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EverQuest II’s Holly Longdale has posted a new producer’s letter to announce that the team has been working for the past year on a full-fledged expansion for the game. Longdale indicated that this expansion will bring content to high-level players along with new and updated 105 zones, two instanced raid zones, Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate, for players from 75-105 to experience together.
The WildStar site has been updated with a new deep dive article that lets players know that crafting will be meaningful, robust, and simplified when the game goes free to play later this month.
Destiny players have a lot to look forward to with today’s release of The Taken King expansion. The expansion will bring new challenges, weapons, enemies and adventures to players around the world. In addition, players can check out the King’s Fall raid when it goes live on Friday, September 18th at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern.
The latest Neverwinter update has now been deployed and players can take part in 20v20 PvP battles. These Stronghold Siege battles take place by combining two maps to double the scale and allows teams to destroy an enemy’s stronghold.
The Blade & Soul site has been updated with a terrific first-look at the way players will progress their characters via the skill tree. According to the introduction, skill progression allows players to define their own individual style.
Lead Game Designer Robin Henkys and Technical Director David Salz star in a new Albion Online video developer diary to show how missions work and how integral they are to the overall game economy. According to the press release, players may also hear just a tad about faction background stories. Check it out!
In a new in-house interview with Fallout 4 Game Director Todd Howard, the topic turns to how player freedom in an open world is the centerpiece of the game. According to Howard, the game will deliver a fully-featured shooter experience with depth of character customization.
The Elder Scrolls Online team has announced via Twitter that the Imperial City DLC is now available for XBox One players. Players can purchase the DLC and full instructions on how to do so via in-game menus is provided on the Elder Scrolls Online forum. The Playstation 4 version of Imperial City will be available on September 16th.
MMOCulture is reporting that Echo of Soul is closing in South Korea on October 22nd. According to the announcement, Hangame is ceasing publication of PC titles and moving exclusively to mobile after Echo of Soul was found "unable to provide satisfactory content for the players".
Wargaming has announced that Sennheiser is sponsoring a four week World of Tanks: Blitz mobile tournament called "Rise of Continents". The tournament will begin on September 28th. No registration is necessary, just log in and play. During the event, clusters will command armies to complete a number of objectives that may include most tanks destroyed, most victories, etc. At the end of each week, region points will be tallied.