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Proving that ArenaNet does read players’ posts on various sites and social media platforms, Colin Johanson has taken to a Reddit thread bemoaning legendary effects for Engineers and announced that this was something the team would like to address in the future but that the focus right now is on "our major WvW overhaul", something that has apparently been in the works for over a year.
The Repopulation, built using the Hero Engine, stands the very real possibility that there will be serious downtime as a result of Idea Fabrik’s financial issues. The development team has forewarned its community about possible outages as it searches for alternatives to the troubled engine, though it would necessitate "rebuilding the game from scratch code wise, though some things would convert over (art, data)".
The latest Star Citizen Weekly Development Update has been posted to the game’s official site with the exciting news that 50,000 more ‘Citizens’ will soon be added to Alpha 2.0 to continue to assist the team with bug squashing and to, as the letter states, take part in "emergent gameplay" as evidenced on YouTube and Twitch.
Naxcore has sent along its announcement about Spatium, a different type of MMO currently seeking funding via KickStarter. The game is said to be one for those who enjoy terraforming, collecting resources, crafting and upgrading items in order to travel to other planets to explore. In addition, all backers will be integral in the inclusion of new items and features as development proceeds.
The Wurm Online team has sent word that the Linux version of the game is now available via the Steam gaming platform. In addition, Wurm Online is doing very well since its Steam launch and trends in the top 25 downloaded titles and is sporting an impressive 82% approval rating by Steam reviewers.
An alpha tester for World of Warcraft: Legion has posted several cool screenshots to show off the promised increase in the draw distance that players will experience with the expansion’s launch. Screens include locations in the live game and in Legion. The difference is stunning. See for yourself in our example, then head to Kastel197’s original Reddit post and Imgur page to see the rest.
In a new post on the Skyforge site, developers are giving players a heads up that class rebalancing will be forthcoming with the War’s Onset update. Saying that classes need to be "brough more in line with each other" and as a way to assess each class’s functionality within the overall game, the team has been collecting data from a variety of sources including popularity by activity, PvP victories, deaths, convenience, completion speed and more.
Fans of the once-defunct Rusty Hearts will be pleased to hear that the game has made a return to live service via Google Play for mobile devices. Rusty Hearts has been brought back to life via Eyedentity Mobile.
The Champions Online team has announced that from today through December 1st, players can take advantage of the Freeform Slot Giveaway. These generally run $50 and allow players to choose any power from any power framework.
MMORPG.com has partnered with My.com for a Skyforge Black Friday giveaway.