Nexon and EA will be revealing a new partnership initiative called “Project M”. The announcement is expected to take place on November 2nd during a “Media Showcase” to reveal the game. It’s interesting to note that the showcase is taking place a day ahead of Blizzcon leading many to believe that the two gaming giants are working on an MMO. After all, Stephen Frost, late of Carbine & Blizzard, is now Creative/Game Director at Nexon OC. Will he be part of it all?
Armored Warfare – Art of War Expansion Preview + Headed to Steam on November 10th
My.com has a pair of nifty announcements for fans of Armored Warfare. The Art of War expansion has been announced with a big preview on the official site. In addition, the team revealed that Armored Warfare will become part of the Steam library of games starting on November 10th.
Lord of the Rings Online – Mordor Soundtrack Review – Epic Storytelling Through Music
The opportunity to listen and comment on Mordor, the soundtrack for the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion, has been a great privilege. For over ten years Chance’s music has accompanied me on my journey through Middle-earth from The Shire, Moria, Rohan, and now to Mordor. I approached this piece both with trepidation and wistful nostalgia.
– EA Changes Its Tune on Loot System for Star Wars Battlefront 2
EA and DICE have responded to beta players’ concerns about the loot system in Star Wars Battlefront 2. During the beta, it was discovered that progression to the best items in the game would require purchasing loot crates. The outcry at this news was heard loud and clear by publisher and developer resulting in a new blog post detailing a number of changes to the system in time for launch later this month.
World of Warcraft – The Wayback Machine Peeks Into WoW’s Past
If you haven’t tooled around Wayback Machine, you’re missing something fun and interesting. As they say, nothing posted on the web ever dies. As we surfed around earlier, we slapped WorldofWarcraft.com into the machine and looked up the very first time anything about WoW was posted to the world, this time on October 13, 2001.
Ashes of Creation – Alpha Zero Testing Environment Sparkles in Latest Trailer
The Ashes of Creation team has a shiny new trailer today that provides and early look at the first testing environment called “Alpha Zero”. The description goes on to say, “This is a Work in Progress and a rough look at what over 60 developers are hard at work preparing Ashes of Creation’s Alpha Zero.”
– SOS Closed Alpha Test Key Sweepstakes!
MMORPG.com has been given 1000 keys for the closed alpha 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. We are holding a sweepstakes that will run from Nov 1 @ 12:00AM to Nov 3 @ 9:00PM EDT.
Trove – 360.Games Suddenly Crops Up with Trove Forums & Advertising
Over a year after the announcement that Trion’s Trove MMO would be heading to China, it appears that a publisher has been found. Earlier today, 360.games enabled Trove forums and an advertisement on its site.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Making a Big Game Bigger, PUBG Coming to XBox One on December 12th
If you’ve got an XBox One and have been feeling left out of all the furor around PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, worry not! In a new post on the XBox Wire today, the team let everyone know that PUBG is coming to XBox One via XBox Game Preview on December 12th. Yes. Yes it’s true. A big game is getting bigger.
Ship of Heroes – Discord Q&A Wrap Report
The forum users at the Ship of Heroes forum are an inquisitive folk, and we got together for a Question and Answer discussion on Discord. It was a lively group, and there were no softballs. This group was well versed in what was known about the game, and already knew the answers to the softball-type questions.