Everyone has a fighting chance
In a new blog post on the Guild Wars 2 site, the team reveals that new PvP leagues will be a prominent feature of the upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion. Players will begin each season in the Beginners’ tier and work their way up by defeating opponents. Each tier will feature unique rewards, goals for players and improved matchmaking.
The Project Gorgon site has been updated with a short post that reveals the first information about the Fae alongside a new screenshot.
Lionhead has announced that Windows 10 users are invited to sign up to beta test Fable Legends. Beta testing on XBox One began late last year so new PC users will be joining the community to assist the team getting the game into shape for final release.
Tyranids will play a prominent part in Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade. We had the opportunity to chat with the team about tyranids so keep reading.
Warlords of Draenor has not been a successful expansion for World of Warcraft. It started out with a huge amount of hype and lots of potential, but all of that quickly faded once the honeymoon period wore off. After the fresh coat of paint on the surface rubbed away, players were left with repetitive garrison missions and a neverending grind. The story was interesting, but that only lasts for a short while.
Blizzard developers are on hand on the final day of Gamescom to talk to the world about the World of Warcraft expansion, Legion. The presentation is to begin at the top of the hour and we’ll be live blogging the event, or you can watch for yourself in the embedded stream below.
Player Versus Player is MMORPG’s bi-weekly debate column, where MMO fans collide over the issues you care about. This week, we’re talking roleplay. Does it still matter? Why don’t developers do more to support it? Should they even bother? Read our thoughts and let us know what you think in the comments below!
I do love me some theorycrafting. I’m not necessarily the best player, but I love coming up with ways to build characters and then put them to the test in a game. So I’d say I’m looking forward to the elite specializations in Heart of Thorns as much as I am to the new zones and gameplay.
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter was sent out, packed with a lot of new information on what the team has been up to this week. Among other things some new devs have been hired, NPC player name submissions and new information on the design of Desolate Hills as well as Architecture of the Obsidians.
Vostok Games has sent word that Survarium has been updated with a large new patch that includes a new PvP mode similar to Deathmatch, as well as "Knowledge of the Forest" which reduces damage from anomalies. In addition, new weapons and equipment have been added, in-game tutorial was overhauled and players will have 4 new faces to choose from on character creation.