A pair of interesting news items regarding software have crossed our desk today. In the first, Razer has bought out the software side of Ouya, the digital platform that will likely be used in Razer’s Forge TV.
Tree of Savior: Global English Beta Announced
The Tree of Savior Facebook page has been updated with a short, but fantastic, announcement that the global English language beta version of the game is incoming. The announcement was made via the Tree of Savior forum, though the site times out when trying to access it.
Albion Online: Summer Alpha Ending, Roadmap to Closed Beta Revealed
In a new post on the Albion Online site, the team thanks the participating Alpha community for its feedback during the Summer Alpha Event that will end later today. With input from the community and after several meetings as a team, developers have identified several key areas that will be of primary concern as the closed beta phase of development is prepared.
ArcheAge: Power Unbound Special Event Announced
From today through Monday, August 10th, ArcheAge players will be able to take advantage of a new crafting station on Mirage Isle. Players will be able to create an Unidentified Grimoire with the best part being that it costs no labor to make. Several hour-long buffs can be attained once it is identified.
Kyn: A Wonderfully Unique but Flawed RPG
Kyn shouldn’t exist. There’s no reliable reason an RPG like this should come from a two-man team called Tangrin Games. Victor Legerstee and Cavit Ozturk are the two Dutch minds behind this unique strategic RPG. Sure they’ve had some help from contractors to finish the game, but the art, coding, level design, and all of that was done entirely by these two friends with a dream: to make an RPG that makes you think and tell a new tale in a new world. So, have they succeeded?
Shroud of the Avatar: Player Towns, Pet Taming, and Story Time
Custom placements in Player-Owned Towns and over a hundred new towns in the game gives Release 20 more new places to explore than any release to date for Shroud of the Avatar. Though, that’s hardly all they’ve done over the last month of work on this game that’s rapidly approaching its more persistent state.
General: The Top 5 Most Disappointing MMOs of 2015…So Far
A couple weeks ago I wrote about some of the best MMOs we’ve had in 2015 so far. That list included stuff like new releases, games that saw big improvements, and some of the most promising ones to keep your eye on for the next half of 2015. This list, on the other hand, is going to focus on the exact opposite.
World of Warcraft: Speculating on the Next Expansion
World of Warcraft has reached the end of the Warlords of Draenor expansion with the deployment of the v6.2 update, and now that players have voiced their concerns (to put it kindly) with what has been felt to be a rather lackluster expansion to date, it seems a good time to begin thinking about what could possibly come next for World of Warcraft.
General: Star Citizen and Revealing Games Too Early
Players Versus Player is MMORPG’s bi-weekly debate column, where two columnists sound off on each side of the issues you care about. This week, Chris and Ryan are hot on the heels of the controversy surrounding Star Citizen. It all comes down to one question: Are games being revealed too early?
Guild Wars 2: How Ready Is Ready?
"When it’s ready" is the ArenaNet mantra when it comes to showing off new features of Guild Wars 2. But how ready does something have to be for it to be viewable by the public?