Everyone has a fighting chance
Grath Telkin has a bit of a reputation. In the null-sec space of EVE Online, he is easily one of the most recognizable names, known for yelling at people and leading some of the most cutthroat players in the game. Pandemic Legion is a wrecking ball swinging from one fragile null-sec empire to the next, and their reputation for crushing their foes is, at this point, pretty well solidified.
Square Enix graciously offered us a chance to play Just Cause 3 ahead of its launch via Steam, citing that it’s very much an open world RPG set in a modern setting. Now, we won’t go so far to call it an RPG in a traditional sense, but there’s so much fun to be had in this game that we can forgive its linear story and lunatic physics. It’s a toy box of wonders for any kid who imagined blowing stuff up with his or her GI Joes for hours on end.
The latest class archetype has been revealed on the Camelot Unchained site, the Healers. Healers, as with all classes in CU, come in three forms: Empath (Tuatha De Danann), Stonehealer (Viking) and Physician (Arthurian).
A new and quite different RPG is currently being developed by a therapist named Kyle Ballentine. The game is designed to give players pause to think of their character’s, and perhaps their own, inevitable decline and their mortality. Rather than level up, players level down as they move through the game. As skills are lost, players rethink battles and strategies.
According to a new post at Polygon, and on several other sites, there is a new bug flying around in Fallout 4 that causes players to come down with blurred vision after a critical hit to the head. Others report that vision becomes black-and-white. Regardless of the affliction, vision is only returned to normal using a stimpak.
The Albion Online site has been updated with a new developer blog to give players a look at how the PvP system is being altered after extensive player testing during alpha events. In addition to the already-present red (PvP) and green (non-PvP) zones, a new ‘yellow zone’ is being added that gives players information about how many others are flagged as a criminal or villain in any yellow location or how many may be entering, thus giving players a chance to decide whether or not to engage in PvP.
It can be slow going in Heart of Thorns, but you’ll get there eventually, as Jason optimistically points out this week.
Two weeks ago, Nexon announced its first foray into the mobile survival MMO space with Durango. We caught up with the development team to see what Durango brings to the table and what features players can expect to find. See what they had to say.
Our Black Friday feature was a big hit with readers and fans of gaming with more than a few MMOs and RPGs putting forth some amazing deals. Many of those special prices continue through today, known as Cyber Monday, when even more great deals can be found. We’ve rounded up some of the best in Gaming & Software, Hardware & Peripherals and a catch all "Other" category for those things that are at least tangentially related to gaming. See what we dug up!
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter is, as usual packed with information about all that has been going on in the game. Of particular interest in this week’s letter are a pair of articles dealing with the creative process: The first of an in-game demon; the second how a PvP arena was created using the provided tools.