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Larian Partners with Dark Eye Tabletop Vets for Divinity: Original Sin 2 GM Content

Larian Studios has partnered up with creators of the Dark Eye tabletop RPG to bring a new GM-led campaign to Divinity: Original Sin 2. The Prison of Shadow content is a unique campaign for a GM and three to five players. The action is centered an abandoned dwarven city where the party has been sent to find a “dangerous artifact” where they will face off against the “cultists of the Nameless God”. The update is expected to launch on November 21st.

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Larian Partners with Dark Eye Tabletop Vets for Divinity: Original Sin 2 GM Content

Larian Studios has partnered up with creators of the Dark Eye tabletop RPG to bring a new GM-led campaign to Divinity: Original Sin 2. The Prison of Shadow content is a unique campaign for a GM and three to five players. The action is centered an abandoned dwarven city where the party has been sent to find a “dangerous artifact” where they will face off against the “cultists of the Nameless God”. The update is expected to launch on November 21st.

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Saga of Lucimia on Subscriptions – ‘The More Options You Provide a Player, the Better’

The Saga of Lucimia site has been updated with a new Mondays in MMOs that deals with one of the genre’s most enduring subjects: To Subscribe or Not to Subscribe. In it, Tim “Renfail” Anderson examines the issue starting with a look at the division of the market with regard to subscriptions vs non-subscription games. From there, the post looks at collected data from a number of sources before coming to the conclusion that players will support a game regardless IF the game is “fun & immersive”.

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Saga of Lucimia on Subscriptions – ‘The More Options You Provide a Player, the Better’

The Saga of Lucimia site has been updated with a new Mondays in MMOs that deals with one of the genre’s most enduring subjects: To Subscribe or Not to Subscribe. In it, Tim “Renfail” Anderson examines the issue starting with a look at the division of the market with regard to subscriptions vs non-subscription games. From there, the post looks at collected data from a number of sources before coming to the conclusion that players will support a game regardless IF the game is “fun & immersive”.

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Fallout 76: Grouping Up in the Wastelands

When pitching Fallout 76, Bethesda Game Studios described Fallout 76 as “Fallout with your friends.” Within this article we are going to look at some of the pros and cons of this experience while examining how the multiplayer aspect functions.

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Fallout 76 Update Plans for the Balance of 2018 Revealed

Bethesda has posted a new blog to provide the first details about a number of updates coming to the game between now and the end of the year. The first patch is expected to roll out on November 19th and will feature mainly game performance improvements designed to provide more stability across all platforms. In addition, a number of quests will be fixed, the UI will be tweaked and changes are incoming to the C.A.M.P. system. The patch is said to be “large” and notes will be posted soon.

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Danica Davidson – Minecraft & Education Make Sense Together

Last June something I never expected happened. I found myself speaking before a crowded room of European Union members, think tanks, NGOs, industry representatives, policymakers and their kids about my books and the incredibly influential game Minecraft. Why were they interested? I was talking about how my Minecrafter books and the game that inspired them can be useful in teaching kids about such far-flung topics as literacy, fact-checking and friendships.

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SMITE Coming to Nintendo Switch in January 2019

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that SMITE is coming to Nintendo Switch in January 2019. The game will feature 60 FPS gameplay and full cross-play between Switch, XBox One, PC, Mac and the Steam version. It remains unknown whether or not there will be PS4 cross-play. Players will also have access to their account across all platforms to keep progression unified.

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Additional Details About Dragon Hound Emerge – Core Gameplay is Hunting

This year’s G-Star was dominated by mobile gaming news, but that doesn’t mean there there isn’t something of note out there for both MMO fans and PC users. Dragon Hound is an upcoming Nexon title that is centered around hunting. Judging by their trailer last week, it obviously involves some big ass dragons. Some new details have emerged via an interview with Korean media that features some new details.