Everyone has a fighting chance
When it comes to game development, there are few who have devoted their entire careers to crafting virtual worlds. With a professional life spanning the early days of MUDs to modern-era MMORPGs, Raph Koster has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience, ranging from content creation to mechanic design and even leadership.
The Elder Scrolls Online site has been updated with a lengthy introduction to the fine folks being the music, sounds and voices found in the Summerset content expansion. Readers will meet composers, voice actors and other folks who bring the world to life through sound.
It’s party time in Secret World Legends as the game’s First Anniversary Event kicks off today. During the spectacular, players can claim new daily event login rewards, “beat up some pinatas, dig through the exclusive Anniversary Cache and discover brand-new Legends”. The event will run through July 11th.
The latest Sea of Thieves update has been deployed and comes with the news that, despite The Hungering One retreating into the depths again, more of its pals have shown up to wreak havoc on the high seas as a permanent addition to the game. These bad guys and gals are an unpredictable lot as well and have different personalities. “Some seem to turn tail at the sight of a Galleon, whilst others are said to be just as unforgiving as The Hungering One” the patch notes read.
Portalarium and Travian Games have sent word that development of the “next round of episodic content” has started. Episode 2 will feature expanded stories, new lands and feature sets. While development on Episode 2 is underway, a crew will be working on polishing current content. The PR also reveals that “staff rightsizing” is underway which will lead to some developers being laid off. No further explanation was given about how many employees have been let go.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced “gaming disorder” as a new mental health condition. (Who’s on first?) We of the MMORPG tribe have long joked about Evercrack, Warcrack and the even newer Crocaine but what classifies our fanish love with toxic addiction? According to WHO (don’t you mean whom…wait…) three main factors.
When today’s maintenance is complete, Black Desert Online players will be able to enjoy a new event called Golden Goal. Players, through gameplay, try to collect a variety of colored balls that can be traded for a special Golden Ball currency that can be traded to Morco of the Crow Merchants Guild located in several cities.
Frostkeep has updated the Rend page with a new developer diary that thanks players for their input which has led directly to significant changes over the course of six alpha patches. In addition, devs show off an updated map that has seen the faction base moved to a new location as well as updates on the “relative size, shape, and difficulty of the Stagwood”. These changes were made to provide players with “important gameplay and testing benefits”.
ArenaNet has released a brand new trailer that features a look at Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 4, Episode 3. New content will include the legendary warhorn, Verdararch; a new map, Domain of Kourna; a new fractal, Deepstone; the Roller Beetle mount and brand new story content. All of this arrives on June 26th.
Grand Theft Auto Online has released a whopping seven new tracks for players to race on as part of the Weeny Issi Classic Races mode that is now live in game. Players can “pilot the pint-sized star of the Vespucci Job” alongside 29 other players in races that will test the limits of their skill. Along the way, players can earn double GTA$ and RP through June 25th.