Consortium: The Tower has reached its $300,000 initial funding goal with another twenty-eight days to go. The team has now moved on from the base goal to stretch goals, the first of which is Equipment Engineering. Consortium: The Tower is being created by the original Consortium team and is backed by one of Bioware’s founders, Dr. Greg Zeschuk.
Rift: The Celebration of the Ascended Begins Today
Rift’s 3.6 update, Celebration of the Ascended, launches today on April 13th, and were fortunate enough to get an early look at all that’s being crammed into this patch: five new souls (one for each calling), tons of new Carnival of the Ascended events and rewards, new planar attunement unlocks, new mounts, and yes full multicore support!
Thundercall: Open Beta Gift Packs
MMORPG.com has been given special gift packs for Thunder Call – the new fantasy MMORPG from Reality Squared Games. These keys will give you items such as Goddess Tears, Satchels, Roses and much more. Get your key now!
ArcheAge: Auction House Mergers to Expand Amount of Sales
The ArcheAge site has been updated with an important notice to players that auction house mergers are incoming. Prior to the merger process, players will not have the ability to post new auctions for approximately two days (49 hours, but who’s counting?). Once the time has passed, all existing auctions will have expired and the merger process can begin.
SMITE: Jing Wei Goddess Giveaway
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for the PC version of SMITE that will give players the all new Jing Wei Goddess, as well as her alternate color skin “Reborn!” Get your free gift key now while supplies last!
DarkFall: New Dawn: First Patch Overview & Stress Test Incoming
The Darkfall: New Dawn team has published the latest Road to Release that gives fans a look at progress being made on the game’s first patch. In addition, the stress test is being actively prepared, though no date for the event has been announced.
World of Tanks: Wargaming League’s Grand Finals 2016
With eSports steadily gaining ground as live entertainment, World of Tanks’ player-centric strategy seems to be working. The Wargaming League Grand Finals–the third of its kind–took place last weekend in Warsaw, Poland, and was far and away the biggest one yet.
The Division: A Month by the Numbers
The Ubisoft blog has been updated with a look back at the first month of live service for The Division. To show off how much players have engaged the game, an infographic came in alongside the blog post.
Overwatch: Second, and Final, Beta Event Planned for this Weekend
Overwatch will be heading into its final beta event weekend beginning on Friday, April 15th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern and running through Saturday, April 16th at the same times. All eligible accounts will be flagged in the afternoon of April 14th to allow time to download and install the beta client.
WildStar: Faction Barriers Dropping in Some Places
The first WildStar DevConnect has wrapped up and thanks to a fruitful discussion between Carbine and players, some new changes are coming with regard to the faction wall.