Everyone has a fighting chance
When Dauntless is updated this week, players will have a new vendor to visit, a shadowy salesman named the Middleman in Ramsgate. Middleman provides players with up to three new cells per week that can be purchased using aetherdust. This is a new currency obtained by breaking down unwanted cells. The available stock of cells changes weekly.
MapleStory M, the mobile version of the time-tested game, has been updated to bring the new Cygnus Knight class on board. Players can choose from five different jobs for the Cygnus Knight including Dawn Warrior, Night Walker, Thunder Breaker, Blaze Wizard or Wind Archer.
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth now has the mythic version of its first raid, Uldir. That means that the race for a “World First” clear, unofficial as it is, is now underway. For those who would like to keep track of things, Method is streaming all of their progress through Uldir for the first time in its history. The first 100 guilds each on the Alliance and Horde side to clear Uldir will be awarded with a special title thanks to the new leaderboards.
Last week I was given the intense privilege of attending a hands-on session with Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey and was overwhelmed, positively so, with what I saw and experienced. In previous entries to the Assassin’s Creed series, there has been some dispute into whether the titles were all that players were expecting to see, and I was one of those who, at times, harbored skepticisms.
MMORPG.com has partnered with Red Duck Inc to offer up 300 closed beta keys for A.V.A: Dog Tag. This free-to-play online first-person shooter will enter closed beta on September 14 and features intense shooter action across multiple maps. Enter for a chance to win a key now!
Just barely a week after launch, SCUM has succeeded in bringing players the DayZ we’ve always wanted, to an extent. SCUM is a survival multiplayer/single player first person shooter. You have to eat and drink, you also have to urinate and do number 2 every now and then. Staying alive isn’t always easy, but hey, what fun would it be if it were easy?
Rebellion is off and running and has released the first DLC for Strange Brigade. New content includes a new character, a new map and three free levels. In addition, players can look forward to two Season Pass and free content releases in October and an additional one in November. Season Pass content includes The Thrice Damned campaign mission (1 part each content release), new playable characters, and weapons. Free content includes new maps, a new playable character & weapons.
A casual look at BlizzardCareers.com reveals that a lot of Diablo projects are in the works which is something that we’ve known for a while and are cautiously optimistic that more will be revealed at this year’s Blizzcon. However, one thing piqued our interest: Blizzard’s unannounced project that is looking for people interested in building an “action packed game” with a beautiful, visceral core combat experience” and that someone should have a “passion for co-op games, RPGs & board games”.
The Russian version of Black Desert Online hangs in the balance. The official RU BDO forum has a new post from the team that informs players that the contract with Pearl Abyss ends on October 12th and that, while negotiations are still ongoing between GameNet and Pearl Abyss, servers may go offline on that date pending a restart “outside the platform”. At this time there is no word on how the discussions between the two companies is going.
We interview ArtCraft Entertainment on harnessing close ties with the community throughout development.