Everyone has a fighting chance
A few weeks ago we had a walkthrough of the new Strongholds expansion for Neverwinter. At that time Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer teased Stronghold Siege. This week we get more in depth on the new PvP feature with Senior Content Designer John Hopler. Read on to find out what John had to say.
WildStar’s road to Free-to-Play is nearly at an end. In the final weeks before the switch, we take a look at some of the upcoming holiday events, including the Hoverboard zPrix Invitational
Jagex Games Studio has announced that DarkScape has officially launched. DarkScape includes portions of RuneScape’s Gielinor game world and twists it into a pitched PvP sandbox environment. The world is divided into low-, medium-, and high-risk areas, each containing its own resources and economy, the best resources located, of course, in the high-risk DANGER ZONE.
Wargaming has announced that World of Warships has weighed anchor and is sailing the gaming seas around the world. Players will be able to take part in both PvP and PvE battles on ten maps. PvP will pit teams of twelve against one another in an epic battle for control of the high seas.
Last weekend, the v2.0 update to ArcheAge was deployed on Trion’s ArcheAge servers. However, Glyph had other ideas and the weekend was fraught with issues. We caught up with Trion CEO Scott Hartsman to find out more about the issues, what will be done and plans for future updates.
The Star Wars: The Old Republic team has put out a brief new video diary that takes on the subject of story and writing for the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion. From the first word about KotFE, Bioware has promised a return to story and from the sound of things, they will be delivering when the expansion is launched later this year.
After 15 years, Godager, the last Funcom founder standing, retired from the company and perhaps video games altogether. Currently, Godager works as a clinical psychologist, diagnosing and treating psychiatric illnesses at an inpatient clinic in Norway. Read our exclusive excerpt from Morgan Ramsay’s recent book, Online Game Pioneers at Work. Today, we present part two of Morgan’s interview with Godager.
As the games that we play become more and more complex, the necessity for excellent voice communication becomes a priority. Vivox has long been a player in the area of voice chat technology. We had the opportunity to interview Vivox’s CEO Rob Seaver about how his company stays relevant in an expanding market and growing towards the future simultaneously.
Trove players have a lot to look forward to with today’s deployment of the Rise of the Shadow Tower update. Included in the patch is the new Lunar Lancer class and the new Shadow Tower that pitches players into a series of challenges as they face off against the Daughter of the Moon and her minions. Check out the trailer before heading into the game.
Not to be outdone by EverQuest’s expansion announcement, the EverQuest II site has been updated with a new developer blog post about its twelfth expansion, with a special preview to be held on Thursday, October 1st.