week? Well, he’s back, this time showing his appreciation for The Division 2. Ice-T is well-known in gaming circles as an avid player and also as a voice actor in titles including Gears of War 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and several others. In a recent tweet, Ice-T showed off his gaming screen covered with The Division 2’s logo and said he might be missing for the next month.
Unconfirmed rumors are swirling that Electronic Arts paid Tyler “Ninja” Blevins a million dollars to stream Apex Legends and tweet about it to his thirteen million followers within the first 24-hours after the game was announced. Other “influencers” were also paid to stream Apex Legends, including Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, though the details of his deal with EA remain unknown. The standard caveat in this is that neither EA nor Blevins have commented on the rumors.
Blizzard has announced that the 30th Overwatch hero, Baptiste, will be arriving in-game on Tuesday, March 19th. Baptiste has been on the PTR where players have been testing out both is damage and healing skills. He is described as a combat medic that uses gadgets to both heal allies and damage enemies.
Tuque Games has a new announcement that indicates it is now working on a licensed Dungeons & Dragons game. While that is literally the only information about the game itself that is offered, the jobs listings reveal a few tidbits that may indicate an RPG / cRPG is in the works.