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As part of the released documentation ahead of today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, it has been revealed that Destiny has added five million new accounts since the end of Q2 2015, bringing the total number of accounts to twenty-five million. It remains to be seen how many are active, but players taking part are logging three hours per day on average.
Ahead of today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, it has been revealed in already-published documents that World of Warcraft subscriptions have dropped only 100,000 to 5.5M since the end of Q2 where subscriptions were at 5.6M. By announcing the Legion expansion during August’s Gamescom, it appears that players are retaining subscriptions pending Blizzcon’s WoW panels and a release date.
Fedeen Games has released a new video that shows off some of the challenging content people will find in the next Forsaken World Mobile expansion, Babel Ascending. Players will be able to challenge a tower with 100 levels packed with powerful monsters and even more powerful bosses. Check it out!
Activision-Blizzard has entered into a purchase agreement with King, creators of Candy Crush Saga, that, if approved by share holders, will see nearly six billion US dollars spent in the acquisition. King will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision-Blizzard and places the gaming giant at the forefront of the mobile games market, the fastest growing sector in gaming.
ASTA is one of a couple games making their way to the West this year from Webzen. Set in a world of Asian Myth and Fantasy combined, ASTA is hoping to find fans here with its setting and unique take on combat.
Meeting someone in person that you’ve only ever talked to online is a surreal experience. When we talk to people on the internet, they tend to exist in this space where we ascribe them certain features and characteristics that aren’t really based on anything. We hear a voice, maybe see a few photos, and our brains fill in a billion blanks so that the voice we hear isn’t just some detached sound filtered through thousands of miles of cables. We compensate for what we don’t know about them.
Former Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter has a unique spot in Fallout 4, not as a typical voice actress but as a musician. If you didn’t know it already, Carter has a Grammy award winning band. Not only will their music be spotlighted in-game, but Carter will also play the role of Magnolia, a singer in the town of Goodneighbor.
With the next big game update less than a week away, the Final Fantasy XIV team wants to give players a look at some of the amazing shinies that will drop for defeating Minstrel’s Ballad: Thordan’s Reign.
Blade & Soul fans will want to check out the class of the week now that the Kung Fu Master sits in the spotlight. The week kicks off with a video to show the KFM in action and will continue with an in-depth look at skills and tips.
Blizzard’s first week of preliminary matches for the world championships for World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm have been completed with teams now heading for Blizzcon this weekend. To get players ready, Blizzard has released the official tournament sites with times of the events and the teams that are participating.