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GameNet has announced that the final stage of the Russian Black Desert limited closed beta test will begin on September 15th and run through September 21st. Several new and / or updated features will be included in the CBT, most notably five playable classes, PvP starting at level 30, guild warfare, new open world bosses and more.
Bioware has announced a forthcoming live stream in which players will get a first look at the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire. It will be the first time that game play from the expansion will be shown. The stream will take place on Wednesday, August 26th at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern in the SWTOR Twitch channel.
ArcheAge 2.0 is on its way. Called "Heroes Awaken", the update will feature the Hero System that will allow players to become faction leaders who can enable faction-wide quests and lead the team to war.
Intrepid forum user PottedPlant22 has discovered a new animation video from the Camelot Unchained team. The video was released as part of the late Thursday, August 20th newsletter that also discusses several other interesting topics.
The Crowfall team is on record in a new developer diary that discusses the delicate balance between crowd control and the ability to escape from, or even become immune to (for a short time), its effects. In the article, devs examine CC pros and cons in MMOs thus far about ways in which CC might most effectively, and fairly, be implemented in Crowfall.
Siegefall has been updated today with a big patch that includes the new Dragon Hunter class. In addition, players can check out the new tower, the Ancient Monolith, and get a look at the Guild War Ship.
Folks who have preordered Sword Coast Legends will have a trio of opportunities to check out the game in special head start events. Two of the events will be held for players who preordered the collector’s or campaign collector’s editions and two will be for all customers who preordered any version of the game.
Harebrained Schemes has announced that launch day for Shadowrun: Hong Kong has finally arrived. The game is now available on Windows, Mac and Linux based systems.Interest players can grab a copy on Steam, Humble Store or GoG for $19.99 or a deluxe version that includes an art book and soundtrack for $29.99.
NetEase is ready to unleash a trio of mobile RPGs in the West, all of which will be heading into closed beta testing in the near future. Eternal Arena will begin beta testing this week, while Tome of the Sun and March of Heroes are inviting potential mobile users to sign up for later testing opportunities.
Iron Bit has released a brand new trailer to show off some of the main features of Colonies Online. Of particular note are free-form construction, resource gathering and mining, weapon and armor modding, character development, large-scale alien battles and PVP warfare, all seated in an open world sandbox environment.