The Neverwinter site was updated with a flurry of developer blog posts to give players the lowdown on all things Strongholds. Strongholds are the new guild housing feature that will be coming to the game in the next module expansion.
General: Nvidia G-Sync Now Available on Origin Laptops
A pair of Origin laptops have been revealed that feature Nvidia’s cutting edge G-Sync technology. Both the EON17-X and the EON15-X laptops will come bundled with G-Sync that minimizes display stutter and screen tearing.
General: Supernova: Melee Brawler, Aelius, Joins Up
Bandai-Namco has announced that a new playable character has been added to Supernova, its sci-fi MOBA. Supernova is currently in alpha testing and Aelius can be accessed by players immediately.
General: ELEX Announced by Piranha Bytes
Piranha Bytes, creators of the Gothic & Risen series, has announced a brand new project in conjunction with Nordic Games to bring ELEX to gamers everywhere. The teams are promising that ELEX will be "edgy, dark, uncompromising, complex" and will have a portion of the game to show off at this summer’s Gamescom.
Sword Coast Legends: Creating & Playing Through a Campaign
The Sword Coast Legends team has released a pair of videos showing the creation process of a DM-hosted campaign and the later playthrough of the campaign. Check them out and let us know what you think in the comments.
Camelot Unchained: Alpha Servers Open for Three Days
The Camelot Unchained team has sent word that the alpha servers will be open from today, Friday, July 3rd and will be open for 72 hours. Alpha testers and IT folks are invited to join the test of what is expected to be the final build candidate. If all goes well, Beta Backers will begin to be invited to join special events in the future.
Wizard101: Tearing Into Terror’s Hoard Card Packs
The latest Hoard Card Pack from Wizard101 is named the Terror’s Hoard Pack, and I tore into them this week. I’m not usually a big customer of the Hoard packs; due to the vile hate the RNG gods apparently feel for me, I don’t usually spend crowns on them. At first I refused to buy them until they changed the name to the Alliance Card Packs. Then I realized it was "Hoard" as in "stash," not the orcs of Azeroth, so I gave up that idea.
Wizard101: Terror’s Hoard Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for Wizard101 that will grant players one of the scary housing items found in the all new Terror’s Hoard Pack – there is even a rare chance you could win the entire pack itself! Get your keys now while supplies last!
General: The Witcher 3’s Most Disturbing Quest is Also its Most Moving
This week, Chris shares his experience with the Bloody Baron quest line in The Witcher 3. The quest is disturbing in more ways than one and shows how far the video game medium has come. Plus, Diablo 3 update news, Star Citizen spending big on performance capture and its FPS module, plus news on Shroud of the Avatar and Darksiders II!
General: The Echo and Heavensward Gating
Victor muses about the Echo, a story element in Final Fantasy XIV that allows Heavensward gating to seem less annoying from a lore standpoint.