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The EverQuest II team has announced the fifteenth expansion to the game, Chaos Descending. In it, players will be invited to “delve deeper into the Elemental Planes” where they’ll encounter “some familiar and some not-so-familiar faces” as they work through ” the Earthen Badlands, the Kingdom of Wind, through the Unresting Waters, the Burning Lands and the Great Library”. Chaos Descending is anticipated to arrive in November.
Immortal: Unchained should be a game that is everything I’d want: Dark Souls difficulty? Check. Guns? Check. Fantastic graphics? Check. But it was missing one thing for me that would have really brought everything home: a soul.
Over the last week or so, Amazon has been sending out screenshots to show off the breadth of diversity that players will find in the zones and locations in New World. These include snowy fortresses, bucolic forest streams, hazy mountain vistas and more. According to the New World Twitter, each Saturday will see more screenshots released each Saturday across its social media accounts.
In his latest GameSpace.com article, Poorna Shankar offers insight on why facts matter in gaming when it comes to making an informed decision. He offers thoughts about key issues in gaming from cloud saves to framerates (to name two) and the importance of using fundamental facts as the foundation for making the very best decisions.
It is a delicately thin line that the Destiny franchise rides. At its heart, Destiny is a first person shooter, yet it has flirted with MMO elements for years. So much so that its community has been torn over what to call it. With the release of Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie begins to define the relationship. This is our review of Destiny 2: Forsaken.
Smilegate recently held an event to announce the release of the South Korean open beta for Lost Ark. The game will be available to Korean players beginning on November 7th. Smilegate has been working on Lost Ark for seven years, spending nearly $90M USD.
An interesting RUMOR has been posted on Kotaku as a comment on last week’s news that WildStar and Carbine Studios would be closing later this fall. A poster named exChua, ostensibly a former employee of both Paragon Studios and Carbine Studios, admits to creating a burner account in order to “correct the record here”. What follows is a RUMORED alternative the closure of both companies and the games they made. We have reached out to NCSoft & Carbine for a statement about the RUMORS.
If you’ve been wondering about SamuTale, a one-man indie MMO in Early Access on Steam, this week is your golden opportunity to try it out. From today through September 23rd, the entire game world is open and free to play. The F2P week comes on the heels of a big update that brings a ton of bug fixes and feature enhancements to the game for a smoother experience.
The World of Warcraft AMA is underway, with three questions already answered. One deals with player concerns with the Azerite armor system; another about drop rates for Island Expedition rewards and the third about issues with the Shaman class. Pop through the jump to see the full list of topics covered during the lengthy Reddit AMA.
Modding types will be interested to hear that a new contest has been announced for ARK: Survival Evolved. This is the third modding contest sponsored by Studio Wildcard, this time with a Grand Prize of $15,000. Modders can submit their work which will be assessed by developers (70% of the final score) and, later, sent to a public vote (30% of the score).