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Fedeen Games has announced that Forsaken World Mobile will be expanding soon with Babel Ascending. Players will be able to check out the literal tower of Babel dungeon that features 100 floors with tons of monsters and epic loot. In addition, three new world bosses will be roaming around waiting for packs of players to find them and take them down.
ArenaNet is preparing players for this week’s launch of the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion by providing a summary and links to earlier blog posts about various features coming with the new content. Today’s spotlight shines on Guild Halls.
Bioware has announced that early access for the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, is scheduled to kick off today. KotFE marks a return to storytelling and will come to players courtesy of nine chapters, new companions and new enemies. Early Access is for active subscribers between July and early October. To celebrate, the team has released a new trailer called "Alliance".
This weekend I spent some time gallivanting around the Blade & Soul technical alpha. It’s the first time outside of trade shows and the like that I’ve been able to spend some real time with NCSOFT’s official version. Frankly, I see why people adore this game in Korea. It’s still a traditional quest-driven theme park, but I’ll be damned if it’s not fun.
With Sword Coast Legends finally ready to embark on its final release journey, we managed to catch Dan Tudge, SCL Game Director, to chat about how the last month of game development has gone and much more.
A lot of our readers may not know it, but Gearbox and 2K’s Battleborn are poised to bring a much-needed sense of co-op PVE to the land of competitive online shooters when the game launches in February. We reached out to Creative Director Randy Varnell to ask about Battleborn’s more RPG and PVE sensibilities, and we think you’ll like his answers…
Soon – and not even Soon(TM), but actual SOON – we’ll be barreling through the Maguuma Jungle, battling Mordremoth’s minions at every turn. We’ll explore every nook and cranny of the elder dragon’s domain, uncover great secrets, and, most likely, experience great triumph at the culmination of our campaign.
Conquer Online has expanded yet again with the successful launch of the Kingdom War content upgrade. After launching on October 15th, players have been working to grab the last Talisman, "Tempest Wings". In addition, server wars are raging with one invading another’s cities and by launching military campaigns to plunder gold bricks.
Techland has announced that The Following expansion to Dying Light will launch during the first quarter of 2016. Players will be able to upgrade and customize a cool new in-game all-terrain dirt buggy. To show off the buggy in game and to reveal some of the design philosophy behind it, Techland released a terrific video you can watch below.
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has arrived that is packed to the rafters with a video showcase of the game’s music system seen in the video below, a pair of zone profiles and an invitation to check out the Gallery of Wonderful Horrors.