Everyone has a fighting chance
Starting December 6th, Elder Scrolls Online will be free to play “with no strings attached” on PlayStation 4, PC and XBox One. The event runs through December 11th. PS4 players will need PlayStation Plus membership in order to play, while XBox One players will need XBox Live Gold membership.
When the v8.1 “Tides of Vengeance” update launches on December 11th, players will have a second warfront to participate in with the opening of Darkshore. The Battle for Darkshore provides players of both factions with an up close and personal viewpoint of the war between Horde and Alliance. Arathi Highlands and Darkshore warfronts will run independent of one another and players can participate in both at any given time through the contribution phase or the more active phase.
We all enjoy haptic feedback in some way. Whether it’s on the touch screens of our phones or in the rumble packs of our controllers, haptics are a part of our lives. Today, we’re looking at a gaming headset that takes the idea of haptics to the next level with the Razer Nari Ultimate. Their tagline is “feel every battle” and this time it’s more than just marketing. Find out in our official review!
Today marks the start of the Twelve Days of Wintersday via Guild Wars 2 social channels and next week will mark the return of the in-game event starting December 11th. “Get ready to play in the snow, wrap up presents and jump all over giant peppermint candies” says the post on the official site.
From December 11th to January 2nd, Overwatch players will be able to take part in the game’s annual Winter Wonderland event. As expected, Winter Wonderland comes with a host of new cosmetics, sprays, voice lines, victory poses, skins and more. Speculation is high after a wily fan saw a new t-shirt for sale on the Blizzard Shop and opines that both Junkrat may get a “Rat King” skin that is thematically tied to Nutcracker Zenyatta and Odette Widowmaker.
Destiny 2: Forsaken’s Annual Pass event has kicked off today that brings a plethora of new content that will roll out from now through August 2019. The Annual Pass expands the endgame for players “and provides an additional layer of challenge and reward for the most dedicated players”. Over the coming nine months, new content will roll out across three distinct seasons, “each with their own evolutions to the player experience”.
The Crew 2 is speeding along in its newest major update, Demolition Derby! Bringing the chance to go head to head with other players in time attack races as well as smashing viciously into others while destroying cars left and right in the Demolition Derby discipline. This huge update brings all this and more and I had a chance to check it all out ahead of time courtesy of Ubisoft.
Epic Games is ready to take on Steam by launching its own multi-game store platform. The company blog indicates that the store has been in progress for over five years. The Epic Games Launcher will be made available for PC and Mac and will feature, of course, Fortnite and the Unreal Engine. “We built a worldwide ecosystem supporting dozens of payment methods; and we gained great economies of scale thanks to Fortnite’s growth.” the blog reads.
While it began quietly doing some testing earlier this year, it seems the folks at Skybound and NMC Studios are ready to tear the roof off their own particular take on the Battle Royale genre. Notmycar is going to be a perfect hybrid of Battle Royale and car combat games like the ill-fated Auto Assault, with a Closed Beta “Test Drive” kicking off this weekend on December 8th.
The Pokemon Go blog has been updated with the big news that Trainer Battles are finally coming to the game. Later in December, players will be able to challenge friends or any other Trainer in the area. Each player will sport a team of three Pokemon that will duke it out to see which one survives the encounter. Win or lose, “both participants will receive great rewards, including a chance at rare Evolution items”.