Everyone has a fighting chance
Saga of Lucimia is a great example of gamers helping themselves by making the kind of game they want when no one else will. We caught up with Project Lead Tim Anderson to chat about the passion project, its goals, progress, and when we can expect to see the fruits of the team’s hard work.
Up to thirty North American World of Warcraft servers were down earlier today during an apparent DDOS attack. At this time, all servers are back online after a Blizzard representative confirmed that Network Technicians were handling the issue. European servers were not affected as they were undergoing weekly maintenance at the time of the attacks.
Perfect World International has been the cornerstone of the Perfect world Entertainment stable of MMOs. We had the opportunity to interview the team behind the game to find out what’s in store for players with the new expansion, Riptide, and what’s coming in the future.
Blizzard’s Diablo III themed updates to Heroes of the Storm continued this week with the addition of Kharazim, the Monk. Surprisingly, Kharazim is a melee support character (the only Diablo III-themed support in the game!), but that doesn’t mean he’s an incapable damage dealer.
MMORPG.com has teamed up with Wicked Interactive to present a unique gift key event for our community. These keys will grant players the in-game vanity pet ‘Steam Sheep’ – this cute little guy will be by your side bearing its shorn in Steam logo. Get your key now!
This week, The Secret World players will get a chance to sink their fangs into the first part of Issue 12: The Dark Tower Below, the next expansion in The Secret World’s roughly biannual update schedule. With a focus on challenging group content and tidying up some of the loose ends in The Secret World’s design, Issue 12 feels pretty substantial. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to get a sneak peek of that content, and I came away very impressed.
With the Imperial City, we’re getting a look at some of the new districts coming to the DLC. Zenimax released a guide to the new areas, with each faction’s base operating out of different districts. With bases of operations, especially ones with distinct theming, even as the game demands functional similarity, The Elder Scrolls Online is taking another step in distinguishing itself that should also carry over in another promise for upcoming content: housing.
Kotaku has a new interview with Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts with some informative answers to questions about the game’s delay. It may be remembered that developers were targeting a November 2014 release date. Nearly a year past that hoped-for date, many have started to question Roberts’ about where the nearly $90M in crowd fund dollars has gone.
The Crowfall team has released the latest in a series of videos to spotlight archetypes that will be included in the game. The subject of the latest combat animations and powers preview is the mighty Legionnaire. Check it out!
Ginno Games and HanGame have parted ways for publishing Devilian Online in Korea. As of September 21st, HanGame will shut down the Korean version of Devilian, with all user data handed back to Ginno Games pending finding a new publisher and relaunching the game.