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ENHANCE is at it again, this time offering us some less considered accessories for your gaming PC: the Pro Series Mouse Bungee and Extended Mouse Pad. Our own Damien Gula went hands on to see whether these budget-conscious offerings can compete with their more expensive counterparts.
Studio Wildcard has sent out a brand new trailer for the next ARK: Survival Evolved expansion, Extinction. Players will be sent out to conquer the ultimate challenge by defeating roaming Titans that dominate the planet. “Complete the ARK cycle to save Earth’s future”.
Fallout 76 stole a lot of the “show” at E3 last week. How could an always online multiplayer Fallout not do that? Still, there’s a lot about this upcoming game we don’t know, despite the interviews and previews coming out of the big reveal. We know it’ll have PVP, we know it’ll have PVE, and we know that’ll be very much a Fallout game, just in an always online and persistent world. Here then are five things I want from Fallout 76 to make it worth playing.
The Closers team has sent word that the Fatigue system will be removed for good on July 3rd. This will allow player to spend more time hunting achievements, finding loot and “improving the overall gameplay experience”. Fatigue is being removed by En Masse in response to community feedback.
If you’re a Riders of Icarus player, this weekend is a big one for you with giveaways happening every hour on the hour from June 23rd through June 24th. The official site has a full listing of all the goodies you can get including things like Parna’s Wings (3 days), an Adventure Booster 2-pack, the Crusader Redfeather Hatchling mount or a 3-day Devil Mask to name a few.
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.
It’s once again time for our Path of Exile: The Exiled Tribune column that shines the spotlight on all-things PoE over recent days. With the Incursion League in full swing, GGG has turned its eye to the vibrant community with announcements of contests and calls for submissions in a newly announced art contest and for the Build of the Week video series.
Legends of Aria is ready to open up a new beta opportunity that is specifically tailored to guilds. Guild leaders will receive “a bunch of keys” that will allow members to access the game for three weeks. “Guild Beta Testers are promising to report bugs, and submit feedback via the guild leader three times, once a week for the duration of the test.”
The Fallout 76 site has been updated with a handy-dandy FAQ that provides a few nuggets of information about the forthcoming beta. Players who pre-order the game will be the only ones eligible for the beta. While beta opportunities will be available for PC, PlayStation 4 and XBox One, it is the latter that will gain access to the beta ahead of the other two.
John Smedley has come out about what he believes is the bottom line on why the Fortnite cross play issue with Sony continues. Smedley, former studio head of Sony Online Entertainment, sent out a tweet earlier this week saying that when he “was at Sony, the stated reason internally for this was money. Dumb reason, but there it is.” he wrote.