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Ubisoft has revealed a bit more about this weekend’s open beta event for The Division 2. Those who participated in the recent private beta will find new things to do including a level cap increase to 8, the Viewpoint Museum mission, two new Skills (Chem Launcher with two variations), two new Settlement Projects including a Theater upgrade and the new Capitol Ruins Skirmish PvP map.
Many World of Warcraft players have stopped running expeditions since the launch of Battle for Azeroth. As a result, they are not picking up the special quest items that can be dropped that lead to some pretty fascinating lore taking place “offscreen”. We have collected the most interesting ones that provide interesting tidbits of lore that may (or may not) have an impact on the WoW story at a later point.
Snail Games is headed to the American West of the 19th Century when Outlaws of the Old West makes its debut on Steam Early Access on March 12th.
Snail Games has announced a new publishing division called Wandering Wizard and its first task is to bring Outlaws of the Old West to players around the world. Developed by Virtual Basement, the game is described as “an open world sandbox crafting and survival game” that seeks to be “the ultimate Western experience”. Players will find themselves in the midst of the American Old West where they’ll have to “hunt, forage, mine and craft for their very survival”.
Snail Games has announced a new publishing division called Wandering Wizard and its first task is to bring Outlaws of the Old West to players around the world. Developed by Virtual Basement, the game is described as “an open world sandbox crafting and survival game” that seeks to be “the ultimate Western experience”. Players will find themselves in the midst of the American Old West where they’ll have to “hunt, forage, mine and craft for their very survival”.
RuneScape is bringing an epic storyline to a close with today’s update. Devs are inviting players to “plunge into the underwater depths of The Shadow Reef”, the final chapter of the Elite Dungeons storyline. Elite Dungeons is a three dungeon storyline “where players can buddy up or go solo in a raid-like experience”. All RuneScape players have access to all three.
The Black Desert XBox team took to the airwaves over the weekend to reveal its plans for the game over the next several months. Players can look forward to a number of new additions to the console version including: the Mediah, Valencia and Kamasylvia zones, class Awakenings, Absolute Skills, the removal of the level cap, Node / Siege Wars, World Bosses and four new classes.
As You Sow is an organization dedicated to corporate social responsibility and each year it provides a detailed report about executive salaries and calculates which ones are overpaid. In this year’s report of the 100 most overpaid executives, two gaming CEOs made the list: EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson and Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick.
It’s something that hasn’t been seen or heard of in more than a few months, but it appears that Fortnite’s month-over-month revenue has declined by nearly 50% in January. The news came via the latest Super Data Research report that also reveals that sales of Fortnite are “still up signficantly year-over-year”.
For those looking forward to Obsidian Entertainment’s next RPG, The Outer Worlds, the wait may be shorter than expected. According to SteamDB, The Outer Worlds is targeting August 6th. The Steam page has since been edited to remove the date, but the SteamDB entry still reflects the original information. Of course, as with all things of this sort, it’s best to take the leak for what it’s worth.