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The latest Dungeons & Dragons Online Producer’s Letter has been published on the game’s official forums. In it, Robert "Severlin" Ciccolini reviews 2014 and its updates before taking a forward look at 2015, including the exciting news that the Temple of Elemental Evil is in the works and slated for 2015.
Bungie has released the first Destiny weekly update for 2015. First on the list is the latest game updates is a discussion of Crota’s End and the imminent arrival of hard mode (currently in testing), followed by a listing of the game updates implemented this week. Lastly, lots of game data numbers have been crunched to show off the most used weaponry in the game. Did your favorite gun make the list?
Before Christmas, I met with Bandai Namco to see and talk about its new upcoming tank battler, Battleline: Steel Warfare. Expecting the standard half hour demo, I was pleasantly surprised to be treated to an enthusiastic 90 minute discussion of why Battleline is so much fun, and why its potential addictiveness should make World of Tanks worry.
Australian retailers are responding to rumors that Bethesda will be announcing that Elder Scrolls Online will be going free to play. Game outlets have removed boxes from shelves in anticipation of the announcement according to Kotaku AU, though the move may be part of ‘housecleaning’ after the holidays.
On December 16th, En Masse released the first full TERA expansion, new level cap and all, into the wild. It may not make new fans of people who have already dismissed the F2P themepark, but for those who’ve always enjoyed Arborea’s mix of action, questing, and dungeoneering there’s a lot to love in the free expansion Fate of Arun.
Indie developer Stormborn Studio has high hopes its new RPG, Runes: The Forgotten Path, will let players find out what it really feels like to wield magic.
Conquer Online’s King of Kung Fu expansion went live at the end of October and since then, the game’s population has risen, topping out at more than 300,000, the highest it’s had in five years.
Browser-based, 2.5D MMO Nova Genesis launched its open beta Friday, hoping players will get into its hybrid sci-fi/fantasy world. The game features six races, a Hero system, and elaborate skill combos among other things.
Let’s remember a year of Landmark development by looking at two good and bad aspects of the game that are likely to be transformed or improved upon by Everquest Next’s development.
The Elder Scrolls Online team has gone on record to thank players for their feedback regarding the forthcoming Champion System. As revealed a month ago, the team actively solicited feedback from the ESO player base and, based on that, the Champion System will be undergoing some tweaks and refinements.