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In his latest opinion piece at GameSpace.com, Poorna Shankar tears into the PR-speak over the last couple of weeks since the announcement by Sony that it would be “allowing” cross play between PlayStation 4 and the other available platforms for Fortnite. While it is a magnificent thing for players and we all should be thrilled with it, it’s equally important to see the bigger picture.
2K and HB Studios have announced the release date of the first DLC for The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour. On October 4th, players will receive a free pack of content that includes the Atlantic Beach Country Club as the home of the Web.com TOUR Championship. In addition, new player customization options are being added and a bevy of game improvements are incoming.
As soon as the calendar read October 1st, KingsIsle flipped their Halloween switch and unleashed all manner of darkness and demons back into the spiral. Talk about wasting no time! Although most of 2018’s spookiness are old favorites, KingsIsle did supply some new surprises for the brave wizards of the spiral.
Star Wars: The Old Republic has been updated to v5.9.3 “Fame & Fortune”. Most notably, players can look forward to the brand new 8v8 Huttball Warzone called The Sky Shredder. Players will duke it out “atop a deadly flying barge set over the mining planet of Vandin”.
GIGABYTE is one of the most well known component vendors in the business. Over the last year, they’ve hit the accessory market with renewed vigor, bringing fresh accessories with reworked internals and flashier looks than ever before. Back in February, we looked at AORUS K9 Optical Gaming Keyboard and came away impressed. Will the RGB-infused AORUS M5 do the same? Join us as we find out in this review of the AORUS M5 Gaming Mouse.
Andrezj Sapkowski, author of the eight book Witcher novel series, has sent an “official demand” to CD Projekt Red for an additional $16M USD in royalties that would be added to payments he has already collected. Sapkowski originally made a deal with CDPR in the early 2000s to sell the rights to The Witcher. “The compensation remitted to the author is too low given the benefits obtained in association with the use of the author’s work”. The ‘demand’ is for 6% “of the profits obtained’.
A new, rather grainy video has surfaced that purportedly shows footage from a Harry Potter action-RPG in the works. YouTube poster “RastaPasta” has also included a lengthy description of the rumored game providing details including that it is an open-world, third person game that is set at Hogwarts in the 19th Century.
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for the North American version of TERA that will give players many cool in game items such as a 30-day Duskwing Mount, “All Your Tower Are Belong To Us” hat and more! Get your key now!
The latest Albion Online Q&A with the developers has been posted, this time with Game Director Robin Henkys, Community Lead Emma-Jade Wightman and Combat Designer Michael Schwahn. The trio tackle a number of things that are coming in the near future including randomized dungeons, mob changes, alterations in the new player experience, social additions, and lots about PvP!
When Aion: Awakened Legacy launches later this month, it will do so with a new high-level zone called Lakrum. The area is tailored for players beginning at level 75. The journey through Lakrum will take players from level 75 to 80 as they explore and quest. “Lakrum is dense with both friend and foe alike — all fighting to gain power”.