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Former Guild Wars 2 lead designer Eric Flannum has announced via a LinkedIn recruitment article that he has joined Amazon Game Studios in its Seattle location. Flannum was with ArenaNet for ten years. Amazon Game Studios is ramping up development on its as-yet unannounced title.
ArenaNet’s Rubi Bayer will be on hand all week on the Guild Wars 2 Twitch.tv channel to show off some of the upcoming guild functionality coming with the Heart of Thorns expansion set to be released at the end of October.
CD Projekt Red has released a new trailer from the upcoming expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Called "Hearts of Stone", the expansion sends players on a ten-hour jaunt into little traveled locations already present in the game. Hearts of Stone is set for an October 13th release. See what you think in today’s latest trailer and let us know what you think.
The Albion Online team has posted a brand new developer diary to show the community the intricate process of map and level design. The blog goes into detail about the initial steps in creating maps through completion.
GameNet has announced that the open beta for Black Desert Online will begin on October 12th. The team will be on hand this weekend during Russia’s Igromir games festival where players can interact with both BDO and the publishing team. GameNet will reveal more details soon.
Visionary Realms has announced that it has secured seed funding to continue the development of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. According to Venture Beat, the funding will see the game extended beyond the currently available ten fully playable levels that exist.
During this past weekend’s EGX, the Elite: Dangerous team revealed several interesting tidbits of information including the first portion of the Horizons ‘season of expansions’ that is set to arrive during the 2015 holiday season.
Magerealm players can now take part in a new guild vs guild mechanic added called turf war. Players of level 40 and above who are members of the top six guilds can compete for resources.
Battleborn is ready to treat players to a huge variety of ways to customize their characters when the game launches in February 2016. In this new video, just a few of the game numbers of importance are revealed including the 1,024 ways that each base hero can be played depending on how a player customizes it.
ARK: Survival Evolved has expanded with two brand new biomes for players to survive and thrive in. Included in the swamp and snow regions are new creatures and materials suited to the harsh conditions each represents. In addition, existing creatures better suited to each area have been moved for more appropriate placement in the game.