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NCSoft and Carbine Studios have announced that the closed beta for the forthcoming free-to-play transition for WildStar has officially kicked off. Players will get a hands on look at the new features in the game’s largest update thusfar, as well as many of the quality of life improvements made for the F2P version.
NCSoft and Carbine Studios have announced that the closed beta for the forthcoming free-to-play transition for WildStar has officially kicked off. Players will get a hands on look at the new features in the game’s largest update thusfar, as well as many of the quality of life improvements made for the F2P version.
A new advertisement has cropped up on the Blizzard site for an "unannounced project" that in and of itself seems like nothing too exciting. However, the addition of "A passion for games with a deep understanding of the Diablo franchise" is the clue. Whether this is an expansion to Diablo III or if it’s an entirely new entry into the series, Diablo IV, remains to be seen, though Blizzcon could see a big announcement for fans of the legendary IP.
A day ahead of tomorrow’s big Neverwinter update, Cryptic Studios has published the patch notes for Strongholds, the next module to be added to the game.
Internet spaceships are serious business. As a meme, EVE Online players have used this expression to explain the bizarre emotional attachment that people develop to their in-game assets. When everything you’ve spent months working on goes up in smoke, it can be easy to see why some players tend to have the reactions they do. Wingspan Delivery Services is no stranger to these types of exaggerated reactions. After all, they’re in the business of making things go up in smoke.
Anyone who played the Beta weekend this past weekend will almost certainly have earned enough progression on the new mastery system to at least try out the gliding system. The presentation in Cologne and the beta weekend both had the same panel for the masteries, only we were lucky enough to have a Dev with sneaky dev build cheats for unlocking all of the progression possible at the moment.
A cryptic, or not so cryptic depending on your viewpoint, tweet and image has arrived on the Guild Wars 2 Twitter feed that seems to indicate that Glint is going to be revealed as the elite specialization for the Revenant.
In a brief statement on the Funcom Investor Relations page, it is revealed that the company is seeking "investment, acquisition, merger or other available options" as it struggles to maintain financially viable.
Sword Coast Legends’ multiplayer component is a (up to) five player experience set in the classic Dungeons and Dragons region of the Sword Coast. Or if you prefer, Neverwinter, Baldurs Gate and Icewind Dale can all call the Sword Coast home. Classic Dungeons and Dragons. Dare I say, proper Dungeons and Dragons? That I’ll leave up to dyed in the wool D&D fans to debate.
It’s an incredible year for Star Wars fans. Episode VII: The Force Awakens arrives in cinemas later this year. Star Wars: Battlefront hits PCs and consoles in November. And with our own genre, Knights of the Fallen Empire, the latest expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, will open from October 27. Our own Gareth "Gazimoff" Harmer caught up with James Ohlen, Game Director on SWTOR, over at Gamescom. to find out more.