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Dual Shockers is reporting that Dragon’s Dogma Online has been downloaded over a million times since being released in Japan earlier this summer. In addition over a third of a million characters have been created. Hopefully its success in Japan will lead to a Western release.
Bungie has partnered with 72andSunny, Digital Domain, and RESET to create a special live-action trailer for next week’s Destiny expansion launch of The Taken King. The film was directed by Tron director Joseph Kosinski and features "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin.
After five years, the Iconian threat is coming to an end in Star Trek Online with today’s deployment of "Midnight", the final episode series in this story arc. Over the next several weeks, players will be able to score Featured Weekly Episode boxes and can then choose from either an Enhanced Universal Tech Upgrade or a Captain Specialization Point.
During tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 Points of Interest live stream, viewers will get a firsthand look at the ferocious Mordrem Guard. Leah Hoyer, who has also published an extensive developer diary about the Mordrem Guard, will be on hand during the stream.
The World of Warcraft Americas Region Arena Championships will be held this coming weekend on September 12-13 with teams competing for the $100,000 prize pool. The top three teams will advance to the World Championships to be held at this year’s Blizzcon in November.
Niantic has broken away from Google and its inaugural real world, multiplayer game, Ingress. Taking many of the lessons learned from the development of Ingress and entering into a partnership with Nintendo, Niantic is now working to bring Pokemon into the real world with its new mobile title Pokemon Go. Players will be tasked with finding Pokemon in the world and sending them off to do battle.
Ons On Soft has announced that Rodinia War is ready to begin open beta testing thanks to the fantastic input from the game’s community during its closed beta phase of development. Rodinia War gives players flexibility to experience portions of the game in 3D quality, while others, more strategic in nature, can be played in 2D mode.
Who doesn’t dream of a job that does not only pay your bills but is also truly about your passion and sometimes feels more like a hobby? Many would say that this description goes very well with people who work as game designers for video games. But what does a game designer really do all day long? We shed some light on this question by following Sandbox Interactive Game Designer Emil „Empa" Östlin around.
With the deployment of the Destiny 2.0 patch earlier this week, the game underwent significant changes. Change, however, can sometimes bring issues, something that Bungie has acknowledged is happening to players. The site has been updated with a list of known issues affecting some players and further told the community that the team is hard at work to get these issues solved as quickly as possible.
Bethesda has posted a brand new trailer from Fallout 4 that gives fans a look at what they term the "seven defining attributes that make you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.". The first in the series takes a look at strength in what can only be termed as the Fallout series’ inimitable way. Check it out!