Summer weather, holidays and plagues have left us with a skeletal City State Entertainment (CSE) but that didn’t stop them from getting us our weekly update featuring steamy streams, community management and a vile villain for me to opine over. It was a bit shorter than usual but it had pretty pictures in it so I didn’t mind. Here’s one below showing what testers are doing with the ever more impressive C.U.B.E.
World of Warcraft: Teaser Trailer for Harbinger Video Series Arrives
Blizzard has released a teaser trailer for its World of Warcraft: Legion video series called “Harbingers”. The series will explore the “stories behind some of Azeroth’s mightiest characters” and should be starting soon with the release of Legion just around the corner on August 30th.
Neverwinter: Devs Detail What’s Coming in Storm King’s Thunder
The Neverwinter site has been updated with a blog post that lays out some of the first details about the game’s next expansion called Storm King’s Thunder. One thing that folks can look forward to is the presence of giants, and a lot of them.
World of Warcraft: Time’s Running Out on Several Activities & Rewards
The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a new post that lays out all of the activities and rewards that will be bidding a fond farewell with the launch of Legion on August 30th. Among other things, the Brawler’s Guild will be put into mothballs for the foreseeable future, Draenor challenge modes will go away and the Grove Warden moose will no longer be available.
World of Warcraft: Professional Fantasy
Gareth Harmer takes a look at Professions in Legion, and explains why crafting in Warcraft is about to become a whole lot more fun.
Elite: Dangerous: $100k Tournament Canned Due to Missing Features
Frontier Developments has cancelled this year’s $100k Elite: Dangerous PvP tournament due to some planned features not having yet been implemented. In lieu of the cash reward tournament, however, a non-cash alternative called The Icarus Cup will be taking place this year.
Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising Prequel Announced by NCSoft
2P.com is reporting that NCSoft and TenCent have announced a prequel to Blade & Soul called “Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising”. This will be a completely separate game that will share the game universe, a similar skill system and character relationships. The future ostensibly holds VR support and mobile deployment as well.
The Black Death: Beggar Profession, Bounty System & More in Big New Update
The Black Death has been updated with a massive new patch that brings a new profession, an overhauled location, improved combat, a new UI, improved weather effects, the Bounty System and a community-named tavern into the game.
Aion: Lost Memories Headed to EU Servers on August 10th
Aion will be updated in the EU on August 10th with the Lost Memories patch. Players can look forward to a new level cap, adventures in two new areas, four new instances as well as new character creation options and improved animations.
Elder Scrolls Online: Shadows of the Hist ? Exploring the Cradle of Shadows
On August 1st, Elder Scrolls Online will launch its 5th DLC since becoming Tamriel Unlimited: Shadows of the Hist (for the XB1 and PS4 the date is August 16th). Focused on adding two new big 4-player dungeons, a new style parlor, costume dying, and loads of changes in the base game patch, Shadows of the Hist is poised to bring a bolt of dungeon-crawling goodness into the game.