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After 6 years ArenaNet of game changing events, we got some time to sit down and talk to Mike Zadorojny, Game Director, and Elisabeth Cardy, Global Brand Manager, to talk about how Living World has changed the way ArenaNet tell stories.
Console Neverwinter players can now take off for the wilds of Barovia thanks to the arrival of the Ravenloft content expansion. PlayStation 4 and XBox One players can check out the “meaningful day-to-night” cycle, Ravenloft Manor, the Tarokka Card collection system and the new Castle Ravenloft end game dungeon.
If you’re looking for brutal Viking action, RUNE has your back. The open-world Viking-themed RPG will be launching into Early Access on September 19th. From now through EA launch, interested players can leverage at 15% discount. RUNE is the “spiritual successor” to Rune Classic, but one where the team is “pushing even further [the boundaries of PvP] with intense, brutal combat mechanics not often seen in these types of games,” said Project Lead Chris Rhinehart.
En Masse Entertainment has announced that Closers has been updated to bring the new Dark Wizard Wolfgang into the game. In addition, the localized German version is ready for testing with “most core aspects” of the game translated.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since the launch of Guild Wars 2, but it has! ArenaNet has posted a brand new retrospective on the game, its development and the minds behind Tyria. Take a look at how far Guild Wars 2’s Living World has come and perhaps get a sneak peek at what lies ahead.
After a long absence in the West Dragon Quest makes its way to our shores later next week. Was it worth the wait? Read on for our review to find out.
Skyforge has been updated to bring the standalone Battle Royale mode into the game. Battle Royale is a separate game mode and players are not required to have characters in the main Skyforge game. Simply launch Skyforge and choose Battle Royale to be sent to the new game mode and to choose a premade character to duke it out with other former gods to become the last one standing.
When the Delve expansion launches for Path of Exile on August 31st, it will come packed with a number of tweaks to balance. Grinding Gear devs have posted a detailed list of systems and abilities that will be changing with Delve’s launch. In addition, and later today, the team will be posting the full update notes “alongside the Item Filter and Passive Tree Data you’ll need to start planning your builds and guides”.
The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a pair of newsy news items. In the first, devs detail a number of changes coming to the item listing process on the WoW Auction House. In the second, an exploit that allowed players to “farm” quests repeatedly to gain Exalted reputations has been identified and hotfixed. Players who took advantage of the exploit will be punished, though no word has come down yet on what that punishment will be.
Written like an old fashioned pulp-fiction matinee, feeling every bit an Indiana Jones movie with visual immersion as detailed as an AAA MMORPG – Rebellion development team’s newest title Strange Brigade launches this week with rip-roaring stories, animation, puzzles and gunfire all in the picturesque albeit zombie-ridden setting of 1930’s Egypt. How did this all come to be, what is a strange brigade and why are they here?