WildStar players will be able to take part in the Battle Chase event that is set to start on Thursday, January 6th and that will run through January 16th. During the event, players collect Battle Bits by completing Battlegrounds and can also score Battle Chase Crates with some nifty in-game rewards including the Exile or Dominion hoverboards.
Overwatch – Oasis Map Goes Live, Check Out Preview Video
Overwatch players have a new and interestingly fun map to check out with today’s launch of the Oasis map. Not only do players have to watch out for one another, but also the speeding cars along the causeway.
World of Warcraft – The Nighthold Raid Preview & Release Schedule
The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with the release schedule for the next raid in the Legion expansion, The Nighthold. The Nighthold consists of four wings, Arcing Aqueducts, Royal Athenaeum, Nightspire and Betrayer’s Rise. Players will face off with Gul’Dan for the final time (presumably!) atop the Nighthold.
– What Steam?s Top 100 Games Shows Us
This week Steam showed us its top 100 selling games for the year. This is a list broken down into Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. There are a host of games on the list that are quite unexpected, so we wanted to dive and look at some of the player trends we see. It is interesting where the PC market moves…
Diablo 3 – ‘Anniversary’ Update v2.4.3 Previewed in New Video
Blizzard has released a great preview video of the upcoming ‘Anniversary’ patch, v2.4.3. Players will be able to take part in the special month-long anniversary content that is a nod back to the original game in the series. In addition, several of legendary items have been updated, both general legendaries and those part of class sets.
– FIVE: Champions of Canaan Released for OSVR
Kingdom Games and Razer have announced that FIVE: Champions of Canaan has been released for Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR). FIVE: Champions of Canaan is the first action RPGs available using the OSVR Hacker Development Kit.
– Mass Effect, South Park Release Dates Leaked by XBox Live
The XBox Live Rewards site has leaked the release dates for a pair of titles of keen interest to RPG fans. Mass Effect Andromeda will be arriving on March 31st, very close to its anticipated release. South Park: The Fractured But Whole will be released on March 30th.
– Ariana Grande to be Immortalized in FF: Brave Exvius
Square Enix and Ariana Grande have revealed that she will be immortalized as DW (Dangerous Woman) in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, the iOS and Android mobile RPG. DW will feature the same ears that Grande sports on her “Dangerous Woman” album cover. The information was announced via Grande’s Instagram account alongside a short video previewing the character.
Crowfall – Flying into the New Year
This week Tim Eisen looks at the Crowfall bank, the Templar Archetype and looks forward to 2017.
– The Top 20 MMO News Stories of 2016
2016 is in the bag folks, and after 52 weeks of MMO news, you’ll be surprised (or maybe) not to see what the most viewed stories on MMORPG.com were over the course of the year. Some of you will probably see why Black Desert gets a lot of reporting too, both here and across the web. Read on for our top 20 stories of 2016!