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Blossom & Cherry is a forthcoming browser-based or mobile MMORPG that has just landed on the Square Enix Collective and that it will be promoted over the next twelve days. The game is being developed by four who quit industry jobs in order to bring their vision to life.
With The Bard’s Tale 4: Barrows Deep (BT4), developer inXile Entertainment (original developer of the 2004�Bard’s Tale spinoff) is bringing us more than just a remaster of the original trilogy, we are getting a true sequel. Originally funded through a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, the Backer Beta was released on July 12. So let’s take a quick look at what the game has in store for us.
No Man’s Sky is getting the NEXT update today, a free upgrade that brings a metric ton of new content, new features and improvements to the game. NEXT finally brings multiplayer to the game, as well as third person view, weekly content events, and a brand new community website.
Rend is an interesting game any way you slice it. It’s not entirely an MMORPG, as it’s still limited to the smaller numbers of players like Conan Exiles, ARK, and so forth. And yet, the developers at Frostkeep so clearly want to make it very much like the classic three-faction game, Dark Age of Camelot – if DAOC had a baby with the survival genre. And that, it turns out, may just be creating some magic.
When the first major DLC for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire launches on August 2nd, things in the game will get downright chilly. Called Beast of Winter, the DLC sends players on a frosty adventure complete with “new areas and dungeons to explore, dozens of new items & creatures and fun & engaging quests”. We talked with Game Director Brandon Adler to learn more.
Anthem Creative Director Brenon Holmes has taken to Reddit to try to explain why the game may not feature any text-based chat channels. The team is facing an FCC deadline to implement accessibility options in game that can include full text-to-speech options. As a result, Anthem will probably exclude even the most basic text chat channels including zone, clan or general.
Niantic has revealed a new bonus for Pokemon Go players who love to trade with others. When one player trades to another, the one receiving the new Pokemon has a chance for it to turn into a “sparkly Lucky Pokemon” that will “require less Stardust to power up, which means they can reach a higher CP much faster than other Pokemon”.
The Hearthstone team took to the airwaves yesterday to reveal some of the cards players can expect to find in The Boomsday Project, the next expansion to the game. Peter Whalen and Brian Kibler showed off ten cards coming in the expansion, as well as a pair of legendary cards: Dr. Boom, Mad Genius (Warrior) and Kangor’s Endless Army (Paladin spell).
The War Thunder team is challenging its players to a two-week event during which they will complete a variety of special tasks that yield blueprints and resources needed to construct a pair of tanks. Using the collected items, players can craft the medium T-34E and the super-heavy IS-7 tanks.
The latest Fortnite patch notes have been published that bring a number of cool things into the game. This week marks the first birthday of Fortnite and Epic has a “party planned” for #Fortnite1st. Players will be able to “eat cake, party and bring your friends” to the celebration. Along the way, everyone can complete challenges to unlock the brand new cosmetic birthday set.