If anyone trash-talks Riot Games’ League of Legends or doubts the relevancy Blizzards decade-old MMO World of Warcraft, 2014’s numbers should easily shut them up.
Life is Feudal: 2015 Roadmap Revealed
The Life is Feudal team has revealed its roadmap for the year. The graphic is interesting and gives a visual representation of how far along in each area the team has progressed thus far. For instance, guilds and guild claims are 55% of the way to completion while ‘dug pits decay’ is only at 35%.
General: MMO Launch Data For 2+ Years & Surprising Results
GameStatistics is a small French company that has been tracking French players’ satisfaction with MMO launches from 2012 through 2014. Players were asked about their overall satisfaction about both MMORPG and MMOFPS games and include SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, Wakfu, PlanetSide 2, Defiance, Final Fantasy XIV, Elder Scrolls Online and WildStar.
H1Z1: Early Access and the Airdrop Madness
Last night was a bit depressing. After HiveLeader’s excellent first impressions and livestream video, I was pretty excited for H1Z1. Even knowing how Early Access goes and how alpha builds get wiped and are pretty buggy messes, I’ll admit that the thought of a PVE sandbox zombie survival MMO has my interest piqued.
SMITE: Hands-On with the XBOX One Version
At the 2015 Smite World Championships, held from January 9th-12th of this month, I was able to get thirty or forty minutes on the playable beta version of Smite for the X-Box One. For those who do not know, Smite is Hi-Rez Studios recent entry into the MOBA genre, released in March, 2014. Smite is no standard entry into the genre dominated by Defense of the Ancients 2 and League of Legends, the devs over at Hi-Rez have made several very significant innovations.
Path of Exile: First PvP Invitational This Weekend
Fans of Path of Exile will want to tune into the game’s Twitch.tv channel to check out this weekend’s PvP Invitational. Participants will be vying for Karma Koin online gaming currency and for Razer peripherals during the double-elimination tournament.
Guild Wars 2: Balance Changes Focus of January 27th Update
The Guild Wars 2 site has been updated with a lengthy post about balance changes coming on January 27th and that will encompass nearly every aspect of the game. Players can expect to see adjustments to Might, Confusion and several items (sigils and runes). The post also lays out changes coming to Structured PvP and Professions that spans all classes in an effort to make skills "more reliable and consistent and a return to regular use".
TERA: Castles in the Sky Coming in February
The first producer’s letter for TERA: Rising has been published on the official site. Of particular note is the arrival of new content in February in the form of an addition to the Fate of Arun expansion launched recently. Guilds will not only have access to castles but those castles will be in the sky!
General: Savage Lands Announced: Open World Fantasy Survival Game
Signal Studios and DigitalDNA Games have announced that the early access for its new title, Savage Lands, will kick off in February. Savage Lands is described as a first person open world survival game in a fantasy setting. Players face off against monsters and other creatures to scavenge for the resources needed to survive.
H1Z1: What to Expect in Early Access
SOE’s Greg Henniger has posted a letter on the H1Z1 to let players know what to expect (and not to expect) during the game’s early access that kicked off today. Among other things, Henniger warns players that the game is at a very early stage and that there will be bugs, some bad ones likely.