Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Las Vegas area dentist makes millions with high quality amateur porn website, and then invests said millions fulfilling his dream of making his own sci-fi epic MMO. Oh, you’ve never heard it before? Well, that’s the story with Space Wars: Interstellar Empires. It’s the story of Robert Simyar, the fortune he made in the internet pornography boom, and how it’s funding the dream game of his own machinations.
World of Warcraft – Do You Remember the Corrupted Blood Incident?
It was exactly eleven years ago today that the infamous Corrupted Blood Incident happened in World of Warcraft. What’s that, you say? Starting September 13, 2005, the infection of corrupted blood that spawned out of the Zul’Gurub raid from Hakkar the Soulflayer remained on pets and minions when it was supposed to have fallen off after a short period of time. As a result, the corruption of DOOM spread throughout Azeroth for over a week.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is Taking the Boys to the Next Adventure…As Super-Heroes!
For fans of the South Park: The Stick of Truth, the RPG developed by Obsidian and published by Ubisoft, the next installment The Fractured But Whole takes to the boy’s next great adventure not long after the events of The Stick of Truth. Instead of playing fantasy Game of Thrones-esque characters, The Fractured But Whole has the boys now playing superhero franchises.
Black Desert Online – Sorceress Awakening Coming on Wednesday
The second “Awakened” character class form is coming to Black Desert Online after maintenance is complete on Wednesday, September 14th. In addition, Ancient Kutum, a world raid boss, will be added. The full patch notes will be released after the patch update that will begin at 1:00 am Pacific / 4:00 am Eastern tomorrow.
Guild Wars 2 – Living World Episode 2 ‘Rising Flames’ Trailer Arrives
ArenaNet and the Guild Wars 2 team have released a new teaser trailer for Living World Episode 2 “Rising Flames” that heralds the arrival of the next chapter in Tyria’s story. Rising Flames is set to go live on Tuesday, September 20th.
Final Fantasy XV – The Opening Two Hours of An Epic
Final Fantasy XV is distinctly a Final Fantasy game. From the opening music, to the referential systems and names, there’s no denying that you’re playing a Final Fantasy. That said, FFXV is quite possibly the largest departure from “The Norm” that the series has offered since FFXI brought the IP to the MMORPG many years ago. We played from the beginning for a solid two hours at PAX West, and now we’re left wanting November 29th to come that much sooner…
Bless – Work Yet to be Done Prior to a Fixed Milestone Calendar
The Bless Product Manager has headed to Bless-Source.com to let fans know that Aeria is hard at work to deliver a great game to North America and Europe. During meetings with Neowiz, the team decided to leave a milestone calendar unspecified to give more time for improving performance, fixing bugs and adding polish. In addition, improvements are being made to the large battle scenarios including Capital War, Siege of Castra and others.
Crowfall – Freeish Building & the Dregs
This week Timothy Eisen focuses on two items from Arcraft Entertainment’s last Developer QnA; free range building and the Dregs FFA PVP campaign.
World of Warcraft – Chris Metzen to Retire from Gaming
Business Insider is reporting that Blizzard’s Chris Metzen, currently Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development, is retiring from gaming at only age 42. Metzen has been integral in the development of World of Warcraft and has worked on other titles in the company’s portfolio.
Adventure Quest 3D – Open Beta to Kick Off in October
Artix Entertainment has a new post on the official Adventure Quest 3D site that’s pretty exciting! Open beta for the upcoming KickStarter-backed title will begin in October. The open beta follows the company’s tradition of releasing other Adventure Quest titles (AdventureQuest and AdventureQuest Worlds) in October in years gone by.