Everyone has a fighting chance
DC Universe Online players who are members can get some pretty sweet loot during Member Appreciation from now through July 8th. During the event, any member logging in will receive a free CR 170 character that will be primed and ready to go to Amazon Fury Part III and progress through later content as well.
Today’s Closers update, Season of Wolves, brings both the playable character Violet and removes the fatigue system. In addition, players can look for big quality of life improvements, UI tweaks, gameplay balance adjustments and much more.
As part of this week’s Fortnite update, the Playground limited time mode has made a return after briefly appearing and disappearing late last week. In Playground mode, up to four players can practice building and game tactics. One intrepid group even built a city in just over an hour.
Warface, the free-to-play FPS, is jumping from its home on PC and invading consoles later this year. Recently, ahead of its launch, a few select conscripts dropped into a secret Parisian bunker to try out tan early build of this console shooter. Publisher My.com is expecting big things from this title and after we locked and loaded, I sat down with Project Manager Alexander Shimov to talk about this leap over to console.
The latest update has been deployed to Final Fantasy XIV that comes with a nice variety of new content, updated features and much more. Most significantly, players can look forward to some new side quests, more Adventures with Hildibrand and Heaven-on-High.
The Crew 2 has been live since June 29th, and by now we have all had a decent amount of time to sink deeper into what this game is supposed to be. The first title in the series debuted to mixed reviews but eventually was shined up nicely to be quite a good game. Has Ubisoft learned from the past and made a stronger game or are we simply going to get more of the same? This is our review of The Crew 2.
On May 18th, Wild Buster was removed from Steam by publisher Nuri Works as “it has been apparent that [it] failed to attract enough players to provide a sustainable service and a big enough community to enjoy the game”. Since then, the game has been “evolving” into Champions of Titan that will be published by IDC Games as a free to play Steam game or via the IDC Games site. The newly christened game is launching its first closed beta starting today.
The Planetside 2 forum has been updated with the game’s latest patch notes that include a number of bug fixes and feature enhancements as well as two new events: the Independence Day Bonus Event and the annual Summer Event.
The Fortnite site has been updated with a new contest, this time aimed at budding filmmakers. Using #FortntieBlockbuster, the contest asks fans to “write and direct the ultimate Season 4 superhero flick”. Players are tasked with using the Fortnite replay system “and a little in-game movie set magic to make a blockbuster hit highlighting the heroes of Season 4 and their adventures”.
The Bless Steam page has a new blog post to show off two of the components of tomorrow’s big patch: Basel Gorge and Royal Quests.