World of Warcraft Azerite Gear Concerns Rebutted by WoW Community Manager

After a lengthy post on the World of Warcraft forums that collated player concerns about Battle for Azeroth gear (Azerite armor), Community Manager Josh “Lore” Allen wrote a lengthy rebuttal to each point. The original post cited several issues, albeit one or two rather hyperbolic, such as “Azerite – Worst Itemization in WoW’s History”, “Traits are Useless & Uninteresting”, “Trait ‘Farming'”, “340 Traits Outperforming 385 Traits”, “Reforging Costs” and “Power Swings”.

Funcom Hiring 40 for ‘Several New PC / Console Projects’

The Funcom team is going to grow by 40 new developers after a hiring spree is completed. The jobs are divided between the Oslo, Norway studio and the one in North Carolina. There are a wide variety of jobs available as the company gears “up development of several new PC/console projects internally including a co-op multiplayer game and a new Conan single-player game”.

Star Trek Online to Celebrate CBS’s Discovery Series In-Game

Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment have announced that Star Trek Online players will be able to create their own Discovery-era Federation Captains and work through a multi-part adventure with Starfleet Academy Cadet Sylvia Tilly. Till will be voiced by her Discovery actress Mary Wiseman. The first chapter will introduce a new Discovery tutorial, two episodes, new Reputation Tiers, a new Task Force Operation and other quality of life improvements.

Noblechairs HERO (Real Leather) Review

With the market becoming more saturated every day, it can be hard to separate a great gaming chair the masses of imposters flooding Amazon as we speak. Well, today we have the genuine article with the Noblechairs HERO. It’s the latest and, in my opinion, greatest chair they’ve released to date and is on track to be our best gaming chair of 2018. This is our review of the Noblechairs HERO.

WildStar’s Run Comes to an End on November 28th, Final Update Deployed

The WildStar site has been updated with the precise date that the game will shut down for good: November 28th. The final update has been deployed that turns off all real-money transactions and offers players refunds for recent purchases. In addition, a number of events will take place between now and the final day of service including Residential Renovation, Shade’s Eve, Protostar’s Gala Winterfest Extravaganza and a special final day event for “some fun” with the devs.