Maingear has released the first information about its new Alpha 34 that comes in both the 8-core Extreme Edition or the 18-core Intel Xeon processor edition. The gaming PC also features a curved HD display, liquid cooled overclocked processing and full-sized graphics.
General: Oculus to Open Rift Preorders on January 6th
Those ready to take on virtual reality should set the clock for January 6th at 8:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Eastern when Oculus will kick off preorders for Rift VR head sets.
General: City of Titans – Gameplay Trailer Shines Light on the Future
The City of Titans team has been largely silent the last several months but have come out of hiding with a brand new trailer to give fans something to look forward to until the game becomes playable at the end of 2016. The video provides a look at some combat and how the mechanics of city roaming will be presented in City of Titans.
Albion Online: Casual Play as the Gateway to Hardcore
In a new post on the Albion Online site, developers discuss one of the game forum’s hottest topics, “Hardcore vs Casual”.
General: Our Readers Speak: ‘Best of’ for 2015 Revealed
The MMORPG.com community has spoken. We polled our readers for the “best of” awards for 2015 and the results are in!
World of Warcraft: The Content Drought – What To Do Until Legion
Blizzard has given itself until the end of September to release World of Warcraft: Legion, the next expansion to the game and the one that is coming packed with new features, alterations in core game systems and much, much more. The problem is that that’s still nine months away. Even the “bridging” content between Warlords of Draenor and Legion isn’t likely until June or July.
General: Early Access to the Future
Hello and welcome to 2016. It’s great here in the future, there are flying cars and special programs to rehabilitate reddit users into society. Also, videogames are never released anymore, staying instead in a constant state of development. It’s wonderful, there’s no more disappointment as every day we remind ourselves how much potential all the games have. All is well, remember to increase your pledge amount for exclusive bonuses at release!
General: The Upcoming MMOs of 2016
2015 is in the past, and the majority of 2016 lies ahead. What games will we be playing as we crawl through the calendar year? We’re here to help figure that out. With this week’s List, we’ll take a quick look at all MMOs we expect to hit beta, early access, and launch in 2016. Click through and start adding games to your wish list!
Shroud of the Avatar: New Scene, Resolute, to Debut with Release 26
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has arrived and is, as usual, packed with lots of neat information about the game, including the news that Andy Cortez’s Resolute scene will be sent out with Release 26 set to arrive on January 28th. In the newsletter, new players will follow the Path of Courage along the Resolute story line. To show off some of what can be expected, several new (and beautiful) screens were released.
Firefall: The9 CEO Celebrating Chinese Launch by Gifting $1.5M
To celebrate the launch of Firefall in China, The9 CEO Zhu Jun is gifting players “red packets”, up to ten million of them, contents of which remains unknown though it is not out of the realm of possibility that real world cash will be included.