Bungie is stoking the flames of desire with the release of the PC launch trailer for Destiny 2. (All of the footage, by the way, was captured on PC.) If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not know that the highly anticipated game will be launching on BattleNet on October 24th. Yes, just a week from tomorrow! Are you prepared?
Ship of Heroes – Lightning Blast Powerset Previewed in Latest Video
The Ship of Heroes team is ready to show off the latest powerset that is currently in the works. This time, the Lightning Blast is the third full powerset to be shown off to fans. It is a primary powerset for Devastators and can be a secondary for support characters. Lightning Blast will provide players with a primary and secondary damage effect as well as a debuff to defenses. Add in some self-buff powers and you have a robust powerset to consider.
Rift – Bastion of Steel Raid Preview
In July we bought you a preview of Rift 4.2:Celestial Storm. Following this update, on October 25th Trion Worlds will release 4.3 with two major updates: “Bastion of Steel” 10 man raid and “Mystic Archer” – a new soul for the Mage class.
Elder Scrolls Online – The Witches Festival to Fly Into ESO on October 20th
Elder Scrolls Online players will be able to take part in The Witches Festival starting on Friday, October 20th. The event will run through November 1st and will provide players with a 100% XP buff as well as the chance to obtain a polymorph into one of the undead. In addition, there are a number of themed items to be earned by completing tasks like collecting pumpkin guts and so forth.
World of Warcraft – Pink Haired Gnomes Run to Raise $16k for Breast Cancer Research
The World of Warcraft Running of the Gnomes event is now complete for 2017 and it absolutely has blown away its original goal of raising $4,000 for the Cleveland Clinic and breast cancer research. In addition, the team behind the annual event was hoping to beat the 2900 Gnomes taking part. Well, they beat it indeed. As of today, the event has raised $16,000 with over 7,000 players taking part.
Portal Knights – Vacant Islands Arrives in Latest Update
The latest update to Portal Knights has been released. v1.2 features tons of new content, much of it in response to player feedback. In addition, the Vacant Islands provide players a new location to discover, clear and inhabit. Once done, building a stylish new abode will be imperative as will decorating it with the finest items. Decorative props can now be discovered and mined from dungeons and then placed in the home.
World of WarPlanes – Onsite at Wargaming America and Hands-on WoWP 2.0
The guys at Wargaming.net flew me out to take a gander at the newest World of Warplanes 2.0 patch, in what is essentially a re envisioning of the game. I got to meet with the developers and get a hands on with the new Bomber class and play with the Wargaming team on the new objective focused maps. Al King, Global Brand Director of Wargaming, also took the time for an interview about how the team reached 2.0 and their future plans for the game, which you can read here.
Runescape – Spend 10 Days in the Dimension of the Damned
Runescape players can take part in an all-new competitive adventure called the Dimension of the Dead. For ten days, players will be challenged to survive the zombie challenge. The event takes place in a “parallel Runescape universe” with the challenge coming to a final showdown where top players compete to be named King of Queen of the Damned on October 28th. Players will score in game items, a year’s Premier Club membership and even an all-expense paid trip to Jagex!
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – 322,000 Players Banned Since Launch, 6k-13 Per Day
According to BattlEye, between 6,000 and 13,000 players are being banned from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds per day. Since launch, 322,000 players have been booted from the game for any number of reasons from using third party programs to exploits and more. The BattlEye Twitter post says that “the vast majority is from China”. In addition, the company claims the number of banned players is “more than twice as many as posted by PUBG just a month ago”.
– South Park The Fractured But Whole Review – A Super Heroic Fart Fest
For those not aware, “South Park” is an adult oriented cartoon TV series that’s in its 21st season on Comedy Central. It’s been over two years since a sequel was announced for the TV show’s first video game, 2014’s “South Park: The Stick Of Truth”. Since the announcement, UBISoft has been working closely with the show’s creators; Trey Parker, Matt Stone and their staff at South Park Studios to make what can only be described as the funniest turn-based super-hero, adventure RPG ever.