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When it comes to PC gaming accessories, there’s no one more well-known than Razer. Today marks the launch of their brand-new flagship gaming keyboard, the Razer Huntsman Elite. It features their brand new Opto-Mechanical switches, a multi-function dial, and some of the best lighting ever seen in a keyboard, but is it worth the premium price of $199? Find out in our official review.
Frontier has announced that Beyond: Chapter 2 has launched for Elite: Dangerous. This is a free update to all players and includes two new ships (Krait MK II and the Alliance Challenger) along with new Wing Missions, installation interactions, new weapons and technology and new places to explore.
Owlcat Games and My.com have announced a publishing partnership with Deep Silver to bring the isometric RPG, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, to PCs later in 2018. “Working with Deep Silver ensures we can step up our retail marketing and benefit from the unique experience offered with KOCH” developers have written.
NMC Studios has received validation of their “notmycar” vehicular battle royale game in the form of an Unreal Dev Grant. Engine 4 Awards range from $5,000 to $50,000 and “provide financial grants to innovative projects built in and around Unreal”. According to the dev team, the funds will be used to “furthering the march to Steam Early Access later this year”.
Undead Labs has announced that a brand new DLC has been released for State of Decay 2. Coming in at $4.99, or as part of the Ultimate Edition, the Independence Day DLC brings players a trio of new vehicles into the game as well as some awesome new ways to fire up the grill and get cookin’. Lastly, what DLC named “Independence Day” would be worth its salt without fireworks? Not only are fireworks part of the content, but so is the Fireworks Crafting Station.
Another new movie, another new tie-in. I know that sounds like I’m unexcited, but I’m pretty much always excited for new MSF content. Truth be told, I don’t particularly care about Ant-Man or the Wasp as characters (though the Ant-Man movie was enjoyable and I look forward to the sequel), but their kits sound absolutely terrifying so I’ll be collecting both for sure.
It seems that Overwatch’s next hero isn’t going to be a gorilla as many had opined. Instead, the Overwatch Twitter has revealed what seems to be a rolling mech-using…hamster. Yes…you read it right.
Daybreak Game Company has announced that H1Z1 has soared over the ten million player mark on PlayStation 4 and have spent over 100M hours taking the fight to one another. To celebrate, a huge PS4 update has launched that brings new in-game skins, the Revive mechanic, aim acceleration adjustments and the Airstrike Signal weapon lets players call in a bomb drop on their enemies.
Nexon America has announced that the second closed beta event for MapleStory 2 will begin on July 18th. Interested players and fans can head to the game’s official site to register for a chance to be selected. Players can expect to find “content updates, control improvements and new World Quests” based on player feedback after CBT1.
Trion Worlds recently purchased Gazillion Entertainment and are now taking major steps that could offer a viable path to market for indie projects. Red Thomas weighs in on the business move and what it might mean for the industry moving forward.