Asmodee Digital and Fantasy Flight Interactive have announced Lord of the Rings Living Card Game. Avid TCG players will recognize Fantasy Flight as the innovators behind a table top TCG called The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. “Living” TCGs remove randomness and focus on story through a narrative-driven experience.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – PUBG Team Apologizes for Inappropriate Female Model on Test Server
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players trying out the female character models on the game’s test server were surprised to see a rather inappropriate female character model. The character is dressed in skin-tight shorts with genitalia prominently shown as a result. The model in question is a new one as earlier versions of female characters did not have this same imagery. (The image after the jump may be NSFW. You’ve been warned!)
Guild Wars 2 – Wintersday Returns December 12th, Runs Through January 2nd
Guild Wars 2 is ready to unleash Wintersday on Tyria starting December 12th. The annual event will run through January 2nd and will bring the holiday spirit to everyone during the “beloved Tyrian tradition”. As always, players will be able to enjoy some of the game’s best-loved events including The Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle.
– Perfect World Unwraps a Bevy of Holiday Happenings in All Its Games
Perfect World Entertainment is providing players with tons of holiday cheer across all of its stable of games. Each title will feature events, quests, goodies and holiday decor that should squash the Scrooge in even the scroogiest of players.
Twin Saga – New Dungeon & a New Holiday Event Arrive
Twin Saga has been updated this week to bring new content into the game. Players can look forward to the Spirit Palace Dungeon, new Senshi Quests from Luna and an updated Christmas Event.
EverQuest – Santug Claugg Returning for Frostfell Happiness
Not only has Frostfell descended in EverQuest II, but it’s also present in EverQuest. The annual celebration will run from now through January 7th with players able to take part in a ton of winter revelry. As in years past, the Frostfell Goblin will the “Upgrading Stockings” that sends players off on a series of quests.
SOS – SOS Closed Beta Test Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given a limited number of keys for the closed beta test for SOS – an interactive game show where 16 entertaining performers are dropped onto La Cuna Island with one simple goal – get off La Cuna Island. Players must find a relic, signal for extraction, and grab a spot on the rescue chopper while out-thinking opponents and fending off monster hordes. Get your key now!
Tree of Life – Get Ready for Winter Festival Fun
Tree of Life players now have some holiday cheer to explore thanks to the arrival of the Winter Festival. Santa Boboo is present in the game and everyone will receive a festive decoration and be able to use the Winter Tree Skin consisting of a hat, jacket, pants, gloves and shoes. In addition, new mounts (Red-nosed Doe or Buck) are included.
Wizard101 – Holiday Enters the Spiral – Grab Your Free Goodies!
You definitely are going to want to head over to the Wizard101 site to check out the holiday offerings up for grabs this year. You can get hold of a Yuletide Pack and a Wooden Skeleton Key for Krampus in Wizard101. In Pirate101, you can take home a Tribal Crew Pack. These are part of KingsIsle’s 12 Days of the Spiral event and can be earned by using the code “TisTheSeason” (without quotation marks).
Star Trek Online – STO Now Part of Jingle Jam 2017 on Humble Bundle
If you’ve been looking for a good way to expand your Star Trek Online collection, you’ll want to check out Jingle Jam 2017 on Humble Bundle. From now through December 31st, you can “pay what you want” on Humble with all proceeds going to a variety of charitable foundations. In exchange, you’ll be given the TOS Bridge Officer pack (PC only) with Chekov, Uhura, Sulu, Rand, McCoy, Scott and Spock joining your crew.