Is now a good time to pick up the game for someone who hasn’t played Destiny 2 yet? I made the jump to play for the first time and let you know what I run into, in our Destiny 2 Noob Adventures series.
Noob Adventures in Destiny 2: Forsaken Part 1
Black Desert Online Free to Play Through September 9th on Steam
Black Desert Online is part of the Steam Free Weekend and is free to play through September 9th. Players can explore the recently overhauled graphics of the remastered version and can leverage a sweet 50% off of the normal price should they choose to purchase it during the free play event.
Overwatch League Expands with Six More Teams
The Overwatch League is growing again, this time with the addition of six more teams. Teams will be representing the following cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Washington D.C., Chengdu, Hangzhou and Paris. These six join the previously announced expansion franchises in Atlanta and Guangzhou.
Star Citizen: Around the Verse – Banutiful and Habulous
The newest Star Citizen: Around the Verse has arrived, this time hosted by Character Art Director Josh Herman and VP of Marketing Sandi Gardiner. Called Banutiful and Habulous, the weekly developer vlog details a look at new moons, props and ships. “Lighting habs, a first look at ArcCorp’s moons, lockers, ships, and Con42 in this week’s update”.
LA Times Owner & NantWorks Partner with Daybreak for Mobile H1Z1 & EverQuest Games & More
The Daybreak site has been updated with the latest in a series of “business type” news stories today: “NantWorks, a diversified holding company, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Daybreak Game Company”. NantWorks has purchased a controlling interest in a new venture with Daybreak called NantG Mobile LLC “which has been formed to develop and publish mobile versions of Daybreak’s current games — H1Z1 & EverQuest”.
Ship of Heroes Devs Detail Civilians & Cars & Making a City Feel Alive
The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a new blog post to show off the most recent works by the team, particularly with regard to NPCs and how the team is invested in providing a “living” city for its players. Besides adding a vibrant NPC population, complete with vehicular travel, developers are also cognizant of keeping a “reasonable FPS for our new MMORPG”. The goal is to “strike a good balance between immersion and FPS”.
KOG Games Launches Elsword’s Final Varnimyr Dungeon
Elsword players will now finally come to the conclusion of the Varnimyr Dungeon series with the release of Shadow Vein. The El Search Party is hot on the trail of fresh new adventures in Varnimyr and Shadow Vein should provide a challenging opportunity.
ArcheAge Server ‘Evolutions’ Coming to NA and EU Servers on October 17th
Trion Worlds is giving ArcheAge players plenty of notice ahead of a server “evolution” coming to both North American and European servers on October 17th to “better balance populations”. While the details are somewhat slim at the moment, the plan is to release a comprehensive FAQ sometime next week.
Carbine Studios Shutting Down, WildStar to Close
WildStar developer Carbine Studios has announced that it is shutting down and that what remains of the developers are “in the process of identifying the teams that will be doing the work to bring WildStar to a close”.
Zeus’ Battlegrounds Beta Key Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given beta keys for Zeus’ Battlegrounds – an all new free to play melee-based battle royal game by Industry Games. Get your key while you can and check out this new title!