We’re coming into the tail end of our Audio Autumn review series, and we’ve saved some of the best for last. Today, we’re looking at the V-Moda Crossfade 2 Wireless headphones and pairing them with the excellent V-Moda BoomPro mic. It makes an incredible, audiophile-grade headset, but coming in at $330 MSRP, are they worth the cost of entry?
Runescape – Ghost Stories of Gielinor Sends You on Spooky Adventures
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape players can head into the game today to take part in the thrills and chills of the season. RuneScape players will take part in Ghost Stories of Gielinor that sends them “through pages of spooky tales across the game world”. Once all pages are collected, the Ghastly Grimoire is complete. Old School RuneScape players will try to find and defeat “Jonas, a hockey mask-like wearing killer stalking the world”.
– Blizzon eSports Events Kick Off, Championships Coming This Weekend
If you’re a fan of Blizzard games, this is a big week with Blizzcon coming at the end of the week. However, building up to the annual convention are a number of esports events across many of Blizzard’s games including Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Starcraft and World of Warcraft.
Star Wars: The Old Republic – ‘A Host of Utility Changes’ Heading Out the Gate on November 28th
Earlier this fall, BioWare wrote in its roadmap about a number of utility changes coming to all Star Wars: The Old Republic classes. In a change from earlier class balance tweaks, the team has decided to “deliver all of them to you at once”. In a new post on the SWTOR forums, Eric Musco reveals all of the changes coming to each class.
Dauntless – What to Expect as Open Beta Looms
Phoenix Labs is still hard at work on their next patch, Forge Your Legend (which launches today) and preparing for the Open Beta phase of their development cycle. We got a chance to sit in on vid call with the team to find out what changes fans can expect to see from the update as well as what can expect to pop up in game over the next couple of months.
Shroud of the Avatar – Invading Europe
Shroud of the Avatar developer Portalarium signed a publishing deal with European publisher Travian Games. Red Thomas stops by the offices in Austin, TX to find out what impact the deal has on the game.
Escape from Tarkov – New Update Paves Way for Open Beta Scheduled to Begin by Year’s End
Escape from Tarkov has been updated with a beefy patch that brings over 70 new items into the game as well as “enhanced early access sets”. Players will have access to a plethora of new weaponry, a full system of gestures and voice commands to assist with communication and advanced weapon handling. Improvements and tweaks were also applied to several features including optimization, grenade functionality, tweaks to armor and character damage and much more.
– Tartaros Rebirth Opens at GamenGame
GamenGame has sent word that Tartaros Rebirth will be officially opening its doors starting October 29th. From that day through November 27th, players will be able to take part in a number of in-game events that can earn a Growth Premium Package with a number of in-game items.
– Mad World HTML 5 MMO Launches Halloween Alpha
Jandisoft has sent word that its HTML 5 MMO “Mad World” has been updated with the Halloween Alpha. PC players interested in trying out the game can do so by downloading and installing the client. Events include PvP Battle Arena mode and the ability to collect masks. Most notably, the event provides and opportunity to “experiment with what we have so far”.
Rogalia – New North American Server Added
The Rogalia team has posted a brief note to let players know that all servers have now been deployed with the opening of the new North American server called “Andromeda”. This brings the worldwide server total to three with other servers currently running in Europe (Quasar) and Asia (Tokyo). There are no plans to add additional servers at this point.