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Apex Legends has exceeded everyone’s expectations mere days after being both announced and launched. Within the game’s first 72-hours, it managed to hit two huge milestones: Over 10M unique players have taken part and for a time over 1M players were on board concurrently. Respawn’s Vince Zampella wrote a brief note to players on the game’s site that announced the big numbers and thanked the community for its support.
The STar Wars: The Old Republic site has a new mini-interview with Creative Director Charles Boyd where he speaks about the inclusion of some pretty familiar faces in Jedi Under Siege which launched in December. He speaks about the such well-known characters as Darth Malgus, Master Gnost-Dural. He also speaks about new characters, what the team was most excited for players to find in the update and how Ossus is something different from all the other planets.
Blizzard has announced the release of the latest book in the Diablo series, this time a closer look at the bestiary in the long-running series. Called “The Book of Adria: A Diablo Bestiary”, the tome is a fictionalized look at the research Adria — one of the arch-villains in Diablo 3 and mother of Leah — conducted of monstrous races over the years. “Equal parts a tome of lore and beautifully illustrated art book,” the description reads. Certainly, it is a must-have for hardcore fans.
In Warframe, your Tenno talks much later in the game… but what if they talked throughout the entire game? Turns out, you’re still a badass, Vor is kind of a stalker, and everyone else is kind of a nag. Go figure.
Mechanical keyboards are largely the same. Coming from the resident keyboard geek, that probably sounds like heresy but let’s face it: it’s hard to break meaningful ground is a peripheral that’s been such a mainstay of our computer use. Well, that’s exactly what Das Keyboard has done with the the brand new 5Q. It may just be the world’s first smart keyboard and aims to not only help you communicate but to communicate with you.
If you’ve been looking for a Warhammer-based hack’n’slash game for a while now, you may be happy to hear that Warhammer: Chaosbane will be heading your way on June 4th.The game will available for PC, XBox One and PlayStation 4. Those who pre-purchase the Magnus Edition will be able to start playing on May 31st. Those who pre-order will also be treated to two beta adventures in March and April.
This past weekend Fortnite hosted a concert. It was not the boring snooze fest of the Super Bowl, or even the Half-Time show. No, this weekend Marshmello played a live concert in Fortnite, if you were there then you saw something spectacular which had been attempted many times before and failed. This time, the ideas were right, the impact was strong, and everyone loved it. Now, let’s go back a few years to see where these ideas began. The death of Lord British is the best place to start.
Skybound Games has announced a new partnership with Beamdog to bring a plethora of best-loved cRPGs to consoles throughout 2019. Games include Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II, Planescape Torment and Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear. These Enhanced Editions will be sold through physical and online retailers. There is no mention of exactly which consoles, though it is presumed that PlayStation 4, XBox One and, hopefully, Switch are included.
Anthem drops in about a week for Origin Access Premier players and in roughly two weeks for everyone else. While we expect there will be a ton of changes between the demo and the full game, these are some ability build ideas to roll with when you jump into the full version of Anthem.
Firefly Studios has announced its “cooperative grand strategy MMO” Romans: Age of Caesar. The game allows thousands of players to work to rebuild Rome in a classic city-builder game and to “trade with everyone on the same map”. The game features an infinite number of cities consisting of sixteen players each. The goal of each city is to work to establish government, form trading alliances and routes, and to create a collective army for city protection.