The Star Citizen site has been updated with a look at the latest version of the alpha. The latest alpha client features new ships, a few put on sale in celebration of v2.1, a new weapon and a more streamlined bug reporting system.
TERA: Better Communication on the Docket for Improvement
TERA’s Senior Producer Matthew Denomme has taken to the official forums to apologize for strident community reaction to the latest producer’s letter that informed players that the next content update was being delayed until March, a significant gap between December’s Brawler update and the next release.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Eternal Championship Solo Challenges Introduced
The January Star Wars: The Old Republic Producer Live Stream took place on Thursday and the community team has posted a nice wrap report that includes some interesting nuggets of information including the Eternal Championship, a solo challenge of ten encounters that counts towards weekly missions reward progress, can include rare drops and a Recruitment Mission for a new companion named Bowdaar.
TERA: Six Streamer Guilds to Take Part in The Big Brawl Today
TERA has invited six well-known streamers to take part in a special live stream event called The Big Brawl today, Friday, January 15th at 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern. Jaynee, Foxdrop, Brofresco, Jessecox, Crendor and Turps have each formed a guild and will be meeting head to head on one of TERA’s mega battlefields to duke it out for supremacy.
Bless: KR Open Beta to Kick Off on January 27th
Despite a rocky start to the testing stage of development, it appears that all is going well and Bless Online is slated to begin the open beta in Korea on January 27th. According to Steparu, players interested in trying out Bless Online can download the client and customize characters prior to the start of the beta.
The Division: XBox One Beta Coming January 28, PS4 / PC on January 29th
The beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division is finally ready to roll. XBox One testers will get a day’s head start with the beta event starting on January 28th. PlayStation 4 and PC users will get in on the action beginning January 29th. The beta will end on January 31st.
Fallout 4: Oh the Weather Outside – New Mod Introduces Seasons
A new fan-made mod for Fallout 4 is showing a lot of promise with the introduction of seasons into the game. The video shows both before and after images with weather effects applied and it’s breathtaking.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Blood & Sand to Be Geralt’s Last Adventure
According to a recent interview with CD Projekt Red, the upcoming expansion to The Witcher 3, Blood & Sand, will be Geralt’s last adventure and writer Jakub Szamalek reportedly believes that the expansion is “something even better than the main game”.
General: ESPN Opens eSports Division and New Online Hub
Despite Bobby Kotick saying last week that Activision-Blizzard wants to become the “ESPN of eSports”, it turns out ESPN wants to be the ESPN of eSports as evidenced by the new dedicated hub now present on the sports network website.
General: What RPGs Need to Learn from Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin was one of the most exciting RPGs of the year when it released. This year, Larian will unleash its sequel, Divinity: Original Sin 2. It promises to improve the original in nearly every way and other RPG developers need to take notice. Here’s what RPGs need to learn from Divinity: Original Sin 2.