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The Saga of Lucimia team has sent out a new trailer to provide a “peek behind the curtain” for Update 11 coming this weekend. “Tonight John and I hopped in with some of our Dev Tavern folks and other developers to showcase a little bit of how the flow of the game feels these days compared to previous builds.”
Population Zero is an upcoming open world survival MMO currently in development. Players will be split into multiple colonies and factions, “constantly in conflict with each other for resources, technologies and territories”. Players will be able to become leaders of their colonies and work cooperatively to “conquer the deadly environment to discover all the riddles of this alien and ancient planet”.
When PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launches on December 7th for PlayStation 4, those downloading the battle royale phenom will receive a free PS-exclusive gift in the form of the Pixel Art Parachute in celebration of the big day. PUBG has been fully optimized for PS4 and includes all of the content available on other platforms including the Erangel, Miramar and Sanhok maps. Players can also check out several pre-order bundles that come with the base game, bonuses, the Survivor pass and currency.
In one of the interesting crop of videos to have turned up this week is one from YouTuber Sywo and his buddy, “lifetime Aion players”, take a look at Lost Ark. Lost Ark is currently in open beta in South Korea and western players have been finding a way in to get a look at a game that many fans of MMOARPGs would love to see come westward.
A mutated boar and duck walk down the road towards the Ark, the last known safe haven for humans. In a post-apocalyptic time mutants help the humans to continue to live on. These mutants are everywhere and they will help the humans to survive the ghoul attacks on the Ark. Then something happens, someone says that a perfect place called Eden exists, and this starts them down their own journey of discovery and survival. This is our review for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.
In celebration of this year’s Army-Navy football game on December 8th, Wargaming is inviting active duty members and veterans to join them for viewing parties around the world. In Philadelphia, veterans can join the team at the South Philly Bar and Grill. All that is required is to sign up and request an invitation. Active duty members at US military installations around the world will also see Wargaming-hosted events on game day.
The Path of Exile site has been updated with a new Development Manifesto that lays out a number of changes coming to the game to address balance issues and gameplay limitations. The post provides readers with a broad look at incoming changes in the Betrayal content expansion across a number of features including Stat Sticks, Energy Shield Recharge, Cap on Slowing Effects, Unique Rebalance, and Archetypes.
You may remember the Great Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition Canvas Bag Kerfuffle from last week about the last minute replacement of the canvas tote with a cheap nylon one. If you are a Power Armor Edition owner, happy days are here again. According to the Bethesda Twitter account, you’re now able to submit a ticket and a replacement CANVAS bag will be sent. Tickets will need to be submitted by January 31, 2019.
The Legends of Aria site has been updated to let players know that Early Access is ready to roll for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4th but that the Steam launch is being delayed to 2019. The post informs the community that the Steam delay is to provide more time for the team to ramp up its team. In addition, developers need time to develop and test data synchronization fixes and the team needs a bread from the 12 hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week development cycle.
Vainglory has been on mobile platforms for quite awhile, but has only now become available for PC and Mac thanks to the launch of the MOBA alpha. “Vainglory is a cross platform MOBA with the strategic depth and mechanical skill you’d expect from a PC title, but playable with your friends anywhere on any device.” The video gives a peek into Vainglory’s unique features.