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For the first time ever, Nexon is bringing one of its games to XBox One. The first game heading to the console is Hyper Universe that will arrive on August 7th. Fans can preorder a $20 Ultimate Hypers Pack that includes all current and future Hypers as well as six XBox-exclusive skins.
Warhorse Studios has revealed its DLC roadmap for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Players can look forward to four DLC over the course of the coming year. The first, “From the Ashes”, is expected to be released this summer. In addition to DLC, players can look forward to Hardcore Mode, Tournaments Mode and modding support.
Sea of Thieves servers are back up with the 1.08 patch deployed. It brings with it a host of quality of life improvements including colorblind support, the ability to discard unwanted voyages, updated voice lines, improved VFX and much more.
During E3 next month, Epic will be hosting a Fortnite celebrity Pro-Am Tournament that will feature a $3M prize pool. Winners will be able to donate their earnings to the charity of choice. Look for such well-known streamers as Ninja / Marshmello, Myth / Paul George, Pokimane / Desiigner, Markiplier / Joel McHale, Gotaga / Demetrious Johnson and many others. This tournament prize pool is not part of the previously announced $100M eSports investment Epic is making in Fortnite.
The Tree of Savior team has sent out a pair of new videos to introduce the community to two new classes coming to the game. In the first, the Pied Piper, part of the Archer tree, is introduced with lore and gameplay. In the second, the new Cleric class, Exorcist, is shown in action.
Heroes of the Storm has been updated with the latest patch that brings the Nexomania event online. In addition, players will find a number of big changes to heroes, most notably Lunara and Diablo as well as tons of skins, sprays, voice lines, mounts and much more.
Blizzard has published the first in a series of three comics that will set the stage for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth. All are said to include major characters in BfA and that seems true. The first comic, “Reunion”, stars Jaina Proudmoore who has been absent since the earliest stages of the Legion expansion. It begins with Jaina “doing some soul searching in the ruins of Theramore” in the days before she decides to make a return to her homeland of Kul Tiras.
As the time for the Fractured Kickstarter nears, the team has revealed the Pledge Pack levels. Backers will be able to gain access to Beta 2 at the $24 pack level that will also come with a bevy of other in-game perks when the game launches. Fractured devs are looking for feedback from the community about the packs and have posted a series of questions to guide the discussion.
In what has to be one of the most embarrassing weeks ever for Hi-Rez Studios, the company has fired the outsource group that created “splash art” for the Paladins Strike mobile game using the Lijiang Towers background from Overwatch. Speaking to Kotaku, Brand Manager Alex Cantatore said, “We are very disappointed that a contractor for our mobile hero shooter, Paladins Strike, make use of artwork from another game in splash art for our Covert Ops Lex skin.”
This is a big week for Overwatch and Blizzard is pulling out all the stops. Starting today and running through June 11th, players can take part in the 2nd annual anniversary event that will bring 60 new anniversary items into the game as well as mark the return of 130 items from last year. In addition, the new Petra Deathmatch map is now live. But wait! That’s not all!