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The latest This Week at Bungie article has been published with the big news that the Iron Banner has returned to Destiny 2 for Season 3. In addition, a reprised version of the Bannerfall map has been added to the playlist “by popular demand”. It will be available until the next reset in Quick Play, Competitive and Private Matches.
The Rend team has been releasing a lot of new information about the game, including the start of alpha, where to find social channels, the introduction of new forums and the alpha roadmap. Frostkeep is giving players a helping hand by placing the most important information all on a handy page with requisite links to learn more.
Game critic John “Totalbiscuit” Bain has passed away. The announcement was made by his wife Genna Bain via her personal Twitter account. Bain was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. After surgery, the cancer went into remission until last year. Earlier in May, Bain announced his liver was failing and that chemotherapy had stopped working He wrote that he was retiring from games criticism to spend time with his wife streaming cooperative games hoping she would take his place after death.
MMORPG.com has been given special exclusive gift keys that will give players cool in game items such as a MMORPG.com poster for your room, hip hop costume box, small plum soda and more! Get your key now!
Epic has posted a, well, EPIC State of Development newsletter on the Fortnite site to reveal many of the things the team is currently working on. Though it starts with improvements to controller support, it is the limited time mode called “Playground LTM (v1)” that has caught our attention. During Playground, players will have adjusted settings to allow for exploration of the map with increased resource generation, treasure chests and ammo crate spawns…and “Lloads of Llamas”.
From now through June 7th, Trion Worlds is offering a 7-day free trial on the Rift Prime progression server. It is unclear who can claim the offer, though it is probable that it is on offer to those who are or have been Patron members in the past. Players can download and try the game for a week’s worth of time without any restrictions on the account.
For those of us who love our game statistics all wrapped up in a shiny infographic, Blizzard is aiming to please. With the 2 year anniversary of Overwatch at hand, developers have put together a nifty infographic that touts 40M players, 6 new heroes, 15 new maps, 4 game modes and 6 seasonal events among other stats. Click on to check it out!
Gamasutra is hosting a “want ad” for Zenimax Online Studios. The job offering is for a Monetization Designer for Elder Scrolls Online. Job duties include development and management of the “economy / monetization of our games”, developing a calendar for “offerings, updates and events” and much more. ZOS is looking for someone with 3+ years working with monetization or other similar roles in the industry.
Torn Banner Studios has announced that it is shutting down Mirage: Arcane Warfare and removing it from Steam due at least in part due to the EU privacy law, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) that will go into effect on May 25th. While it is possible to upgrade servers to meet the new data protection standards, Gamasutra opines “that many developers are finding that they lack the resources or funds to make their games GDPR compliant & have instead opted to end service”.
Pokemon Go players are being challenged to a new Field Research event that will prominently feature Rock-type Pokemon. Geodude, Lileep and Nosepass will be found more prevalently during the event and several incentives to get hunting will be present throughout the event that ends on June 5th.