Everyone has a fighting chance
This is the third year since For Honor was released. 2019 is the Year of the Harbinger that will be divided into four seasons. Devs have a ton of new content planned including new Samurai, Viking, Knight and Wu Lin heroes that will be released with each new season. In addition, players can look forward to seasonal events, new maps and balance tweaks throughout the year.
On January 31st, indie-developed action MMO Pantropy will be heading into Steam Early Access. Ahead of the Steam launch, the devs have released a “huge performance update” that featured over two months of work and that is, according to the latest developer blog, “working out very well”.
Far Cry New Dawn is less than a month from release and Ubisoft is unveiling more about its story with today’s trailer. Fans of the series and players of Far Cry 5 will recognize a familiar face during the tour of some also-familiar locations set 17 years after the events of FC5.
Executive Producer Joe Neate is back with the latest Sea of Thieves Developer Update. Neate begins the video in a celebratory fashion with a mention of how pleased the dev team is with player engagement since the release of Shrouded Spoils.
Donkey Crew has announced that its “clan-based nomadic survival MMO”, Last Oasis, will be heading to Steam Early Access later this spring. To showcase some of its gameplay elements, the team released a new trailer featuring combat, building and harvesting of materials.
Star Trek Online players on PC can now check out the new content offered in Mirror of Discovery, an action-packed chapter that will see players meet the dreaded Terran Empire Captain Tilly. New content includes two featured episodes, Para Pacem and Illusion of Communication. In addition, there are a number of ninth anniversary events to take part in, the ability to check out the new Personal Endeavor System and take part in the Battle at the Binary Stars event.
World of Warcraft is an epic tale of the struggle between two superpowers, each one wanting to dominate the other. On its surface, the story of war is “heroic” and one filled with the “courageous” actions of armies and mighty generals. What is often overlooked, however, are the effects of war on the “little people”, the countless, faceless millions who try to survive the ongoing divide.
Back in 2009, a little group called “Mercenaries for Hire” was born. It was a Wizard101 “guild” that aimed to help players with difficult bosses and dungeons. . I ended up joining the merry band of misfits in 2014. Although it was a LOT of work, my time as a merc is one of the most memorable aspects of being a part of this community. Helping others deepened my understanding of average player skill and challenged me in ways that I had never thought about before.
The Anthem VIP beta test will kick off on Friday, January 25th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern and will run through January 27th at 6:00 pm Pacific / 9:00 pm Eastern. Those who have preordered the game or who are members of EA / Origin Access will be able to take part in the beta this weekend. In order to jump into the game when the bell tolls the start of the event, players on all platforms can preload the client right now.
You may remember the scandal with Insel Games’ Guardians of Ember and how it was removed from Steam for manipulating reviews. It didn’t take long for the game to end up for sale and for Gameforge to snap it up. It appears that Gameforge is ready to relaunch the game and is offering interested players a chance to beta test its version in preparation.