Everyone has a fighting chance
Few things are better than a Russian power lifter. Zarya is an iconic new addition into the Overwatch character list. She packs a massive punch and plays as a solid tank class in the game. At PAX East, Blizzard announced Zarya and McCree to the fans. Zarya is a very solid tank with mid-range attack abilities and some great defensive specials. In the psycho-paced game of Overwatch, Zarya will quickly become a fan favorite despite her low speed.
The latest Game Director’s Letter has been posted on the Age of Conan site. In it, Joel Bylos lets players know what’s been going on in the past month and what players can expect down the pipeline in the coming thirty days. Among other things, Bylos reveals that nearly one-hundred forty new panoramas will be heading into the game with the next update.
Recently, at PAX East, I had an opportunity to play Gigantic, Motiga’s upcoming entry into the "Action-MOBA" genre. Let’s start by getting a few things straight, when I say an action-MOBA, I do not mean a LOL or DOTA clone. This is the new breed of MOBA, more in the style of Smite, which means immersive third-person action, where every attack is a skill-shot.
It seems like a new VR headset is announced every few months now. First there was the Oculus Rift, pioneering a newly discovered market segment. Now we have Sony’s Project Morpheus, Steam and HTC’s Vive, the Samsung Gear, and a whole host of other companies clamoring to get in on the topic while it’s still hot. Since they’re not widely owned yet and are still very much in developmental stages, it’s tough to tell exactly how it will play out, but it’s an exciting time for sure.
Blizzard is heading back into real money trading with the introduction of the WoW Token for World of Warcraft. The recent announcement that players would be able to trade gold or real money for a token worth 30 days of game time in the shop or auction house. Predictably, the sky began falling to some players, while others saw the new option as logical.
Next-gen sequel to Ultima Underworld 1&2, Underworld Ascendant has been raking it in on Kickstarter, and thanks to reaching its $750,000 stretch goal, the game will now enjoy the swampy presence of the Lizardmen.
This week, castle builder Stronghold Kingdoms released Rise of the Wolf, an expansion that adds a new PvE gameplay mode.
Nonprofit charity Able Gamers is all about improving the quality of disabled gamers’ lives, and to that end, this year the organization is setting up two booths at PAX East.
Square Enix and the Final Fantasy XIV team were on hand at this weekend’s PAX East convention to reveal some new information about the Heavensward expansion. YoshiP confirmed that the pre-order date will begin on March 16th.
Final Fantasy XV and its more modern fantasy setting and main cast of friends within a darker action-driven RPG story might not seem quite like the Final Fantasy we’re all familiar with. After playing through a roughly hour-long demo of the game, as the old saying goes – the more things change, the more they stay the same.