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Unikrn is seeking to bring the next level of eSports to the world with its new platform designed from the ground up for competitive game play. Unikrn has secured $7M in funding from sources that were early backers of worldwide companies including Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, and others. This latest round of funding raises the total to over $10M.
Otherland has been updated with a new feature especially for guilds. Clans will receive an instanced plot of land on which to build and to improve. Reaching a certain point will allow clans to attack one another on specially designated portions of clan property. Successfully beating another group will allow the victor to make improvements of its own holdings.
Gameforge and Robot Entertainment have sent word that tomorrow’s big update to Orcs Must Die Unchained closed beta client will contain a brand new PvE mode. In addition, PvP mechanics and core game features have been tuned to keep the franchise fresh and growing.
Last week, at E3, I had the opportunity to meet with Vladimir Piskunov, the CEO of Bitbox and see Life is Feudal, for the first time. My goal was to see just what features and systems were featured in this pure sandbox game. To say that I was pleasantly surprised would be something of an understatement. Vladimir is incredibly polite and passion for this project just exudes from him. He is also a realist and pretty insightful about games, sandbox games in particular.
Trion Worlds is pleased to announce the next game it’s bringing stateside as publisher, Bluehole Ginno’s Devilian Online. Yes, the development studio behind TERA has a new game, and it’s an Action RPG with a persistent MMO world. For the sake of not having to say that over and over, we’ll just call it an Action MMORPG.
E3 is a great way to find out about upcoming video games, both for new titles and for titles with updates or re-releases. The latter is true for Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment.
When enemies are assaulting one of your systems, most pilots would exercise caution and attempt to gather intel before engaging. But when the call went out about a raid from Gallente militia forces on the Caldari system of Esesier, Mr Duffo took the more direct approach. For the average faction warfare pilot, warping to the large Caldari outpost and seeing the eight enemy pilots capturing it would have caused most to flee, but, then again, Mr Duffo isn’t like most.
Fans of Darksiders 2 will want to check out the just-announced "Deathinitive" edition of the game that includes all DLC, improved graphics, improved & reworked levels, characters and environments, a new native 1080p resolution, better balance and loot distribution.
MMORPG.com has partnered with Blizzard to give away 10 copies of The Art of World of Warcraft, a book containing some of the most essential pieces of World of Warcraft concept art and drawings from the last 10+ years. The book also includes pieces released with each Collector’s Edition as well as pieces never released before by Blizzard.
Funcom has announced that LEGO Minifigures Online is now available across multiple platforms and can be purchased for $29.99. This is a one-time fee with no subscription required to continue to play.