EVE Online – Players Take to the Heavens in Tribute to Stephen Hawking

After the passing yesterday of renowned and much-beloved Professor Stephen Hawking, EVE Online players took to the heavens to light beacons in his honor. Pilots lit capital ship cynosural beacons out in null space in honor of Hawking at 3:00 pm Pacific yesterday. “Take out a noob frigate or sth. and spend a little ozone for one of the brightest minds humanity has ever had.” the post said to encourage participation. Those words worked.

World of Warcraft – Dataminers Find Kul’Tiran Druid Bear Forms

The latest World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth alpha build has been deployed to the PTR and dataminers have uncovered a great secret for the Alliance: a Kul’Tiran Druid Bear form. It’s the second unique Druid form with the Zandalari Trolls also getting unique Druid forms. The flying, ground, Feral, Balance and Restoration forms have not yet been found.

TERA – Second Console Beta to Run March 16th and 17th

En Masse Entertainment has announced a second TERA console open beta event. Starting on Friday, March 16th, console players can log into the beta and play through 9:00 pm on Saturday, March 17th. Since the first beta, En Masse has been at work to solve crash issues and other nagging bugs players encountered. There should be, according to the devs, a marked improvement on this weekend’s event.

EverQuest – Daybreak Pulling Out the Stops This Friday for EQ’s 19th Birthday

Daybreak will be pulling out all the stops in celebration of EverQuest’s 19th birthday. On Friday, March 16th, players can log in to take part in special anniversary missions including “Lost but Not Forgotten”, “A Formal Dinner Party”, “Pieces is Pieces”, and “Fish Eyes in the Dark”. There is also a new mount available as well as content from anniversaries past, new Marketplace offerings, a special live stream planned for March 16th and more.