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Amazon has posted a brief note on its Facebook page to let fans know that a fresh round of New World alpha invites is out in the wild. Interested community members are also invited to sign up for the chance to be selected for the alpha as well.
BioWare is ready to break out the fireworks in honor of the seventh anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republic. From now through January 15the, players can head into the game to claim celebratory rewards, some of them brand new for 2018. Players will receive the Commemorative Statue: Return of Malgus, Weapon Display: Satele Shan, Weapon Display: Darth Malgus and some fireworks! Players can also claim a Dromund Kaas or Coruscant Stronghold for only seven credits!
According to Kotaku, Twitch is selling off Curse Media to “Fandom”, once known as Wikia. “We’ve signed a definitive agreement to acquire Curse Media from Twitch, Inc., including all media assets and employees,” a letter to Kotaku reads. Fandom will be folding all of the Curse assets into its Gamepedia section. One site many of our readers will be familiar with is MMO-Champion, one of the largest World of Warcraft fan sites on the Internet today.
The Rift site has been updated with the cheery news that the annual Fae Yule event has kicked off and will run through January 10th. Players will find the usual collection of quests, zone events, Instant Adventures, and Warfront.
Blizzard has released a brand new shop mount, a flying fox called the Vulpine Familiar. The mount is $25 and may just be the perfect holiday gift for your favorite WoW player.
Daybreak Game Company has announced PlanetSide Arena, “a new massive-scale multiplayer sci-fi shooter” that is slated to be released on January 29, 2019. According to press information, there will be several familiar features in place including the class system, arms gameplay, “dynamic in-match and seasonal progression”. The map will eventually be able to support up to 1,000 players.
We’ve all been there. You buy a wireless gaming headset only to find out the mic was a complete afterthought. Or maybe you’ve just bought an expensive pair of wireless headphones and don’t want to step down to a gaming headset. Enter the ModMic Wireless, a wire-free mic that promises better quality than any gaming headset you’ve ever heard. Does it deliver? Let’s find out in our full review.
The holidays will soon descend into Erenor and the ArcheAge team has a brand new event for players to take part in . The event will begin on December 19th with the new Snowball Arena that pits teams of three against one another in a “brutal, snowy brawl”. Players will have access to an array of special skills tailored for epic snowball fights and some interesting effects to both use and / or avoid while battling it out.
It has finally arrived, the final battle against the Black Mage is upon us. If you have been playing or following Maple Story for a while you know that the Black Mage is the big bad of the Maple World. Always he was in the background but now it is time to bring the fight to him. Are you ready? I’m ready.
Red Thomas kicks off operations in Black Hole Sun and learns a few lessons along the way. Those hard lessons are your gain as he lists out some must-know tips for players who want to jump-start their own operations in X4: Foundations.