Everyone has a fighting chance
Trion Worlds has announced that Trick Dempsey is leaving the Defiance project for another within the company. In his stead, Carble Cheung will take over as Creative Lead. Cheung has been working on Defiance since 2013 and is said to have worked on some of the best encounters in the game.
Elder Scrolls Online players who have been playing for the past nine months have a new loyalty reward to look forward to in the form of the Mask of Cheerful Slaughter. Those subscribing for 300 days can score the Striped Senche. Check out the video below to see what these items look like and more.
The next Diablo 3 patch will be featuring a host of improvements that are sure to bring a smile to players’ faces. Among others, new armor sets will be introduced along with updates to some of the existing armor sets.
The Skyforge site has been updated with a big new article to explain the Pantheon System, the game’s equivalent to guilds in other MMOs.
The Crowfall site has been updated with a trio of treats for fans. The team has posted a first look at two more archetypes, the Elven Frostweaver and the Guinecean Duelist. Each class has its own page with basic information about stats, a backstory and some images too.
The games media has been on fire this week. The topic, not for the first time, has been Steam Early Access – or more precisely, Peter Molyneux, but we’ll get to that later. Amidst all the chaos of broken promises and players rightfully feeling taken for a ride, we’ve had the chance to play a game that does Early Access right: Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon. It’s a game with fresh ideas and a sense of style.
What is the end game? This is the quintessential question in the making and maintaining the average Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) game. How will it keep players engaged when they hit level cap while the developers furiously work on the next major patch that will expand or change the static world.
Wargaming has announced that its free to play World of Tanks will be making its way to XBox One later in 2015. WoT just passed its first anniversary since being released for XBox 360 in 2014.
Monolith recently announced a brand new DLC for Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Called "The Bright Lord", the DLC will allow players to take on the role of Celebrimbor, wielder of a Ring, and a worthy opponent to wrest control from Sauron. The campaign will feature ten new missions, the chance to face off against Sauron and a new Challenge mode. We wanted to find out more and had the opportunity to interview the team. Check out what they had to say.
Wednesday night I went on a walkabout of New Britannia with Richard Garriott and Starr Long from the Portalarium team. During that time Richard and Starr showed off what was new in update 14; crafting recipes to include enchanting, a contested point, and two new areas. We also learned what Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Morrison have in common and what the SotA community had to do with that.