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From now through Monday, October 15th, Rocket League players can earn double XP for the first time ever. The event is in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Psyonix’s first game, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars that morphed into Rocket League nearly a decade later.
The Blizzcon Gear Shop is open for business with all the goodies that will be on sale at the annual convention next month. Out of all the books, accessories, apparel and artwork, there is one thing that has us intrigued. Two t-shirts (one men’s, one women’s) and a poster are featured in the Diablo section with the title “Diablo: Reign of Terror”. What we DON’T know is what it means beyond the fact that Blizzard has teased “several Diablo projects in the works”.
On October 20th, all Guild Wars 2 players are invited to participate in a 24-hour charity WvW raid on Piken Square. Funds raised during the event will benefit Checkemlads, an organization that works with patients undergoing treatment for testicular cancer. The event kicks off on Saturday, October 20th at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern.
The little people of World of Warcraft are set to accomplish something big again this year with the ninth annual Running of the Gnomes event set to take place on Saturday, October 13th at 4:00 pm Pacific / 7:00 pm Eastern on the Scarlet Crusade server (NA). The charity event benefits The Cleveland Clinic and its research on the Tuohy Vaccine, “a vaccine that can prevent Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, which is often hereditary and the most deadly form of breast cancer”.
MMOCulture is reporting that the Korean version of Nexon’s Hyper Universe is shutting down on November 15th after two years in service. The reasons are pretty much what you’d expect: The game didn’t gain the footing developers wanted and it was difficult to provide the service to players they expected. This only affects the Korean version with the North American / European version still in live service for the time being.
If you’re an Android mobile user and have been waiting patiently for your chance to try out Fortnite, now’s your chance! Epic has announced that the game is now available, however, don’t go looking for it on Google Play. The download for the beta client is directly from the Fortnite site.
Bungie has done an about-face with Destiny 2: Forsaken. Up to now, players needed to have both the Warmind and Curse of Osiris expansions in order to play Forsaken that created a barrier of entry to players. However, in the latest This Week at Bungie, developers have admitted this was a mistake. Starting October 16, both expansion DLC will be included in a Forsaken purchase. In addition, those who bought Forsaken earlier will receive a “Veterans of the Hunt” bundle of goods.
Cooler Master has a treat for us today, this time with the ControlPad, a brand new analog macro pad launching on Kickstarter today. Why Kickstarter, you may ask? That’s because the ControlPad is a new concept in macro pads – a niche of a niche, you might say – and they need your help to bring it to market and develop software that, for the first time, isn’t just for gamers.
The Alldocube X has recently completed its crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo raising more than 1100% of its funding goal and coming in at $347,898. That’s a lot of money for a tablet you’ve probably never heard of before, so there’s got to be something special here, right? That’s what we figured, so we decided to dig and see if it offered anything that gamers might be interested.
Champions Online players can take part in the annual Bloodmoon Rises Halloween event now that it’s dropped in game. During the event, players can check out new costumes and transformations in the store as well as “complete certain perks” to get hold of the Black Cat and Black Kitten Action Figures.