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Blizzard has announced that a hotfix has been applied to Heroes of the Storm to bring the new Infernal Shrines battleground into the game. In addition, from August 26th to September 2nd, matchmaking game modes will be reduced to six to bring Infernal Shrines to the forefront.
I don’t know about you, but when I hear about a new MMO announcement, my mind usually jumps straight to questions about the game’s setting, character development, and long-term developer support. These are the big-ticket items that can make or break a new title for me, but the more specific game mechanics can sometimes be overlooked… until it’s too late.
CD Projekt Red has sent out an open letter that astonishing fact that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold over six million copies in just six weeks since launch.
The original launch version of Dragon Age: Inquisition had much of what fans of the franchise were looking for. There were the open zones and the interesting and chatty group of companions. Inquisition had huge plot-shaking fights with evil dragons, and small sweet moments with friends around the card table. There was one area, though, where the game fell short: Dwarves. Uh, no pun intended.
ArenaNet has announced that the second beta event for the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion will take place on September 4th and run through September 6th. Players will be given a level 80 character and be able to try out the chronomancer, dragonhunter, reaper, and tempest, as well as the just-announced berserker, and herald.
YouTube is ready to take on Twitch.tv head-to-head with today’s launch of its gaming-specific feature. The mega site will put gaming videos, channels, streams and more at a user’s fingertips.
The Skyforge team has announced that Phytonides will be leading an alien invasion on Friday, August 28th. It is the first time aliens have landed in game and players will be challenged by Phytonides’ plantlike lifeforms.
Lawbreakers has officially been revealed by Nexon America and Boss Key Productions. Essentially, the game centers around gangs, guns and gravity. The world is zero-gravity with gameplay all taking place in the air because being on the ground is a bad thing. It’s law vs breakers all based on gravity alongside characters and abilities.
It’s been a few weeks since the CU stealth stretch goal update which equates to roughly 4 million e-years. Fortunately I’m always a little behind in life. I FINALLY got to read about how one of my favorite MMO classes might work in CU! The one shotting, stealth popping, ganking shanking wonder that is the assassin stealther! Wooo!
Secret Wars is the latest update to be applied to NetMarble’s Android / iOS mobile ARPG, Marvel Future Fight. Secret Wars brings a number of new costume options as well as three members from the Secret Wars universe to comprise the Secret Wars: A-Team.