Looking to lay eyes on Blade & Soul? Tonight’s your chance when our own Bill Murphy will be streaming today’s founders head start at 6:00 pm Pacific / 9:00 pm Eastern in the MMORPG.com live stream channel. In addition, lucky viewers will have a chance at scoring a Blade & Soul Master Pack just for attending!
Champions Online: Teleios Ascendant Content Update Lands on PTS
The Champions Online team has posted a note to let players know that the Teleios Ascendant content update is now live on the public test server. Gold subscribers can access the content via a series of instructions on the CO site.
General: Excellence In Game Writing To Be Honored At WGA In February
The Writers Guild of America has revealed the nominees for excellence in game writing. The award ceremony will be held concurrently in both New York and Los Angeles on February 13th.
General: Omnikron: The Nomad Soul Given Away to Honor David Bowie
Square Enix is giving away Steam keys to honor David Bowie who had a pair of cameo performances in the game as well as a part in the game’s soundtrack. Players can get hold of a single key via the Square Enix Store through January 22nd “while supplies last”. Keys will be sent via email within two days.
Heroes of the Storm: Data & Feedback Key to Upcoming Alterations in Matchmaking
The Heroes of the Storm site has been updated with a note from the dev team that gives players some information about how recent feedback and gathered data will be instrumental in forthcoming changes to the matchmaking system in the game.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft: Cutting the Card(sharks) Out of the Game
The ban hammer has swung on Hearthstone players with a ban wave issued for those who have been found to be using third party programs to provide an advantage in the game. According to the EU Hearthstone site, the Blizzard team will continue to monitor the situation and issue further ban waves as needed.
Black Desert Online: CBT 2, Name Reservations, Cash Shop & More
The first major news for North America’s and Europe’s version of Black Desert Online has arrived and it’s got some big ticket items of interest to the community.
Escape from Tarkov: Alpha Planned for February, Beta in Q1 2016
The Escape from Tarkov Facebook page has been updated with the third in a series of developer questions and answers. Of particular interest in the Q&A is the news that alpha is scheduled to start in February, with beta to kick off sometime later in Q1 2016.
The Division: Devs Promise Single Players Have a Place Too
The Division is shaping up to be a fine multiplayer experience based on recent videos and information released by Ubisoft. From the beginning of its development, however, players have been told that a robust single player campaign as well. In a new interview at Venture Beat, editors spoke with Magnus Jensen, creative director on The Division, to find out how that will happen.
Albion Online: Second Major Update, Brutus, Detailed
Albion Online will be updated later in January with the second major patch, this one called “Brutus”. Quality of life additions will be forthcoming, among them the ‘repair all’ option. In addition, the first iteration of the UI overhaul will be released as well as an “undead theme” found in a pair of new dungeons.