Everyone has a fighting chance
With the launch of the early access program for the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, a big change will be coming to the companion system that can be boiled down to the change from gaining "affection" to earning "influence". The more influence, the more power a companion has which has a direct relationship to companion damage, healing, and health.
Starting October 22nd new cosmetic items are being implemented into the Crown Store, some of which were available as of October 8th. A lot of these items have a theme to them, guess you call them "scary-esc" type theme. Whatever the theme, they make mention that these new cosmetic items will be great additions for the Witches’ Festival that happens in Elder Scrolls Lore in the month of Frostfall (October).
The Park, a new single player horror adventure from MMO developer Funcom is launching on October 27th. We recently toured a bit of the game with its Creative Director Joel Bylos, and came away quite impressed. Build upon the foundations of Dreamworld tech with the Unreal Engine on the front end, The Park will undoubtedly give The Secret World and horror gaming fans alike something to talk about this Halloween.
Juvty Worlds has sent word that a special free test server event is planned for October 22nd through the 26th. Players can log into the test realm for special Halloween content as well as preparatory events for The Great Siege headed into the game in November.
The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with the big news that this year’s concert will be performed by none other than Linkin Park!
Paradox Interactive has announced that Knights of Pen & Paper II has launched for PC, Mac and Linux. KoPP2 features new races, feats, randomly generated dungeons all packaged in a neat looking retro-styled graphics package.
Fans of space-themed RPGs will be happy to hear that Rebel Galaxy has launched for both PC and Mac and is available from Steam and GoG.com. Rebel Galaxy was created by two of the original creators of Torchlight, Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer.
The Gloria Victis team has deployed the latest game update that brings some significant updates to combat including headshot detection and the ability for players to gain experience in PvP. Additionally, new land has been added that expands the game world.
There are a host of sweeping game changes coming to SWTOR when Knights of the Fallen Empire launches later this morning. We were scheduled to have some early hands-on time with BioWare’s expansion, but some technical oddities with the test server and Mike Bitton’s access kept that from happening. Instead, like you all, we’re now watching the clock and waiting for 11am Eastern to roll along.
In this week’s design journal delve into the Explorer role with a look at a few of Chronicles of Elyria’s most compelling and innovative features: player-created maps, dynamic place names, and sensory maps.