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Final Fantasy XIV players looking for a bit of holiday cheer can check into the game starting today to take part in the annual Starlight Festival. The event will be running from now through December 31st and offers players a chance to run a few quests for some pretty cool item rewards for participating.
AKRacing is one of the most well respected names in the gaming chair business. When they reached out to see if we’d take a look at their entry in their highest-end Premium line, we had to accept. Today, we’re reviewing the AKRacing Premium Gaming Chair in Camouflage. It’s always hunting season somewhere – why not have a gaming chair to match?
Wargaming and Mad Head Games have released the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming “action RPG MMO” Pagan Online. Fans of ARPGs will find themselves right at home watching the game in action, including the UI, item drops, execution of skills and much more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!
After last week’s Ship of Heroes log in event, the company’s CEO Casey McGeever has deemed it a success. Most notably, the FPS remained high and, as the primary goal of the event, developers are pleased with the result. Backers “showed up and seemed to have a good time”. Players were decked out in a variety of costumes that “looked good” and developers received compliments.
According to a site called Game Watcher, it’s possible that Bethesda is in violation of the European Union’s “General Data Protection Regulation”, or GDPR. When creating a new account, the option is presented to see Zenimax ads on other websites. The default response is “yes” which authorizes the sharing of personal data. According to a now-removed Reddit post, there is no way to toggle the answer to “no” until after account creation and that it is difficult to find it buried in several menus.
Last week, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas took part in a live Q&A where he answered a number of questions across a wide array of topics including the much-discussed Azerite armor system. In one of the more positive takeaways from the Q&A, Hazzikostas said that items that drop after the Battle of Dazar’alor raid will come with all traits unlocked automatically — no more getting a piece of armor with traits that are unavailable until the Heart of Azeroth levels up enough.
The Obsidian site has been updated with a brief post from the Outer Worlds team to answer a burning question that devs have been fielding everywhere: Will this upcoming game feature any lootboxes or other microtransactions”? The short answer is simply, “No.” The longer answer is, “No microtransactions, of any kind, in our game.” That should set a lot of minds at ease.
On December 18th, Sky Noon will officially launch 1.0 of the “grappling hook swinging” Old West shooter. Players can look forward to a new game mode called Money Bags where players are in a free-for-all battle to collect the most coins possible and make a deposit in the bank. Duels and Time Trials have also been retooled to add more customization options and a new map has been added to spice up the fun.
Warlords Awakening developers have announced that players will be able to take part in “a magical Christmas full of adventures” starting December 19th. Players can expect “a variety of surprises including new content and an exclusive Christmas event” going forward through the rest of the month.
Black Desert Online developer, Pearl Abyss, has announced that it has set up a new office in Manhattan Beach, California to expand its operations in North America. This is the first branch located in NA and “comes after Pearl Abyss recently announced that the company had acquired CCP Games, the creators of the popular spaceship MMORPG, EVE Online,” according to the press announcement.