If you’re a WildStar player, you’ve got a lot to look forward to throughout the month of December. All the fun begins on December 8th and the Residential Renovation challenge and continues with Winterfest (December 18 – January 1). You can also gain wicked experience in the Double XP X-Plosion event running from December 29th to January 1st.
World of Warcraft – Datamined New PTR Build Reveals Spoilers & Tons of Information About Allied Races
When patch 7.3.5 landed on the World of Warcraft PTR, the datamining began. WoWhead and MMO-Champion have gone to town and pulled out some pretty cool information about the Allied Races including skin colors, racial mounts, conversation lines, hairstyles, body types, faces and more. In addition, a number of story spoilers have been datamined, so when heading over, go with that in mind. Find the links after the jump!
– Hawaii’s Sean Quinlan on Loot Boxes – ‘It’s Best for the Industry to Self-Regulate’
Rolling Stone / Glixel has a new interview with Hawaii’s Sean Quinlan in which the issue of loot boxes and potential legislation are again at the forefront. The discussion centers on how Quinlan became aware of the situation (via Reddit) and what he believes the central issues are and what needs to be done to bring things under control. Each are considering legislative action, though both would prefer that the industry self-regulate.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Two Chinese Mobile Games Based on PUBG Surface with Trailers
Tencent will be publishing a pair of mobile games in China based on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Each game has a brand new trailer that sports the PUBG Corp logo, so these are officially-sanctioned games. One is being developed by Tencent’s Timi Studio and contains a new naval battles feature. The other is developed by Lightspeed & Quantum Studio and, according to Gamespot, “it looks like it’s closer to the standard PC version.
Fortnite – Big Plans for Battle Royale to Bring New Social Features On Board & More
Epic Games has a new blog post on the Fortnite site to lay out the first details for changes coming to Battle Royale. The team acknowledges that its social features are somewhat lacking and will be addressing that through the addition of simpler ways to game with friends and by connecting friends lists from “other social networks”.
– Seven, The Days Long Gone Review – Immersive & Mysterious
If someone were to ask me how I would describe Seven: The Days Long Gone, the first project from indie developers IMGN.PRO and Fool’s Theory, I would be hard pressed to give you a concise, clean cut answer. On its surface , Seven is an isometric ARPG, with some great progression and and leveling mechanics. As you dive deeper into the game you discover quickly that it also implements some pretty interesting stealth and tactical combat options.
League of Legends – Varus: As We Fall Music Video Adds Dimension & Story
League of Legends’ Varus is the star of the newest music video that shines a light on how he came to be through the sacrifice of Valmar & Kai. The music video offers an explanation of how their souls were forged with Varus’s to become what he is today. In addition, Riot has a released a comic called “Heartlight” and a “behind-the-scenes” dev interview to provide insight into the story.
Heroes Evolved – Heroes Evolved Gift Key Sweepstakes!
MMORPG.com has a bunch of gift keys for the exciting MOBA – Heroes Evolved! These keys will give players a Hero Card, Gems and Gold worth $10 USD. Enter for a chance to win one of these special keys now!
Blade & Soul – Big System Updates Include Wardrobe Enhancements & More
Blade & Soul will be updated on December 6th with the Lost Continent content expansion. There are a number of big changes coming to some of the game’s systems including the Wardrobe feature, time-based rewards perks, “processing” updates, mouse toggle and more.
TERA – Miniguns Update Launches Today with Elin Gunner
En Masse Entertainment is updating TERA today with the Miniguns content expansion. Among other things, players will be able to get started playing the new Elin Gunner. In addition, it brings in the hard mode for TERA’s RK-9 Kennel as well as a game-wide leveling event that will run through January 2nd.