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Final Fantasy XIV players learned that a new crossover event is planned to bring Noctis from Final Fantasy XV into the game. The event is likely to come in April and will see Noctis come into the world with the iconic vehicle from FFXV, the Regalia. He will join the Warrior of Light “in battle against magitek infantry, magitek armor and even the Messenger, Garuda, hailing from Eos”.
As promised in last week’s producer’s letter, the EverQuest II team has laid out the first details about Nagafen, the seasonal PvP server. The server will be opening for beta testing soon with the lofty goal to “relive as much of the glory days of EverQuest II PvP as possible, and bring back the rakish spirit of the Nagafen community”.
Thanks to our own BlueTurtle, we know that EA has filed a new trademark for “Jade Empire” perhaps signaling the creation of a new game based on the original 2005 BioWare game (published by Microsoft Game Studios). The difference is the description: “Entertainment service, namely, providing an on-line computer game…via the Internet”. That said, it could also be that it is simply a renewal of the trademark since Electronic Arts Inc. is already listed as the current trademark owner.
The Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest is underway in Paris and it’s started with a bang. The game’s Shadowbringers expansion has finally been dated. Players can look for it on July 2nd. In addition, the new Gunbreaker tank class is coming with Shadowbringers. Expansion preorders will begin on February 6th.
Ahead of the upcoming reworking of Racials in Elder Scrolls Online, the team has heard player feedback about “the total number of high level characters from ESO accounts” and will be awarding every player three race change tokens and three name change tokens. These will be automatically added to player accounts ahead of Update 21 when the changes to racials go into effect. We think that’s a pretty classy move altogether.
MMORPG.com has been given 200 keys for Skyforge on PC that will give players the Soundweaver class as well as 3 days of premium subscription! These keys are valued at $14.99 each. Enter for a chance to win one now!
As 4K gaming and content creation push into the mainstream, storage demands are also on the rise. While SSDs are clearly the wave of the future for your most used programs, they’re still not cost efficient enough for mass storage. Today, we’re looking at the first Helium-based HDD we’ve ever tested and at only $.04 per gigabyte, it could be an excellent value if the performance holds up. Read on for our full review.
Legends of Aria has been updated to bring the Dungeon Expansion to live servers. “Wilderness dungeons finally got the love that they deserve,” it says in the announcement blog. In addition, PvEers will have a new tool “that will help them avoid unscrupulous ganks”. It’s a spell called Ward Evil that is only visible to the caster. When an “outcast enemy” enters the circumference, the caster is notified. The goal is to encourage players to venture outside ‘safe zones” to explore the new dungeons.
ArenaNet has posted a new article to invite Guild Wars 2 players to share their real world “Friend/Ships” — the relationships developed through the game. Players can submit screenshots, videos or essays across the game’s social media channels with the hashtag #GW2FriendShips.
Today’s a big day for anyone looking to find out more about Anthem thanks to the arrival of the open demo. Anyone can download, install and play the demo that will be live from now through Sunday, February 3rd at 8:00 pm Pacific / 11:00 pm Eastern. Players need to be aware, according to BioWare, that servers will opening in a “rolling capacity” so not all players may be able to enter the game immediately but will be able to as more servers are added.