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It’s time for another trip around the Crowd Funded PVP Universe to see what the professional introverts we call developers are up to! Bring your lust for PVP and your flames for crowdfunding and jump on into the column below.
With the recent launch of the latest Path of Exile expansion, Delve, players are hard at work seeing how far into the mines they can run. Meanwhile, devs are working equally hard to make improvements in the popular new content. We took an opportunity to catch up with the team to find out how launch went, what’s in the works and what’s next for Path of Exile.
Blade & Soul players can now head into the game and dig into the new content that arrived with the Warden’s Fury update. This includes “a new character class, Act 9 of the epic quest line, a new 6-player heroic dungeon and much more”.
A brief Q&A has been posted on the forums of the Russian version of Black Desert Online that informs players that Pearl Abyss is taking over publication of the game in Russia starting in mid-October. Currently, the game is published by GameNet, but the contract between it and Pearl Abyss has been cancelled effective October 12th.
Funcom and the Secret World Legends team have posted up a preview of the upcoming Stonehenge Occult Defense Scenario that will be coming to the game in the future.
As the months roll on, so too does the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen team! They’re hard at work on progressing through a variety of development milestones on the way to yet another pre-alpha event that will likely kick off later this fall.
When v4.4 Prelude to Violet launches in Final Fantasy XIV on September 18th, players will have a ton of new options in the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding where they can choose to bond with another player. Even those who have previously participated in a bonding ceremony will find new things to enjoy with the arrival the Eternal Anniversary feature.
State of Decay 2 players can now check out the game’s second DLC called Daybreak Pack. Those who own the Ultimate Edition will receive the DLC as part of the original price, or it can be purchased separately for $10. Players will find a new cooperative game mode and the new Blood Plague Juggernaut freak.
From September 19th through September 23rd, Hearthstone players will be challenged during the Days of the Frozen Throne event. There will be a new Tavern Brawl and will be able to partake in new Legendary Quests. In addition, all players logging into Hearthstone during the event will receive a free Golden Happy Ghoul card and can purchase the Bundle Up Bundle (30 Knights of the Frozen Throne card packs) for $20.
The Last Wish is the first raid coming to Destiny 2: Forsaken and it’s ready to hit live service on Friday, September 14th. Players will be sent “into the heart of the City to kill that creature and extract its heart”.