Everyone has a fighting chance
Final Fantasy XIV is a big game. Maps are separated by loading zones, so Eorzea doesn’t feel quite as open as, say, Azeroth, but there’s a lot to do. There are 60 dungeons and nearly 50 trials, and, thanks to the roulette system, these all get run almost every day.
Keen Games and 505 Games have announced that a brand new Portal Knights demo has been released for Nintendo Switch. The demo version of the game is now available in the eShop and provides players with a peek at the Adventurer Update that features new “characters, quests, items and overall improvements to the game”.
The latest World of Speed developer diary has been published that informs the community that the team has been hard at work on a pair of patches that will prepare the game for open beta. One patch is focused primarily on client optimization while the other will bring the player Profile feature on board.
The Next Day team has sent word that its survival MMO is scheduled for release on May 21st and to prepare, a huge new update has launched. Players will find new locations added including the Dead Marshes that is said to be packed with quests (to be added in a future update), weapons, armor, new enemies and bosses. In addition, the new “exoskeleton armor” allows players to turn “into a true war machine” with increased firepower and defense rate.
AMD has had an interesting year with their GPU lineup. The Radeon RX500 series saw their release in mid-April of 2017 in the midst of slow dripping news about the forthcoming RX Vega. Does Team Red’s flagship RX500, the RX580, still have relevance in 2018’s GPU market?
Thanos will be making himself known in Fortnite Battle Royal starting on May 8th. The Fortnite Battle Royale Infinity Gauntlet event sends players off to find the Infinity Gauntlet somewhere hidden on the map. The first lucky player to find it becomes Thanos in the game. There’s no details yet on when the event ends so it’s worth checking out after tomorrow’s maintenance and become Thanos!
The latest Project Gorgon developer update has been posted to the game’s official site. Readers are informed about recent improvements to stabilize the client and improve performance, framerate and much more. In addition, several server optimizations have been put into place alongside in-game improvements including treasure / skill changes, weapon tweaks, DoT ability changes, the new Priest skill and even more. Lastly, the team continues to work on Steam integration.
It’s been over a month since I last checked in about Shroud of the Avatar. In that time, there’s been heated debate on our forums about Portalarium’s KickStarter-backed indie title, covering everything from the core mechanics, to whether it even qualifies as an MMO. I’ll be getting to both of those questions later on in this wrap-up, but it clearly demonstrates how divisive this is. One player’s perfect experience is another’s critical miss.
If you’ve ever wanted to chat with Conan the Barbarian,you’ll have your chance in about 2 hours when he’s live on Reddit for a Q&A. This comes as part of the celebration of tomorrow’s release of Conan Exiles. The event kicks off at 7:00 am Pacific / 10:00 am Eastern on /r/IAmA. The thread will be open about an hour ahead of time for fans to submit questions.
The latest Destiny 2 Developer Insights video diary has been published to provide players insight into the new gameplay mode called Escalation Protocol coming with the Warmind expansion. Viewers learn that the action takes place on Mars and is, in effect, a horde mode gameplay option that sees players facing off against waves of monsters. Alpha Protocol was added in response to players asking for repeatable, yet challenging, gameplay options.