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World of Warcraft – Account-Wide PvP Prestige Levels From Legion Will Merge in Battle for Azeroth

In a pair of Twitter posts, Blizzard developers have informed World of Warcraft PvP players that all current Legion Prestige Levels will be rolled into a single cumulative total in Battle for Azeroth. Prestige Levels are currently earned through participation in PvP activities in Legion. For example, if a player has five characters at Prestige Level 2, in BfA, the player’s account will be Prestige Level 10. This provides a number of benefits including mounts, pets & toys.

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Conan Exiles – Funcom Reminds Players of Official Server Types Ahead of Next Week’s Launch

Funcom has posted a friendly reminder on its Conan Exiles Facebook page to remind players what type of official servers will be available when the game launches on May 8th. There will be three official server types, each with unique rulesets: PvP, PvE and PvE Conflict. Of course, privately hosted servers can be tweaked by the owner to provide its players with different experiences.

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Hearthstone – Noblegarden Seasonal Event Returns on May 9th

From May 9th to May 13th, Hearthstone players can take part in the Noblegarden event that “celebrates the joy of life and friendship”. Players can get hold of new greeting emotes, paint Noblegarden eggs during a new Tavern Brawl and everyone who logs in will earn a brand new pair of Golden Cards, the Eggnapper and the Golden Devilsaur Egg.

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– Making Mavericks – Building a Dynamic, Expansive World

A new developer video has arrived for the MMO shooter Mavericks. In this episode, Producer Craig Scott, Environmental Artist John Handy and Concept Artist Connor Sheehan discuss how they are working to create a “high fidelity” world where players have a literal impact on the environment.

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– Will We See a Team Battle Royale Game?

With Fortnite on everyone’s mind, it harkens back to a simpler time when PvP was just being born. MMOs were the primordial soup in which many online game design ideas were born and we are seeing the decedents of that era dominate the market. Some are already saying that the Battle Royale genre has been tapped out. I offer a different opinion.

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Elder Scrolls Online – Further Thoughts on Summerset

ESO’s latest expansion is roaring along on the PTS, and this week I’m continuing my thoughts on the new content. As I continued to delve deeper into Summerset and all its new chapter glory, I felt overall my satisfaction peaked. I don’t mean that in a negative way, in fact I am happy at where it peaked. I’m overall happy with how Summerset came and how it was designed. With that being said, let’s go into a little more detail this time on what made the journey as fun as it has been.