Blizzard had to take to Twitter to staunch the Overwatch flames that erupted after a tweet went out indicating that competitive play would be coming out “before the end of next month (July)”. Late yesterday afternoon, @PlayOverwatch corrected the error with, you guessed it, another tweet.
ArcheAge: The Ascension Welcome Back Promotion
Ascension launched this week for ArcheAge, with a slew of new content for all players, and the Trion Worlds team is eager to welcome new and returning players alike for the major game update. We’ve got all the details on how you can get a slew of free items, from free houses to bear mounts, carts, skateboards and more!
General: Is Total War: Warhammer a Total WAAAGH?
In a not so MMO review Rob takes a look at the newest entry in the Total War series. Or is that Total WAAAGH?
Aika: Conspiracy of Zereka Chapter 3 Deployed
Aika Online players have a lot of new content to explore with the deployment of the Conspiracy of Zereka Chapter 3 update. In addition to a new zone, players can take part in new achievement quests, a new guild mission, the Cave of Lycan Hell Mode dungeon, special hunting trips, an increased level cap and much more.
General: Global Users Spend 8-15% of Leisure Time Gaming
Nielsen has released a new paper called 360 Gaming Report that reveals some very similar worldwide gaming statistics. Across the globe, gamers spend between 8-15% of leisure time primarily playing on consoles and mobile devices with a nearly 50-50 split between male and female gamers. Console gamers tend to be in the 35 and under bracket with PC gamers averaging between 30-45 years old.
Forsaken World: Fifth Anniversary to be Celebrated All Month
Forsaken World is turning five years old and the team is ready to celebrate the entire month of June. Players can look forward to a number of events including the Forsaken World 5th Anniversary Pack and much more.
Blade & Soul: Vengeance Breaks Update Now Live
Blade & Soul players will want to check out today’s big update now that the Vengeance Breaks patch has been successfully deployed. There are three new heroic dungeons, Silverfrost Mountains: Act 4, Part 2, the Tower of Infinity, and Hongmoon level 15 to look forward to in addition to the brand new pet system.
General: Hostile Takeover of Gameloft Complete, Vivendi Eyes Ubisoft
After years of quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, buying up any shares of Gameloft, Vivendi finally has become the majority owner of the mobile games company. Alongside the Gameloft purchases, Vivendi has also been making moves on Ubisoft by purchasing available stocks from shareholders at an inflated price that ‘encourages’ them to sell. The Guillemot brothers run Ubisoft and have been scrambling to secure agreements from shareholders to keep more Ubi stocks out of Vivendi hands.
Guild Wars 2: Every Group Needs a Name – Your Chance to Create History
As Pact Leader, Guild Wars 2 players have battled alongside iconic characters including Rytlock, Marjory, Braham, Kasmeer, Rox and Taimi. The group wants to stay together but they need a great name for the entire bunch. ArenaNet needs your help to think of one — a name will be selected from each represented language and it will appear in the next Living World Update and the only way to learn what the new name will be is to play the game.
General: ‘Ridiculous to Dedicate an Entire Room to VR Gaming’
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, speaking at the Cowen & Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, has said that there are too many impediments to VR gaming in the current state of the world and that it’s “ridiculous to think the average home in America would dedicate an entire room to VR gaming”.