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Phoenix Labs has released the opening cinematic for Dauntless ahead of the start of the open beta phase of development on Thursday, May 24th. It shows a team of rookie Slayers heading off on a hunt that…doesn’t seem to go as planned.
H1Z1: Battle Royale is now out and available in open beta for all PlayStation 4 players. There is no time limit on the OBT, though the game is expected to officially launch on PS4 later in 2018.
Way back in 2013 the then new game developer company, Undead Labs, produced its first game for the Xbox 360 with a port to PC later, State of Decay. While at times buggy, it was a great game that delved into the zombie survival genre and made its mark. Now we have State of Decay 2, a sequel that promises to do more than the original and quite possibly scratch that zombie itch. This is our State of Decay 2 review.
If you’re ready for the next Runescape adventure, look no further than Runefest 2018. Tickets are now on sale for the annual fan festival that will take place in a brand new facility in the United Kingdom and will also include the Runescape Live concert performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.This year’s event will take place in Farnborough on October 5-6, 2018.
Eaglance Inc. has sent word that it has officially started the KickStarter campaign for its hardcore medieval MMORPG, The Flower of Knighthood. The goal is to raise $600,000 in the next month in order to fund the development of the game that lets players “immerse themselves in the atmosphere of Europe’s mid-fourteenth to early fifteenth centuries…based on a concept of maximum realism and historical accuracy in gameplay”.
Gaijin Entertainment has updated Crossout with “Leviathans”, a new game mode that lets players bring the game’s biggest vehicles to the battlefield in head-to-head combat. During special 4v4 matches, each captain can field one Leviathan that has been custom built from the ground up.
Next Day: Survival has officially launched out of Early Access and into full retail release. Launch day brings a number of big improvements to the client including four brand new locations, new clothing items, weapons, animals, NPCs, quests and improved visuals and graphics. To celebrate the big day, the team behind Next Day: Survival released a brand new trailer that you can see after the jump.
If there was ever a list of games that failed to meet expectations, Destiny 2 would be somewhere near the top. After dining out on the Halo series for much of the last decade, Bungie’s current magnum opus seems to redefine the meaning of disappointment. Its latest example, Destiny 2’s Warmind expansion, is a perfect example of how little twenty bucks gets you from an alleged top-tier studio.
If you’ve been longing to take flight in Fortnite, we’ve got good news: Jetpacks have (finally) arrived, at least for a limited time. Epic explained that these are considered “backpacks” and are true gameplay items, not cosmetics ala Back Bling. They take up an inventory slot and are consumed on use. Once consumed, it is destroyed, though another can be picked up.
We recently learned a lot more about Bless Online after a press event. However, the game’s monetization emerged as one of the most active parts of discussions about the event. We had the opportunity to submit questions to Neowiz to seek clarification about monetization and the concerns of the community.