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Neverwinter Lead Designer Scott Shicoff has penned a forward look at changes coming to the Elemental Evil module that caused an uproar with the community when it was released. Not long after, Shicoff apologized to the player base and promised that the game would be fixed. Making good on that promise, Shicoff wrote
The Den of Kubrow and its many many puppies are in full swing with Warframe. Tonight, our own Bill Murphy will play and chat with Digital Extremes’ Community Manager (and voice of the Lotus) Rebecca Ford. Join them both as they check out the new content, talk about the present and future of Warframe, and give away some codes to redeem in the Warframe store as well!
Shiro Games has released the first game play trailer from Evoland 2 to show off the game’s classes, features, art style and more. Evoland 2 is slated for PC release later this summer and will be playable on Linux and Max at a later date.
Paradox Interactive has released a brand new trailer to show off some of the features coming in Knights of Pen & Paper 2, an RPG that hails back to earlier days but that is packed with modern features including new classes and races, customizable parties, and brand new campaign featuring new locations, sidequests, and dynamic dungeons. Check it out!
Aventurine Studios is looking into the technical issues to see if it is feasible to bring back Darkfall in response to player requests. A KickStarter is also being considered for financial support of Darkfall should it be relaunched.
The Repopulation client was upgraded recently with a host of other added features including a Diplomacy Minigame, Transportation and Cloning Terminals that will now reside in player-owned cities.
Blizzard is taking an aggressive stance against players using "honor bot" programs and has recently banned over 100,000 user accounts for six months for violating the Terms of Use. Community manager Bashiok took to the forums to explain Blizzard’s reasons for the ban stating that a fair and equitable play experience is paramount.
Over at Reddit, in the same thread that apparently verifies WildStar is going Free to Play, a Carbine Studios employee let the cat out of the bag that Blade & Soul is still coming to the West, and that it’s already in Friends & Family beta testing internally.
Thanks to a tip from reader Zoltariel, it seems that Steam’s Database has been updated with a WildStar entry, signifying a possible move to a Free to Play (not Buy to Play) revenue model.
The Eastern MMO connoisseur over at Steparu has just put up a nice look at Black Desert’s largescale PVP. Revel in the sheer madness that is 100v100 warfare in the upcoming sandbox MMORPG.