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Today’s the big day as Black Desert has officially launched on XBox One. Players can purchase the base game for $10 or check out three other packages (Standard – $30, Deluxe – $50, or Ultimate – $100), each with their own in-game goodies.
I’ve always been fascinated by two things; video games and culture. As a gamer, I’ve been able to dive into the world of gaming, explore the many genres, attitudes and tendencies of gaming with the added bonus of having an avenue to write about them. On the culture front, it’s been more a hobby of observation and study, trying to understand how cultures have developed over the years, what makes each tick and how each interacts with others.
Vince Zampella sent out a new milestone Twitter post this morning when he announced that Apex Legends had hit another milestone. Over 50M unique players worldwide have played the game in under 30 days. To celebrate, the Apex Legends team sent out a one minute plus video. “You pinged, you slid, you got in fights with care packages. Apex Legends just hit 50 million players – check out all the amazing things that have happened in Apex Arena and thank you for being part of the fun!”
As a final prelude to the inevitable launch next week, Ubisoft led this past weekends’ Open Beta as an unexpected love letter to Division players. Despite maintaining a fairly limited scope that falls in line with what we saw in the Private Beta, Ubisoft proved that they are all ears when it comes to making concessions on their original design to make their players happy. The long journey from New York to Washington D.C. has almost finished, but is the Open Beta enough to curtail fears of a pr
The Population Zero Reddit has been updated in celebration of the start of alpha testing. Devs have posted a number of new screenshots showing off some of the game’s environments, structures, character models and creatures.
According to Chris Avellone’s LinkedIn profile, he’s been hard at work for nearly a year on Respawn’s Jedi: The Fallen Order. He’s worked on story, story and character reviews and cinematic scripts on Jedi: The Fallen Order and on another title that he teases will be revealed as “another big bomb in a month”. This is great news for RPG and story fans as Avellone is one of the premier storytellers in the industry.
Cyberpunk 2077 has a new team member in the form of Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, one of the three creative directors from The Witcher 3. Tomaszkiewicz has moved to Cyberpunk 2077 after the departure of Sebastian Stepien earlier this year to take a spot at Blizzard. Tomaszkiewicz’s work as a Design Director will be a busy as he also fills the role as Vice President of Game Development. Whether this is a permanent position or not remains to be seen.
It appears that PlayStation 4 players are experiencing a number of technical issues with Anthem with players flocking to the Anthem Reddit to voice their concerns. Issues include rampant crashes and system shut downs that can damage the console. As a result, it appears that Sony is aware of the issues its customers are facing and is offering full refunds with a “no questions asked” policy, though this seems to be situational.
Elder Scrolls Blades is the upcoming mobile game based on the well-known Bethesda IP. It’s been pretty quiet since it was announced last year, but it seems that the team is ramping up to an NDA-bound iOS closed beta event ahead of the start of early access. Currently, there is no date for the CBT, but interested players are invited to sign up on the official site for a chance to be selected.
The Conan Exiles site has been updated with the news that the latest update has been deployed into the game. It brings a huge number of bug fixes, feature enhancements and quality of life improvements. In addition, a balance pass has been applied to the game’s NPCs and for the crafting system and a new VOIP system has been brought on board. Players will also find a new world boss, additions to the Purge System and much more.