Star Wars: The Old Republic Creative Dir. Charles Boyd talks about the new features and story points behind the game’s latest expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne.
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Hands On with Knights of the Eternal Throne
Star Wars: The Old Republic has been giving fans the chance to play out their own personal experiences in a galaxy far, far away for five years. But many fans have wondered where their paths were leading them and how they fit into the grand scheme of BioWare’s MMO.
Hero’s Song – A Look at Crafting Experiences
Hello, my name is Paul Carrico and I am excited to be working alongside so many talented people at Pixelmage. I have been making games for about 16 years now. I am a game designer and work on creating and implementing content. I find myself always being drawn back to crafting systems. Working with the crafting communities of EverQuest, EverQuest II, and H1Z1 were some of my favorite times doing design.
Conan Exiles – It IS a Survival Game — It ISN’T an MMORPG
In addition to the brand new Conan Exiles trailer, the dev team has posted a new blog that lays out what the game is and isn’t for fans looking forward to a new survival title based in the Robert E. Howard universe.
Mass Effect: Andromeda – New Facts About the Tempest, Not Just Another Normandy
Game Informer is continuing its exclusive reveal articles about Mass Effect: Andromeda, this time with a look at the player’s central base, the Tempest. Bioware has given it a unique look and feel to separate it from the Normandy, the ship on which Shepard and crew traveled and fought in the original trilogy.
Conan Exiles – Early Access to Start Jan 31 for PC, XB1 Version Announced
Funcom has announced that Conan Exiles will be entering early access for PC players beginning on January 31, 2017. In addition, an XBox One version has been revealed with a preview being prepared for spring 2017. In honor of the big news, Funcom has sent out two and a half glorious minutes of game play action. Check. It. Out.
Grim Dawn – Aetherial-Themed Rogue-Like Dungeon Coming in December
The latest Grim Misadventures has been posted to the Grim Dawn forum. Rather than tease out more information about the forthcoming expansion, the team is showing off The Fall of Port Valbury content update that contains a rogue-like dungeon and all coming to the game in mid-December if everything goes according to plan.
Dark and Light – A First Look at Dwarven & Elven Cities
The Dark & Light team is teasing out a few more images via the game’s official Twitter page. In the last few days, both the Elven city of Estel and the Dwarven enclave of Zaharul have had a single screenshot shown that reveals design structure around an entry point to each.
– Jobs Posted for Unannounced First-Person Project
At first blush, the job listings on the Blizzard site for both a Lead Software Engineer and a Lead Tools Engineer on a “robust first-person engine” might seem to indicate that the Overwatch team is expanding. However, the next piece of the advertisements say “for an unannounced project”. The ads further seek applicants with the expertise to take the engine across multiple platforms and with “previous experience working on first-person or other action-oriented” games.
SMITE – The Holidays Start Early for the Pantheon
The holidays have arrived in SMITE with the addition of Fafnir’s Wonderland, a way for players to take part in fifteen new encounters in both easy and hard modes. Each version has its own rules and requirements for completion. There is a new Fafnir’s Wonderland achievement to be earned as well as Odyssey Points and the Cutesy Avatar Chest roll at the fifth tier.