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Trion Worlds is getting ready to bring Trove players superhero-sized fun with the Heroes content expansion coming on March 27th. Last week, I had the chance to check out Heroes with Senior Producer James Karras and Animator Ted Sanger and I have to say, it’s shaping up to bring some very cool features and more to players. Let’s take a look.
If you’re an aspiring game developer and are utilizing the Unreal Engine, you will be interested to know that Epic has released every last one of Paragon’s $12M worth of assets. This includes environments, skins, characters and every other asset created for the game that is closing on April 26th. All of these items can be downloaded and used free of charge and with “no strings attached”.
At long last, it’s finally here. Eureka — easily one of the most eagerly anticipated features of Stormblood — launched last Tuesday, and it’s fair to say it’s unlike anything else in FFXIV. In many ways, that’s arguably its greatest strength — as well as its greatest weakness. Eureka is many things depending on who you ask, but I think one thing everyone can agree on is that it’s divisive.
The Saga of Lucimia team has published the latest Mondays in MMORPGs titled “No Content Updates in the Patch Notes”. By the title, it’s apparent that players will not find nuggets of information about playable content, though the usual laundry list of bug fixes and back end improvements will be included. The goal is, according to the post, to keep players more immersed in the Saga of Lucimia game world.
Not only is Fortnite making huge inroads in the PC / console market, but it’s racking up some amazing numbers on mobile as well. Currently, Fortnite mobile is only available for iOS devices AND by invitation only. Despite this, Fortnite mobile stormed the App Store and in under 12 hours took the #1 app spot — not just the #1 game — in 13 countries around the world and in the top five in another dozen countries.
Late last week, it came to light that players could suddenly log into their Call of Duty accounts using BattleNet credentials. This led many to believe that any future Call of Duty games may be coming to BattleNet in much the same way that Destiny 2 did last year. As a result, World of Warcraft players are speculating on a rise in token prices and are beginning to amass gold with the knowledge that, if CoD arrives, it can be purchased with BNet Balance that can be bought with a WoW Token.
Visionary Realms developers were on hand with CohhCarnage over the weekend to play Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and the bunch journeyed through the Halnir Cave, one of the new dungeons added to the game. Halnir Cave is considered a “true open world dungeon” that players can enter multiple times.
Meridian4 and Nvizzio have announced that Eden Rising: Supremacy will be heading to Steam Early Access in early May 2018. The game is considered “an open world, co-op action game that blends tower defense and survival elements” together to provide players with a unique gaming experience.
Nexon has announced that Master of Eternity is now available for both Android and iOS devices. The game lets players battle in epic mecha warefare. Battles and raids are all part of the game’s “immersive universe”. MoE features turn-based strategic combat alongside a wide variety of customization options, PvP, temple exploration and much more. To celebrate the launch, players can take part in a number of events.
Earlier this week, Funcom began its 25th anniversary celebration. In a new video at YouTube, the spotlight shines on the wide array of games the company has made including pixel platformers all the way through MMORPGs. Funcom has made games for Super Nintendo, SEGA Genesis, PlayStation 1, SEGA Saturn, PC, XBox One and PlayStation 4.