Many times when a developer leaves one studio for other employment, the parting is amicable, most explicitly saying so. However, in the case of Destiny’s now-former Creative Story Lead C.J. Cowan, it may not be so. Cowan announced on his personal Instagram account that he had “decided to part ways with Bungie” and has his status listed as “storyteller for hire” which may indicate that he does not have another position lined up.
ARK: Survival Evolved: Extinction Event Servers Added to XBox One Version
The v733.0 update has been added to the XBox One version of ARK: Survival Evolved that brings a unique feature into the game called ‘extinction event servers’. Extinction servers are separate from the main game servers. When extinction servers are enabled, players begin at level one and have a month to grow their characters with badges awarded at various milestones along the way. At month’s end, a meteor hits and all is destroyed.
Dark Souls 3: Can It Succeed as a Board Game?
Steamforged Games has announced that it has received permission from Dark Souls publisher Bandai Namco to begin a KickStarter initiative to fund a board game based on the popular RPG series.
General: Fallout 4, SMITE Take Home BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA, awards have been handed out for the year. Fallout 4 took home top honors as Best Game in 2016 and SMITE scored for AMD eSports Audience Award for 2016.
Warframe: Gift Key Giveaway (XBOX ONE)
MMORPG.com has been given gift keys for Warframe on the XBox One! This gift key will give you a 3-Day Affinity Booster. Get your key now!
Orcs Must Die: Unchained: Action Hero Pack Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given 50 Action Hero Packs for Orcs Must Die: Unchained that will give players access to three heroes along with a number of consumables and extras! Read on to find out how you can enter to win!
Project Gorgon: Vendor Stalls Detailed in New Blog Post
The latest Project: Gorgon blog post is now live that lays out the details about the next big feature coming to the game: Vendor Stalls. Vendor Stalls give players a way to sell items via a number of ways including through in-person trade, selling crafted wares, working on consignments with NPC shopkeepers, becoming simply a “dispensing machine” and more.
Camelot Unchained: Progressing to Beta Launch – This Week’s List
The regularly scheduled Camelot Unchained Friday update has been published that reveals a pretty decent sized list of “the little things” the team has been working on that continue to bring everyone closer to beta launch.
General: How Destiny is Better Than The Division
Two weeks ago, our RPG columnist wrote a controversial editorial describing how he thought The Division was already better than Destiny. He’s dove head first back into Destiny and spent the last two weeks rediscovering what he loved when the game launched, and it’s expansions, each launched. This week in the RPG Files, we’re going to look at the flip side of the coin and explore how Destiny is better than the Division.
General: A Decade In, Still Growing & Improving
With the Elysium expansion, Perfect World International sees yet another huge feature added with housing, a much-requested community feature. We took the opportunity to chat with PWI Project Manager Cindy Wang about the Elysium expansion and what it means for players.