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The Sea of Thieves site has been updated with a pair of interesting newsy items. To mark 20 years of Banjo-Kazooie, players can purchase a new ship’s figurehead called Bear & Bird for 1998 gold — see what they did there? In the other interesting piece of news, Rare announced that they’ve “banned a number of players” who are confirmed as cheaters.
When Bethesda introduced Fallout 76 to the world at this year’s E3, the trailer features a cover of John Denver’s 1971 hit, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. Bethesda is now offering the song to fans via iTunes for $1 with 100% of proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
The Conan Exiles site has been updated with the news that a second DLC pack will be out in August. This time, the DLC will be thematically based on the western kingdom of Aquilonia, “where Conan himself is destined to one day lead a rebellion and become king”. Called “Jewel of the West”, the pack will contain new housing items and building materials, warpaints and 15 armor pieces.
With Beta being missed for the third time, our own Tim Eisen takes a look at what landing it upon the fourth try means, for better or worse.
En Masse Entertainment has announced that the Phantom’s Keep update will be hitting live service for PC players on July 12th. The update will see the return of the Dreadspire and Manglemire dungeons that will both feature some “spooky loot”. In addition, new Guardian Legion content will be added including a Dragon Hunt event and new missions that players can take part in solo or in a group.
Intrepid Studios now has more than 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation, including more than a few former Daybreak Game Company devs. Seven new team members were added and a new round to bring another 21 developers into the studio is already underway. Creative Director and Founder, Steven Sharif. “It’s pretty exciting to watch your dreams become a reality, and at the end of the day, creating an MMORPG that players can be proud of.”
Since their release nearly three years ago, Samsung’s NVME M.2 SSDs have dominated the high performance storage market. Competition has been glacial in their attempts to catch up, but as they finally do, Samsung has returned to defend their title with the 970 series. We were lucky enough to get our hands on a 970 PRO NVME M.2 SSD. Let’s see how it fared in our tests.
Sandbox Interactive has published a new video developer diary that reveals the first details of the forthcoming Albion Online Merlyn Update with specific regard to Faction Warfare. This is Part 1 of a multipart series that will reveal more about the Merlyn update.
From Thursday, July 5th through Monday, July 9th, XBox One Live Gold subscribers and Steam PC players can take part in a free weekend of fun in Rocket League. The event will feature all available game modes including Casual and Competitive Playlists and Arenas as well as the brand new Salty Shores Arena added this past May.
Wargaming is widely recognized as the company that created the iconic game about tanks. It’s also known as the creator of World of Warships, a game about ships created in the same historical setting. It represents the largest fleet in the gamedev world to date, and the developers clearly do not spare any effort expanding it further.