Everyone has a fighting chance
Movies made from video games are an extremely risky business. Games give the fan something a movie never can, the ability to play in that world. It hits on way more of your human senses than just sitting in a theater staring up at the big screen. As much as the past three major generations have grown up on movies, I think we are finally starting to see the first true generation who care more about interactive entertainment, than just viewing entertainment.
Bungie is popping the champagne corks in celebration of the record breaking Day 1 downloads of Destiny: The Taken King. Additional bottles have been ordered to further toast the new benchmark record for both total players and peak online concurrency after The Taken King shattered last year’s Destiny release.
The Elder Scrolls Online Imperial City DLC has finally reached both consoles and PC, and with it marks a certain chapter in the game’s life. The game’s console launch was successful from everything we can tell, so the DLC numbers, as well as subscriptions, are going to remain significant. Yet player activity still remains important, and Imperial City is still all shiny and new for everyone.
Spacetime Studios has announced the release of its mobile MOBA title, Call of Champions. Call of Champions is designed to give players a fully featured MOBA experience on the go in five minute sessions during 3v3 matches.
GTArcade is unleashing its latest mobile MMO called Spirit Guardian to both iOS and Android devices in the US. Players take part in real-time battle, progression and can be taken on the road.
The Guild Wars 2 site has been updated with the fully expanded description of the Engineer’s elite specialization called the Scrapper. Scrappers are hammer-wielding fighters who want to be in the thick of things.
Nexon Korea has soft-launched its latest Android mobile title, Legacy Quest, in fourteen countries around the world. In Legacy Quest, players experience a 3D pixel art style game reminiscent of retro gaming but utilizing today’s rendered graphics.
Fans of mobile hack-n-slash action can now head to iTunes to pick up Blade: Sword of Elysion. The game is built on the Unreal Engine and features console quality in a mobile game. Said to feature over 80 hours of gaming, players can also take part in PvP arenas and the infinity dungeon with players fighting ever-increasingly difficult waves of monsters.
During the ongoing Tokyo Game Show this week, Atlus announced that Persona 5 will be delayed until Summer 2016. To soothe bruised expectations, a new trailer was released. Check it out!
The Gloria Victis team has sent word that the massive overhaul that has been in development for the past several weeks is nearing completion and that players have much to look forward to when it it deployed. Among other things, the inventory system has been reworked, a guild feature will be added, a better UI interface with NPC ships will be included and a hand-drawn world map is incoming.