Fan hoping to see Bless Online headed to North American and European audiences sometime in 2016 may have to wait a bit longer. According to an interview with COO Tom Nichols, “Aeria hopes to launch the Westernized version next year.”
Grim Dawn: The Hidden Path to Launch This Week & An Expansion Incoming
The Grim Dawn forum has been updated with great news for fans. According to the team, “barring any unexpected complications”, the Hidden Path will be ready for launch later this week alongside the next major patch update as well. In even larger news, however, is the announcement of an expansion seemingly called “The Crucible” that will launch in Summer 2016.
ArcheAge: Ascension Rises Today on Live Servers
Ascension is coming to ArcheAge on May 31st, and that’s a pretty big deal. Why? Well not only is it adding the much-anticipated Player Nation System, but it’s adding a whole slew of new features as well. The Castle Upgrade system is coming, Obsidian Tier 7 Weapons and Armor are being added, the Mistsong Summit is getting a new boss and a difficulty tuning, combat skills are getting an overhaul, there’s a new equipment encyclopedia, and a whole lot more.
Chronicles of Elyria: Soulbound & Tech Start-Up Improbable Announce Partnership
Soulbound Studios and tech start-up Improbable have announced a partnership agreement that will bring SpacialOS into play that utilizes a “distributed operating system”. Thousands of servers in the ‘cloud’ enable simulations to run concurrently to enable a hundred thousand players spread across the game world, one of the largest in gaming today, all inhabiting one world.
Camelot Unchained: Big Things in Small Packages
In this week’s Camelot Unchained (CU) update City State Entertainment (CSE) brought us another small update with a bit of big news sprinkled in for those of us paying close attention. Not being one that generally pays close attention (to anything and certainly not for very long) I almost missed it myself!
General: Gamigo & Aeria Games Announce Merger
Gamigo Group has posted an announcement on its corporate site to announce its merger with Aeria Games Europe. The new joint company will be focusing primarily on publishing games such as Echo of Soul, Fiesta Online and several others in North America and Europe.
Tree of Savior: Regional Cross Server Party Matching Hotfixed In
The Tree of Savior team has posted a brief notice that regional cross server party matching has been hotfixed into the game.
Duelyst: Card Game Meets Turn-Based Strategy Coated with Pixel Art
For a change, let’s start with a challenge: Can you find any article about digital CCGs (collectible card games) that doesn’t mention Hearthstone at least once? See, I already did it myself. However, even if you are not the biggest fan of Blizzard’s success game, it is hard to neglect how much it opened the door for a new generation of great digital card games. One of those is Duelyst, a Kickstarter-funded little gem that is so much more than just a CCG.
Guild Wars 2: The Content Correlation
Everyone knows that more content means more players and more revenue for an MMO, right? Or is that not the case with Guild Wars 2?
Black Desert Online: Is Exploiting Rampant?
It appears that exploiting is a thing in Black Desert Online. Although I’ve never seen anyone use an exploit, there have been plenty of threads, posts and comments in recent months to suggest it is happening. That’s not entirely surprising as players will always cheat, in any genre, as long as there are gains to be made.