When today’s maintenance is complete in a few hours, Black Desert Online will have completed all of the class Awakenings with the final addition of the Witch and Wizard. To celebrate the fully Awakened classes, a special event will be held in game.
– Lots of RPG Goodness & Questing in Sierra Bundle
Humble Bundle is featuring a literal boatload of RPG gaming goodness in the Sierra Bundle that brings classics to those who remember the company’s glory days. For a dollar, score Space Quest, Police Quest, Shiftlings and Phantasmagoria 1-2. For $9.76, grab Arcanum, Quest for Glory, Time Shift and the Gabriel Knight trilogy. For a mere $15, get all of the above plus CCaesar 3-4, King’s Quest Collection of 7 games, Velocity and Geometry Wars 3. For $20, unlock Kings Quest Complete Collection.
ArcheAge – Winter Maiden Festival to Run Dec 21 – Jan 10
The ArcheAge holiday season is set to kick off on Wednesday, December 21st and will run through Tuesday, January 10th. During the festival, players can take off on a series of festival quests to search out a winter ghost, praying to the maiden and building snowmen in Mistmarrow.
Lord of the Rings Online – Updated Avatars a Possibility in 2017 + Mordor Expansion!
Now that Lord of the Rings Online is off on its own, developers are looking at some long-requested features for the game. In a thread discussing things players would like to see, Executive Producer Rob “Severlin” Ciccolini wrote that the team is looking into new character avatars in 2017, though with some trepidation.
WildStar – Winterfest Preview Livestream
The WildStar team has posted an hour-long video from a recent live stream even in which Chad “Pappy” Moore and team took viewers on a tour of Winterfest. In addition, Moore reiterated how excited the team is for 2017 and what it has in store for the game.
Overwatch – Tracer’s Holiday Gift Nets a Sweet Kiss from Her Girlfriend
Tracer is now officially the first LGB character in Overwatch. Her comic, “Reflections” features a fantastic holiday story about searching for the right gift for a companion and then bringing their mutual holiday cheer to a lonely gorilla. The comic also features the rest of the Overwatch crew in celebration of the season. Happy holidays from Blizzard!
– Five Great Ideas from DDO & LOTRO
With the recent news that Standing Stone Games will be taking over LOTRO and DDO we thought to look into some of the great ideas that came from these two MMOs. Daybreak is now publishing the titles as Turbine has spun them off into their own studio – Standing Stone Games. For the fans this means more content, a solid service team, and a studio now directly dedicated to these two titles. Both MMOs continue to have a solid community and here are some of the reasons why.
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Five Years of the Force Celebrated in New Blog
Happy birthday, Star Wars: The Old Republic! It’s hard to believe that Bioware’s flagship MMO is turning half a decade old today. Not ones to let a good anniversary opportunity go by, Bioware’s Ben Irving has posted a great post celebrating the game and its community. To kick off the day, a special character portrait collage representing some of the 87M unique character created over the course of five years has been released.
– A World for Views
Over the weekend I visited Snowdonia in Wales. Over two days we climbed Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach (known as The Glyders) as well as the ever popular Snowden. I’ve always enjoyed walking – just to explore – and only took up mountaineering recently. While the ascent and descent of each mountain was long and arduous (around 7 hours) the summits made them all worthwhile. To reach the top and look out over the world below, especially on a clear day, is truly breathtaking.
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights Of The Eternal Throne: Official Accolades Trailer
Star Wars: The Old Republic expanded recently with Knights of the Eternal Throne. Bioware has put together a nice accolades tribute to KotET to show off some of why our own Mike Bitton said, “If you’ve been waiting around for Bioware to put together a KOTOR III, you may want to take a look at SWTOR. Bioware Austin has essentially been building it under our noses in SWTOR.”