Everyone has a fighting chance
The latest This Week at Bungie newsletter has been published to review all of the latest Destiny 2 happenings. It begins with the news that Faction Rallies will be kicking into high gear again starting June 26th to see if Dead Orbit can keep its standing as top dog, or if Future War Cult and New Monarchy can step it up to become #1.
First announced at G-Star 2016, Korean studio DevCat’s Project DH has been silent ever since. Just recently, however, the team behind the Mabinogi series released a brief 17-second video showing some very “Monster Hunter-esque” gameplay footage featuring mounted combat.
Shroud of the Avatar developer Portalarium laid off employees this week. Red Thomas happened to be in Austin anyway, so he stopped by to talk to Richard Garriott and Starr Long to get details.
In the latest edition of the Star Citizen video developer diary series, Around the Verse, viewers are given the latest game news. This time, hosts Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts provide an overview of the episode that includes an “up close & personal look at the PU Grouping System and the Lore Master’s Guide to the Galaxy heads off for a look at the Caliban system. In addition, Ricky Jutley gives an update on the character system with updates to the facial rig system and more.
PvP ratings are getting a big update in World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Battle for Azeroth. The goal is, according to a new developer blog, to “increase clarity and offer a more structured progression that recognizes players’ accomplishments in real time as they climb through the ranks. As players reach (specific) rating thresholds, they will enter formal brackets”. But there’s so much more.
It appears that Elite Lords of Alliance is back under a new name with a new publisher, PlayWith. According to the Warlords Awakening FAQ on the game’s Steam page, Playwith admits that it understands how skeptical players must be after the earlier two attempts…and subsequent shutdowns. The answer is, as you would expect, to throw shade cast at the previous publisher with aspersions at their handling of the game and that, this time, things will be different.
Obsidian Entertainment has sent word that Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire players can log into the game to claim their free DLC called Scalawags. Content includes three new recruitable crew members, the Savage personality setting and five new ship upgrades. The latter includes a sale, cannon, anchor and more that can be found at shipwrights throughout the Archipelago.
On July 3rd, Final Fantasy XIV: Under the Moonlight will be updated with the v4.35 patch that brings the Further Hildibrand Adventures online as well as the new deep dungeon, Heaven-on-High.
The Wild West Online Facebook page has been updated with a brief note to let players know that the patch originally planned for June 15th has been delayed for the time being. “We successfully launched our test servers and realized after 3 days of meticulous testing there was (sic) way too many bugs that would alter your overall experience” the post reads.
When the Definitive Edition of Divinity: Original Sin 2 comes out, it will be packed with thousands of “changes that take into account all the feedback…received and will be completely free to everyone” who already owns a copy of the game!