DayZ’s Dean Hall Working on an Unannounced Project

DayZ’s Dean Hall and his RocketWerkz studio has announced that they are hard at work on an “unannounced large scale project” that will feature multiplayer. This is a separate project from Hall’s Ion MMO. RocketWerkz is expected to reveal more about the project sometime in early 2017.

FIVE: Champions of Canaan to be Released on September 27th

Kingdom Games has announced that its next title, FIVE: Champions of Canaan, is ready for release on September 27th. FIVE: Champions of Canaan follows on the heels of last year’s FIVE: Champions of David, a single-player ARPG that follows the historical path of the Bible’s King David (you can read our review here).

2017 Odyssey Brings First-Ever Co-Op PvE into Game

The latest SMITE patch has kicked off the 2017 Odyssey that ultimately will lead to the World Championships to be held in January. Odyssey brings PvE into SMITE for the very first time and allows players to work cooperatively to take on MMO-style bosses and challenge themselves in wave-based survival modes. Successfully doing so can lead to a spot on the leaderboard, prizes and much more.

Bioware Gets a New Leader, EA Worldwide Studios Formed

EA has placed several of its game studios under the banner of EA Worldwide Studios. Maxis and EA Mobile are now the foundation studios in EA Worldwide Studios with Patrick Soderlund taking the helm. In addition, EA announced that EA Senior Vice President Samantha Ryan is taking charge of Bioware.