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The Star Trek Online team will be conducting a two-month long polling event that will result in a brand new Federation Carrier ship being added to the game. During the forthcoming days, players will be voting on various schematics for the new carriers, each pitted against another in a single-elimination contest.
MMORPG.com user Raynforce has compiled a neat new blog post that brings all of the known information about Chronicles of Elyria into one handy dandy spot to make learning all that is (currently) known about the game an easier process.
In approximately a month’s time, subscribers to Star Wars: the Old Republic will be playing the new expansion and no doubt blazing a trail through the nine chapters of the new story that will be released at launch. Whether you prefer to gobble it up in one sitting or take your time and savor, there’s plenty of new BioWare-flavored story to enjoy. However, let’s take a look at what will happen if you’re not a subscriber.
The WildStar site has been updated with a new blog post that is mainly centered around screenshots to that show off pairs of images to show improvements made that will arrive with Tuesday’s F2P launch.
The Camelot Unchained team was on hand earlier today to do the first in a series of live streams to reveal the classes coming in the game. The stream lasted over an hour with more than half spent in a general Q&A session. It’s a great peek inside the game as it is development. Check it out!
At the stroke of midnight on September 29th, the WildStar free to play version will go live along with a special live stream broadcast by Carbine Studios. The team has a slate of activities planned including a Times Square countdown to F2P launch.
In between appointments with indie game developers at PAX Prime this year I was able to slip in and experience the HTC Vive. If this is the first you are hearing of the Vive it is HTC’s entry into the virtual reality space in collaboration with Valve (you know, those people behind Steam). I’ve used the first two versions of the Oculus Rift so I had a general idea of what to expect. However what I experienced was leaps and bounds ahead of what I have experienced in previous years.
In between appointments with indie game developers at PAX Prime this year I was able to slip in and experience the HTC Vive. If this is the first you are hearing of the Vive it is HTC’s entry into the virtual reality space in collaboration with Valve (you know, those people behind Steam). I’ve used the first two versions of the Oculus Rift so I had a general idea of what to expect. However what I experienced was leaps and bounds ahead of what I have experienced in previous years.
Wargaming.net has created a fantastic presence in the online space with its historical combat games. World of Tanks burst onto the scene and rose to power as one of the best battle arena games created in years. It stayed true to history and quickly gained the respect of millions of players. World of Warplanes had a tougher time of it. The key to these games is having maps which give players a chance to compete, not too many obstacles in the open air.
ZeniMax and Vivox have announced a new partnership to bring voice chat technology directly into Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. Vivox’s chat technology will span all of ESO’s platforms from PlayStation 4 to XBox One to PC and will allow players to communicate with one another to enhance their game play experiences throughout the game.