In a new developer blog post on the Conan Exiles site, the team takes a look at the first steps in the game, most notably character creation. Starting with a rather grim scene of crucifixion and prefabricated faces that can be adjusted to suit a player’s taste. Hair, skin color, fourteen races and ethnicities are all included, all taken from the original literature.
– Rumor Confirmed: Russell Shanks Has Moved On
Last week we reported that now-former Daybreak Game Company President Russell Shanks had left the company and that co-President Ji Ham from Columbus Nova, the parent company of DGC, had taken over full time duties. We reached out to Daybreak and received confirmation that Shanks has moved on to other ventures.
– The VIP RPG Newsletter, Issue #1
Introductions to a new series of articles are always awkward. It’s like a first date, lots of posturing, smiling and making a good impression. Let’s get it out of the way and head straight to the good stuff.
Heroes of the Storm – Ragnaros Burns His Way into the Nexus on PTR
The Heroes of the Storm PTR has been updated with the forthcoming patch that will see Ragnaros enter the Nexus. Ragnaros was announced during last month’s Blizzcon 2016. In addition to Raggy, players will also get a first look at this year’s Winter Veil celebration, Ranked play Season 3 updates and the updated Haunted Mines.
Hellgate – Returning to the Multiplayer Underworld
It appears that a team is making promising headway on a revival of the multiplayer aspect of Hellgate. Since the revelation that such a project was underway earlier this year, the team has made such significant progress to being the multiplayer aspect to life that the first in a series of developer diaries has been published.
– LET IT DIE is the Craziest Game I?ve Played in a While
Some of you may remember LET IT DIE from its announcement trailer a few months back. It didn’t impress the few of you who commented, but the new free to play online ARPG from Grasshopper Manufacture and Gungho Online may be worth your time if you’ve got a PS4. Read on to find out why.
Grim Dawn – Third Roguelike Dungeon Revealed in New Post
The latest Grim Dawn update has been posted to the game’s official forum. In it, the team lets players know that the next update is on schedule for deployment in the middle of December. In addition, the third roguelike dungeon that will deploy with the update, The Fall of Valbury, is revealed as well as some new “monster infrequents” that can be dropped — here’s to sweet phat lewt!
– Book of Demons – Mage Class Debuts with New Trailer
Thing Trunk has sent out a brand new trailer for Book of Demons and the newly added Mage class that came along with today’s update. Mages are, as expected, a spell focused class that requires player to find new card synergies. Check out the video before logging into the game.
Path of Exile – The Exiled Tribune – Diving Into the Breach
In this week’s Path of Exile: The Exiled Tribune, we take a look at Grinding Gear Games’ tenth anniversary, all things Breach, some cool ways to take on the new content, some additions & improvements to Map Mods, what’s coming in the near future and a few more pretty cool reveals from the week that was.
H1Z1 – Just Survive Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Getting Started
The latest H1Z1: Just Survive producer’s letter has been published to reassure the playerbase that the game is indeed moving forward with production. The post begins with a mea culpa of sorts with the admission that the most recent patch, deployed over two months ago, wasn’t the “prettiest update” that has ever been released. Since that time, however, devs have been updating the Test server regularly and has been actively engaging the community for feedback.