EVE: Valkyrie has just entered alpha, before launching with the Oculus Rift later in March. Pulling on his own headset, columnist Gareth Harmer flies into New Eden to check it out.
Elder Scrolls Online: A Recap and Analysis of All the Recent News
These last couple of weeks have been fantastic for The Elder Scrolls Online. A plethora of information has come out about the future of ESO and the first DLC of this year, Thieves Guild. Let me tell you, almost everything looks exceptionally promising. I say almost because there was some bad news that was released. So let’s discuss the bad stuff first and then get into the good stuff.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen: How a PC Port Should be Done
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for the PC is an example of a port done right, with slightly updated graphics, an improved framerate, and all of the additional content included. All of this combined easily makes this the definitive version of the game. Take note developers: THIS is how you do a PC port. Just try not to take so long next time, Capcom.
Shroud of the Avatar: Release 26 – It’s the Final Countdown
If you’re Lord British, you make games. It’s what you do… If you’re a developer for Shroud of the Avatar, you release your 26th monthly update, and announce the final wipe. Red Thomas took a trip to Austin to find out more, but unfortunately the airlines lost his luggage, which included his selection of decent segues.
Albion Online: Brutus, Packed with Quality of Life Improvements, Launches
The latest Albion Online update has been launched. Called Brutus, the patch brings a number of quality of life improvements into the game including an optimized UI, guild management tools and more. Also included in Brutus is PvE content that is focused mainly on the undead.
General: Game On #77 – Blade and Queue
In this episode, Zeli and Braxwolf talk about what we know and don’t know about Pixel Mage’s newly announced RPG Hero’s Song, and whether the game excites us or not. We also cover the Blade and Soul launch issues, and discuss some of our likes and dislikes, as one of us was actually able to get past the login queue!
League of Legends: Riot Raked in $1.6 Billion in 2015
According to The Daily Dot, Riot Games raked in $1.6 billion dollars last year alone thanks to League of Legends. The dollar figure came via a SuperData Research report that combines digital sales data from publisher, developers and payment providers and pairs it with “qualitative consumer insight”.
Neverwinter: Challenge of the Gods Event with Even More Divine Loot
The Challenge of the Gods event has descended into Neverwinter that allows players to complete any one of a number of given tasks. It all begins with players at level 10+ slaying a monster that is within seven levels and picking up special loot that auto-accepts the challenge.
Marvel Heroes 2015: Fresh Level 60 Guide – Part One
Leveling up new characters and gearing them out is a familiar process for me, but it wasn’t until a recent discussion I had with our very own Som Pourfarzaneh about what to do at level cap that I realized figuring out what to do once done with the game’s story content can be daunting.
Continent of the Ninth Seal: Awakened Level System Part of Latest Content Updated
Webzen has announced the successful deployment of the latest patch to Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9). The most significant new feature players can check out is the Awakened Level System that sends players across a special quest arc to earn a special hidden power that can then be leveled to 300. Awakened Levels grant players powerful abilities that do not require additional, or special, equipment to use and unlocks Awakened Levels across a player’s account.