Everyone has a fighting chance
Elder Scrolls Online devs are on a happy gift-giving jag lately. Earlier this month, the community earned a trio of goodies and the joy isn’t stopping now. Over the course of the next few months, players are invited to participate in a number of events. Successfully doing so will net them the Indrik Mount — all for the price of enjoying the game.
Encased, an “old-school isometric RPG”, has hit its initial funding goal on KickStarter with about six days left in the initiative. The original goal was to raise approximately $99,000 and the mark was met earlier today with over 2,200 fans becoming backers.
The latest edition of the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter is hot off the press. As it is October, this month’s version is a bit “spookier” than normal and features both a harvesting update and a “rogues gallery” spotlight on the Lycandrell…or werewolves.
Let us begin with a Fortnite health report. Two weeks ago, I sat at my keyboard and told you all I was bringing a giant to its knees by making it so popular it was unpopular. I said if someone as old and niche as I was covering it, then it was on borrowed time. As if my prophecies have ever needed justification, a week after my column dropped Saturday Night Live had a Fortnite skit…There is nothing less cool to teens than a comedy show featuring political humor directed at old people!
Strange Brigade has been updated with its first DLC called The Thrice Damned. Players will find the first part of the ongoing campaign in “Isle of the Dead”. It is designed for one to four players and is available on PlayStation 4, PC and XBox One. The campaign DLC is $6.99 or is part of the Season Pass.
It has been a bit of a wait but MapleStory 2 is finally here. We got our chance to run around in the closed beta test, but now with our jump into head start we can provide all the changes that have happened in the initial changes. We will be giving you a bit of what you can expect when you play and give a peek at the ups and downs of the game so far. Let’s go!
Overwatch’s annual Halloween Terror event is back with lots of spooky theme items including new skins, sprays, highlight intros, emotes and more. Several heroes are getting the new-skin treatment this year such as Moira, Sombra, Pharah, Wrecking Ball, Mei, Soldier 76, Widowmaker, Doomfist and McCree. In addition, items from Halloween events in the past are back, so there’s lot to collect.
The Sea of Thieves site has been updated with the news that Cargo Runs are being added to the game once today’s maintenance is complete. The new feature has been added in response to player feedback to have “alternative means of building your Merchant Alliance reputation”.
A new goddess is heading to SMITE, no less than the Greek Queen of the Gods, Hera. Hi-Rez Studios has sent out its signature reveal video to not only provide a peek at her abilities, but also some background from mythology of old.
Nothing says “Tuesday” like a spirited discussion of necromancy, amiright? It seems that the Crowfall team agrees as today’s latest developer blog post is centered on the subject. Penned by Thomas “Blixtev” Blair, the article centers on “Crows, vessels and…NECROMANCY”, complete with the suggestion of spooky music and things bumping in the night.