Lineage II is ready to celebrate its 12th anniversary in a big way throughout the month of April. Several events, contests, sales and more are planned for players. To start things off, special server settings have been put in place that include no experience loss on death, free teleports and a vitality bonus increase.
General: Revelation Confirmed For Western Release
NetEase has announced that Revelation, an MMO currently in Open Beta in China, will be heading to the West via an as-yet unnamed Russian publisher. Revelation will be active in both North America and Europe and will be available in four different languages. Check out the video below to get an idea what the game is about.
The Black Death: Early Access Announced For April 19th
It has been revealed that The Black Death will be entering its early access phase of development beginning April 19th, 2016, via Steam. At this time there is no word on the sales of Founder’s packs but the team is actively looking for feedback to prepare the game for full release in next 8 to 12 months.
General: Austin Game Conference: EA Throws Support Behind Convention
EA has been revealed as a large sponsor of the Austin Game Conference that will be returning on September 21-22, 2016. This year marks the return of the convention that has been on hiatus since 2012 and is themed around “Game Development Evolved” this year.
League of Legends: Elderly Chinese Woman Prays to Garen Statue
Alert gamers in China have snapped several photos of an elder woman kneeling before and praying to a League of Legends statue outside a local internet cafe. The statue portrays LOL’s Garen, though it is assumed that the woman mistook him for Lord Guan, a Chinese general during the Three Kingdoms period.
General: Latest Tales Of Announced – Tales of Link Now Available
Bandai Namco has announced a new mobile title that joins other “Tales of…” games. Called Tales of Link, the RPG will be free to play and will charge people to create a party of heroes out of nine available characters.
General: Kings & Heroes Live Stream Event Today
Industry Games’ Scarlet stopped by our forums earlier today to announced that the Kings & Heroes team will be on hand during a special live stream event today to reveal even more information about the game and to show off a special monster via video at the end of the stream.
Fable Legends: Lionhead Reborn as an Indie? Maybe!
Rumors are floating around that Lionhead may be in the process of reorganizing as an independent studio and that employees are in talks with Microsoft to recoup Fable Legends in order to continue its development. This information was revealed by MCVUK.com via three sources who independently confirmed the studio reorganization, though only one mentioned the talks with Microsoft.
Tree of Life: Map Wipe Notice Heralds Coming OBT Start
OddOne Games has good news for fans of Tree of Life: A map wipe for the current early access version of the game will take place on April 18th in preparation for the start of the open beta phase of development. To give players a look at what they can expect, a new trailer and a “what’s new in beta” video have been released.
Skyforge: Interface Improvements & More Coming April 20th
The Skyforge team is letting players know that the next update, Reapers’ Revenge, is coming on April 20th and it is packed with new content and some welcome improvements to the Adventure Search Interface.