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Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the console version of Neverwinter will be updated with the Lost City of Omu content expansion on April 24th. This will bring it in line with the PC version. Players will find a lot off new content including a new zone, additional Monster Hunts, new Heroic Encounters, an additional Endgame Trial, smoother progression from 60-70, and additional Tomb of Annihilation campaign.
The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a new post to show off the Apotheosis City map that is said to be “larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes and probably also SWTOR, for any of the first four game-entry worlds”. The map shows off what will eventually be an open location in an urban landscape built using modular construction units.
Portalarium’s latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter is packed with news about next week’s launch. The letter provides a timeline for the next update releases, community sponsored events, community created guides and links to relevant material on the official site. Of course, there are also links to the latest free trial offer that allows players to game along any of the available paths.
Have you been itching to try VR for yourself but can’t afford an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive? Perhaps you’ve seen the Gear VR in your local Best Buy and are wondering if it’s worth the extra $129.99 on top of your Samsung Galaxy smartphone. We went hands-on with the latest Gear VR with Controller Bundle to see for ourselves. This is our review of the Samsung Gear VR.
Automaton is currently building an open world shooter MMO called Mavericks that will support up to 1,000 concurrent players. Today, the company also announced a licensing agreement with Crytek to use the CryEngine to build the game with integrated SpatialOS. “It’s that combination at the heart of achieving an incredibly high number of concurrent players in a high-fidelity environment.” said Automaton’s James Thompson.
Praise Joko! The Dragons are dead! Well, they might as well be. Guild Wars 2 launched in 2012 with the promise of an epic story, wild adventures, and giant world ending dragons. The six prehistoric dragons have always hung over Tyria. But with the close of the latest Living Worlds episode, I wonder if the dragons are really the biggest threat Tyria has to offer, or if the best villains in Guild Wars 2 are neither gods nor monsters.
Sea of Thieves is the game many people have been looking at saving Microsoft from the idea that they have no first party titles worth purchasing. Sea of Thieves, in the end, is not that game.
Star Wars: The Old Republic was recently updated with 5.8 “Command Authority”. The latest content addition brings “the last and largest of the dangerous droid superweapons of Iokath” to life and no one is better suited to “reign in its terrifying power” than the player and their Alliance.
The latest Star Citizen: Around the Verse is now out, this week focused on how audio is an integral part of the game. There is also a check in with LA Studio Director Eric Kieron Davis to give viewers a heads up about what the team has been working on most recently.
The latest producer’s letter has been published on the official site. In it, Executive Producer Jae-Hee Kim details some of the changes coming to Black Desert Online as early as next week. “We understand that there is still room for improvement despite our effort to deliver the best gaming experience.” Kim writes. “We…understand that we must step out of our comfort zone in order to usher in changes.” From there, players are informed of a number of significant changes.