Everyone has a fighting chance
As anyone who has played online games for any length of time will know, the territory comes with its ups and downs. One common issue, especially with resource-based open-world games that allow for PvP, is when players form into large groups and trample their respective countrysides (or space stations), obliterating everything in their path. Whether you know it as ‘blobbing,’ ‘zerging’ or by some other name, you’re sure to have run into it in one form or another.
The Albion Online team has sent word (and a new trailer!) to announced that the summer alpha testing program will open on June 29th. The new phase will include several key improvements based on the last alpha event, including the recently revealed Hellgate events.
The latest Albion Online video developer diary has been published to give players new information about Hellgates. Players in the game work together to bring down gatekeepers which, on death, can spawn a hellgate that leads to a special 5-player dungeon. The twist? A second hellgate that leads to the same dungeon may spawn elsewhere in the world with a second group of players in the same dungeon leading to PvE / PvP mayhem.
The Albion Online team has sent out a new video developer diary to talk about the Guild vs Guild warfare system as it will appear in the game. According to devs, GvG is limited to five players on each side to allow smaller guilds to compete with larger guilds on even footing. Check it out!
The Albion Online team has posted a new video developer diary that details how important farming will be to all aspects of the game including housing, controlling territories, feeding soldiers or transporting goods. It’s a fascinating look at how the need for food and other goods provided by farming will be integral to a player’s success. Check it out!
Former CCP EVE developer Matt Woodward has joined the team working on the forthcoming Albion Online. Once known as CCP Greyscale, Woodward sat down on camera to talk about his hope to make Albion the best sandbox experience it can be.
The Albion Online team has published an extensive list of planned fixes and enhancements on the game’s official forums. Considered a working list on the way to summer 2015, the team promises to get as many of the changes and features as possible in the next alpha update.
We came. We claimed. We conquered. Albion Online is a Free-to-Play game in its alpha-testing stage which offers a cross-platform sandbox MMO on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. Think of it as a living world with no NPC vendors, no questlines and no NPCs to report to. Instead you, your guild and your friends decide who owns what: it is an entirely player-driven economy with full-loot hardcore PvP.
Early Access players will want to head into Albion Online to check out the new Winter Alpha Event. The doors have opened and players are invited to check out the improvements implemented since the last event. New buildings and items have been added as well as the new Farming system. The world has also expanded and players will see new spell and combat effects and much more.
In preparation for next week’s Albion Online alpha event, the team has put together a new video to show off some of the improvements made to the game and some of the features added. The alpha test event will kick off on January 26th.