Everyone has a fighting chance
Red Dead Online has been updated to bring the Evans Repeater — an oldie but a goodie from Red Dead Redemption — and the new Fool’s Gold free roam event into the game. Players taking part in Fool’s Gold will get to fight it out to see who gets to wear the stylish gold lam� armor. Those who take down the strutting cowpoke will get to strip it from the corpse and strap it on for their own trip down the runway.
Bioware teased their game Anthem a while back to a knowing and jaded game industry. At E3 2017 the game was shown off as part of EA’s new line up. People were excited but calls of Destiny suddenly were heard and here we are in early 2019 as the title is already starting to feel the pinch.
Torchlight Frontiers Alpha is now live without an NDA, and we dove in to show off the first few minutes of the game. If you’re a fan of the series and of Action MMOs, you’re going to want to keep an eye on this one…
A new feature somewhat similar to “try before you buy” has entered Black Desert Online. Players can have up to three Trial Characters on their account that offers a high-level experience in Battle Arena, Red Battlefield, Arena of Arsha and Savage Rift. These Trial Characters come with 4,000 Skill Points and a special Battle Arena NPC offers a variety of gear for a single silver each.
On March 20th, Albion Online will be patched with the Oberon update, the sixth major content update since the game launched. Oberon comes packed with new features including hidden entrances, randomized dungeons, new mobs and creatures, shrines, chests, and dungeon maps. Devs have also retooled the in-game tutorials to provide additional information to players. Mobs will begin dropping runes, souls and relics and the weapon unlock progression system has been streamlined.
Mangasoft has announced that a new global version of DK Online is now available. The game features “five races and classes” set in the empire of Redisse. Players are able to participate in large-scale guild vs guild sieges and more. To assist players, a new global website has been launched to provide information about the game. Lastly, Masangsoft has made a number of improvements to DKO including a robust balance pass and more.
ARK: Survival Evolved has been updated to bring the new Homestead update online. According to developers, it brings improved structures and placement options alongside a number of new construction pieces such as triangle floors, half-walls, angled pieces and more.
Elite Dangerous will be getting another expansion, the third in the game’s history, but not until late 2020. Pilots need not despair, however, as there will be smaller updates throughout the time between now and then. The expansion is considered “the next major era of Elite” and that it “will be a defining moment in the history of the game. Developers further write that it will be the biggest update since launch in 2014.
Ryzom is a long-running MMO that is still in active development. In fact, developers just released the “Jena Year 2602” update that includes Guild Islands, a new world boss, an update to the Ranger class and the arrival of the Marauders in the shop. In addition, developers have made improvements to the UI and squashed a number of bugs.
Epic Games has added new Treasure Maps to Fortnite Battle Royale that sends players off on a hunt for “hidden loot across the island”. Players will find “a trove of legendary loot” after using a pickaxe to dig up the loot. In addition to the maps, players can take part in the Slide Duos LTM and check out the Gauntlet Solo Test Event and the Gauntlet Duo Test Event tournaments.