Everyone has a fighting chance
Like many of you I’m suffering from Kickstarter fatigue. I’m even starting to grow weary of writing about it. Even new IPs from well renowned developers fail to raise my pulse if they are seeking money from players first and plan on delivering a product second. Crowdfunding is definitely a viable financing option for developers, however, and a highly successful developer has gone back to the Kickstarter well.
Wargaming has announced that the much-anticipated Personal Missions for World of Tanks will roll out on Thursday, January 15th. Personal missions allow players to play solo and move between missions even if not complete unlike multiplayer missions. The first campaign reward is a female crew member.
World of Warcraft players ready to move on from the Highmaul raid will be happy to hear that Blackrock Foundry will open the first wing on February 3rd. Both Normal and Heroic levels will open that day, with Mythic a week later and Raid Finder on February 17th.
The Black Desert Online team made up of Daum & Pearl Abyss is ready to show off some of the game’s PvP features. In the latest video to be released, large scale PvP is spotlighted. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Longtime fans of Pillars of Eternity will be happy to hear that the release date has finally been announced for March 26, 2015. Up to today’s announcement, the team has been hard at work polishing the game and squashing as many bugs as possible according to a post on the game’s official site.
Though speculation has begun with the trademarking of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, little else beyond the name is known. That may end, however, on January 24th at PAX South and the main stage presentation to be given by ArenaNet co-founder Mike O’Brien and Game Director Colin Johanson. According to a press release, the pair will reveal what lies beyond the cliff hanger presented at the end of the latest living story update, Point of No Return.
The news about the new version of Nintendo’s 3DS squeaked out a bit early but that’s OK, especially given today’s news that Xenoblade Chronicles is headed to the platform as early as this April.
Busy little dataminers have been combing through the World of Warcraft v6.1 patch that is currently live on the public test realm. Among expected new items, quests and achievements, is the interesting tidbit that Twitter integration will be included, new video display options, and that Garona will become a player’s legendary companion.
After roughly 10 months of alpha, Blizzard officially moved Heroes of the Storm into closed beta yesterday, and the update included a couple of new features and pieces of content among the expected round of tweaks and bug fixes. We spent some time with the beta version of the game and today we’re offering our first impressions of all the new goodies.
Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced that the long-awaited Neverwinter XBox One closed beta is scheduled for February 5-8, 2015. The team is inviting interested XBox One players to head to the official Neverwinter site to sign up as a potential tester.