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The latest PC update has been deployed to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Most notably, Update 21 brings the “much-requested” Training Mode into the game that allows players to “practice all aspects of PUBG gameplay” on a 2×2 map. In addition, players can check out the latest iteration of the PUBG rewards system that provides players with in-game items “just for playing PUBG and completing missions”.
Fortnite players have a new Limited Time Mode to try out called Getaway. In a sense, it’s a capture the flag-type mode. Several supply drops are scattered around the island. Each contains a large jewel. Players have to open a safe, pick it up (along with anything else nearby) and find a van to escape. “The first four teams to make their way to a van with a jewel and escape, win!” Of course, there are always those other pesky players trying to stop that…
Pearl Abyss, the creator of the MMO Black Desert Online, have announced that it will acquire Iceland-based CCP Games. CCP Games is well known for being the creators of the insanely popular space MMORPG EVE Online. Through this deal, CCP Games will still operate independently from Pearl Abyss, operating their Shanghai, London and Reykjavik studios.
Bless Online has been updated with The Rift of Space & Time that brings players two new level 45 activities to participate in. The Rift of Space & Time is a “horde-mode” instance where players face off against increasing numbers of enemies who also become increasingly strong. In addition, the Random Dungeon feature in the Dungeon Finder is now active that “allows level 45 players to earn additional rewards for defeating the final boss”.
With the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie also announced it’s new “Bungie Rewards” program that allows players to complete in-game tasks to earn real world and in-game items. The first offer challenges players to work through the Forsaken campaign by the end of September in order to receive a digital download of the Forsaken soundtrack, over 110 minutes of music.
VPESports.com (via MassivelyOP) has an interesting investigative piece about recent goings-on in the H1Z1 Pro League. At issue are problems with foreign players obtaining visas and working in the US with proper documentation; low attendance that many feel is due to event streaming taking place exclusively on Facebook; and missing payments from Daybreak due to “force majeure”, or an unforeseeable circumstance, that prevents fulfillment of contract obligations.
Industry Games has announced a new entry into the battle royale genre with Zeus’ Battlegrounds. The game is a melee battle royale with 100+ players taking part in a “last one standing” fight set in the time of Olympus and the Greek Gods. Players can take part in solo queue or team play “where you assume the role of a Demigod collecting Godlike Gear and Legendary Weapons” to defeat all comers.
Last year, RESPAWN dropped into the gaming chair market out of nowhere with an entire line up of chairs, including the gamer-focused RSP-200 which we reviewed here at MMORPG. Out of the myriad of options, the one chair missing from this line-up was something for the big and tall. RESPAWN answers the call with the RSP-400. Might this titan be the chair for you? Read on for our full review.
Neverwinter’s next module is going to be a bit different than the norm. The Heart of Fire is created in collaboration with Penny Arcade’s Acquisitions Incorporated D&D campaign. It has stories and voice over from Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins plus Amy Falcone, it’s a more lighthearted journey through famous locales across the Forgotten Realms. We had a chance to play the campaign’s opening mission at PAX West.
Neverwinter’s next module is going to be a bit different than the norm. The Heart of Fire is created in collaboration with Penny Arcade’s Acquisitions Incorporated D&D campaign. It has stories and voice over from Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins plus Amy Falcone, it’s a more lighthearted journey through famous locales across the Forgotten Realms. We had a chance to play the campaign’s opening mission at PAX West.