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EverQuest II players who want to assist the Daybreak Game Studio developers with testing Rum Cellar can now take part can now do so thanks to the beta going live. Players will need to download the full download via the beta patcher as the streaming download seems to be glitching according to a post on the EQII forum.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt isn’t due out for another month but that hasn’t stopped CD Projeckt Red from announcing the first two paid expansions to the game. The expansions can be purchased through the newly announced "expansion pass" for $24.99, or individually for $9.99 and 19.99 respectively.
The Webzen portal is celebrating its sixth anniversary by giving tons of great boosts and gifts to the players of its titles including, Rappelz, Flyff, C9, MU Online, Archlord 2, Sevencore and Age of Wulin. Players of any of Webzen’s titles can take advantage of character boosts and daily log in rewards from now through April 30th.
Square Enix had the lid blown off their 3-day campaign to reveal their next game. Game Informer has published the cover of its next issue with none other than a look at Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
Just in time for its eleventh anniversary, the Lineage II team has announced that the next expansion, Infinite Odyssey, will officially launch on April 22nd. Infinite Odyssey continues the story of Leona Blackbird and her army with new quests, zones, skills and more. In addition, the level cap is being removed completely. To celebrate today’s announcement, NCSoft has released a brand new trailer. See what you think!
During the last few weeks, the most thought-provoking MMOG-related thing that came to my attention may have been this post by veteran developer Gordon Walton about the role he played in the memorable (for most, not in a good way) Star Wars Galaxies New Game Enhancements (NGE). What he wrote led me to think again about what I stated late last year when I listed the SOE / LucasArts title among 5 MMOGs That Seriously Disappointed Me.
You might have heard this week that Sony bought OnLive, the streaming service for games and desktop tools, only to announce that the service will be shut down around April 30th. OK, so maybe many of you expected such a thing, and I am sure that anyone who had tried the service thought it might not last very long.
Dragon Age: Inquistion is an endless well of discussions. Benevolently received by the press, fiercely defended by its fans and disappointedly condemned by all of those who wanted the game to be something else – opinions couldn’t be more diverse. And now Bioware delivered us the first DLC, Jaws of Hakkon, and all those buried emotions are resurrected, as we get more of exactly those parts which have been the critiques main target.
Blizzard has announced that the Blizzard Token will begin being sold in the Americas region (North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand) beginning after the weekly update on Tuesday, April 7th. The tokens will sell for $20 USD / $25 AUD. Players will be limited to purchasing ten tokens over 30-days but Blizzard will be assessing that number over time.
Daybreak Game Studio has announced that the DC Universe Online Munitions Power update will officially launch into the game on Tuesday, April 7th. Members will receive the update for free, while non-members will be able check out the Marketplace.