Fortnite: Core System Overhauls Coming In v7.0

Epic Games has sent word that the 7.0 update to the Fortnite alpha will be incoming soon with a number of significant changes to core game features. Players can look forward to a new static skill tree with specific regard to upgrading buildings and sub-buildings. The Home Base buildings have been completely removed.

Twin Saga: All Launch Classes Revealed

Twin Saga will feature 4 classes at launch, Swordmaster, Mage, Dragonknight and Gunslinger. In addition, 6 “dynamic” classes will be unlocked by questing through the game. These classes include the Berserker, the Rogue and the Cleric among others. Players will be able to switch between classes out of combat that can customize any battle.

Fragmented: Latest Patch Includes User Suggested Content

The latest update has been deployed for Fragmented that includes a several pieces of new content based on user suggestions. Props and turrets can now be picked up and moved without being destroyed. In addition, on player death a tombstone-type container will drop that contains items from a player’s corpse. That makes it easier to find and loot dropped items.

Black Desert Online: I?d Welcome A True Support Class

As my last Black Desert Online column for a couple of weeks while I take a long overdue vacation, I thought I’d keep this outing much more light hearted. As much as I’d like to continue to bang the drum about exploiting or players abusing the game, I think that discussion has been well and truly flogged.

General: Samsung V-NAND SSD 950 Pro Review

SSDs are no longer the future of storage when it comes to consumer computing. They’re the present. The problem is that SATA drives have their limitations in speed, and to solve that problem, Samsung has recently released the V-NAND 950 Pro SSD… a solid state drive that uses the PCE Express 3.0 x4 connection with the NVMe protocol. In short? Its speeds are about five times what was possible with the 850 Pro.