Everyone has a fighting chance
If you were hoping to pre-load Bless ahead of the head start on May 28th, you’re out of luck. In a very brief Q&A on the Bless Facebook page, Neowiz revealed this information as well as announced there would be two regional server groups, one each in NA and EU with the exact number of servers being subject to change based on need.
When the v1.79 update arrives in War Thunder, players will have a new location to explore. Italy will provide players with a combined arms battle arena that is themed on the Reggio Calabria province. Players “will be fighting in and around a quiet Italian settlement” with roads, buildings and homes offering cover and dangerous terrain to explore.
Survival, the first frontier. Many games have delved into the premise of basic survival, with game features such as building, crafting, enduring the treacherous wilderness, and having fun doing these things. Wild Terra Online by Juvty Worlds Ltd. looks to double down on the hardcore-ness of survival games in this player-controlled sandbox RPG where it is up to the players to fill many of the traditional roles once performed by NPCs.
Ubisoft has revealed the system specs for The Crew 2 ahead of the start of closed beta testing currently scheduled for May 31st to June 3rd. Registrations for CBT are still open, so if you pass the specs test, you still have time to sign up.
MMOCulture is reporting that Tencent will be closing the Chinese Orcs Must Die! Unchained servers on July 19th. This is a scant seven months after the open beta kicked off in December 2017. The game did not gain enough traction to keep servers open and may have been affected by the lay off of thirty employees at Robot Entertainment this past March.
Closers fans now have a new playable character to try out with the arrival of Harpy. She brings a unique fast-paced play style as she tosses energy-powered cards from a distance.
Jagex has announced that it will be closing down Runescape Classic over the course of the next few months. The team wrote that the current development tools used for Runescape and Old School Runescape are now incompatible with the Classic version that becomes a problem “with our community safety and macro detection tools” that can lead to abuse by 3rd party bot programs and macros.
Bossa Studios has published a new developer blog to address a growing community concern with griefing. “At what point does conflict-by-design become griefing” is the central point of the article. Developers admit that it is a problem at the moment, particularly in the early game, but that the game is a community-driven project that has just entered early access with a great deal of change incoming.
Blizzard has done it again with another unique take on game cinematics. In “Trace & Bake”, the art team uses stop motion to create a 2nd anniversary celebratory video that is an amazing work of art. There’s also a great behind-the-scenes video that will blow your mind. Check it out!
Wild West Online entered Early Access back in November 2017, and leading up to that point, the hype train had hit full speed. I admit I was pretty excited about a non-fantasy themed MMO, and contemplated buying into the EA. Fortunately, I rarely buy into an EA game sight unseen, and it only took a few minutes of gameplay footage to realize I had dodged a bullet.