Everyone has a fighting chance
The Los Angeles Valiant Overwatch League team is ready to celebrate the unique community of LA gamers through a new program called “Be Valiant”. The free series, according to the team’s site, is “designed around gaming for everyone”. Through mid-June, the Valiant will be hosting four events on the Valiant campus or in other LA locations.
Funcom has announced that Secret World Legends will be expanding on April 4th with new story content called Dawn of the Morninglight. New content will see players sent off to South Africa, a completely new location in the game, as they work to infiltrate a cult compound. Content includes a “brand new fully-voice acted storyline where they must battle creatures inspired by ancient South African folklore and uncover the sinister truths of the Morninglight cult”.
Over the past few days, I’ve been playing Drago Entertainment’s Otherland, an MMO that came out in 2015 and that is based on the wildly popular fantasy novels by Tad Williams. Over the course of the last nine months or so, Drago has taken over creative control of the game that seemed to have lost its vision early on. While things aren’t perfect…yet…developers are committed to bringing Otherland back from the edge.
Over the past few days, I’ve been playing Drago Entertainment’s Otherland, an MMO that came out in 2015 and that is based on the wildly popular fantasy novels by Tad Williams. Over the course of the last nine months or so, Drago has taken over creative control of the game that seemed to have lost its vision early on. While things aren’t perfect…yet…developers are committed to bringing Otherland back from the edge.
StreamCraft is upping the ante in the harsh wars for streaming dollars. The mobile version (iOS and Android) has been out for awhile, but they are now joined by the PC streaming app. StreamCraft aims to provide content creators with all of the tools they need to both earn a lucrative living and to be able to reward their viewers for their patronage. To do so, StreamCraft has introduced several “early adoption programs” for streamers to participate in to start earning a paycheck.
Freejam has announced that its take on the battle royale genre, Robocraft Royale, will be launching into Steam Early Access on March 26th. The game is, of course, based on the Robocraft IP, but is a standalone game that “innovates the battle royale genre by allowing players to battle in a 64km2 map with the best crazy characters from the 13M strong Robocraft community”.
The Life is Feudal team has sent out a brand new “how-to” video to give players a virtual hand with gaining more influence in the game. “The web of political relations has spread over the entire realm of Abella, twisting the Kings and their vassals in a frantic cyble of diplomatic intrigue.” But how to navigate the morass? Bitbox has the answers.
The Life is Feudal team has sent out a brand new “how-to” video to give players a virtual hand with gaining more influence in the game. “The web of political relations has spread over the entire realm of Abella, twisting the Kings and their vassals in a frantic cyble of diplomatic intrigue.” But how to navigate the morass? Bitbox has the answers.
In one of the most egregious cases of cloning ever in the history of gaming, NetEase has revealed beta sign ups for its mobile battle royale game, FortCraft. The game is considered a survival / battle royale / crafting hybrid and features an incredibly familiar aesthetic, name, logo and even advertising. Players take part in large scale battles that feature fully destructible environments, structure construction on-the-fly, 12 weapons in 5 classes and more.
In a new developer blog on the Dota 2 site, Valve has introduced a new monthly subscription service. For $4 per month, players will find new features and content added continuously over time. Features include Hero Leveling to earn badges; Reward Shards, hero-specific challenges for achievements that grant XP, the Plus Assistant that grants access to personalized analysis of items, heroes and abilities and makes suggestions to improve gameplay and more.