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Overwatch fans looking to collect some new skins and other cosmetics will be happy to hear that the game’s Lunar New Year event is returning on January 24th. During the event, players will be able to gather up new skins, sprays, poses, voice lines and more. It’s likely that new skins will be released this year as well. The event will run through February 18th.
The latest Fallout 76 “Inside the Vault” newsletter has been published and it’s packed full of news and information about what the team has been working on, what players can expect in the coming weeks and months. The letter offers information about bug fixing, closing exploits, Patch 5 news and “a new way of playing the game that remove[s] PvP restrictions”.
Intrepid Studios has announced a second open beta event for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, the company’s take on the battle royale formula. The event will start on January 24th at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern and will wrap up on January 27th.
It’s Early Access launch day for dungeon brawler Breach. To celebrate the big day, QC Games has sent out the official launch trailer.
The launch of the second part of the Tides of Vengeance update to World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is just around the corner (January 22nd in NA) and the dev team has put out its traditional “survival guide” for fans. The video provides a quick peek at the biggest changes coming to the game with the patch including the new Dazar’alor raid, the newly reworked Azerite armor, PvP Season 2, Mythic+ Dungeon Season 2, updated rewards and more.
The Atlas Twitter and forum has just been updated with the news that North American Official PvP Network has been rolled back five and a half hours. The rollback happened due to one admin’s Steam being “compromised and used to cause some devastation” on the server.
Today’s Torchlight Frontiers live stream with the team will be centered squarely on how vital community feedback is to the development process of the game. The team will be discussing how feedback from the first two closed alpha events drove changes in the current build and how those changes will be present when the next alpha event kicks off.
Last month, Ubisoft flew us down to the Red Storm offices in Cary, North Carolina for a sneak peek at The Division 2. We went hands-on with the game’s new PVP gameplay and are here with a first look of the game in action and our thoughts on the changes. You won’t want to miss it.
BioWare is putting out its own series of videos designed to introduce fans to Anthem. In this first in the series, story, progression and customization are showcased. Players will get “detailed information about the javelins, customization and progression throughout the game”.
Welcome back, dear readers. In my previous entries, I’ve told stories of my beginnings as a rogue traveler in the world of Legends of Aria, making my start in Pyros Landing and slowly developing in strength and character, through both triumph and loss. Though today, it is with a burdened heart and aching eyes that I recount a personal tale of great loss, with hopes that it may serve as a lesson for younger adventurers.