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Surpassing even the League of Legends prize purse juggernaut, Hi-Rez Studios has announced that the prize pool for the SMITE World Championships to be held in January has risen to over $2.1M. Funds were ‘crowd-sourced’ through the purchase of special in-game items that contributed to the overall amount to be awarded to the winners.
Thanks to the new gifting option in the Marvel Heroes 2015 store, players can now send items to others. Players can send Heroes, Costumes, Team-Ups, Pets and Fortune Card bundles, many of which are discounted right now just in time for the holidays.
In a short, but meaningful, post on the Landmark forum, Dave "Smokejumper" Georgeson acknowledges that the team should have better prepared players for combat in Landmark. Choosing, he says, to get input from the community releasing it in its early form without that preparation was a mistake.
Yesterday’s announcement of the formation of ArtCraft and a new game with new approach to MMORPG design should have people talking by now. We were lucky enough to go right to the source and spend some time with founders Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton talking about their philosophy on MMOs, their new project, and all that we have experienced over the last decade of online gaming.
The Conquer Online team has sent out the first information about the upcoming Kingdom War expansion set to hit the game in the first quarter of 2015. The first order of business is the consolidation the game’s servers into six large ‘kingdoms’ where players will be able to face off in a battle to rule. In addition, cross server battles will also pit player against player to crown the champion of all.
Though out for iOS tablets for awhile now, Bioware’s Knights of the Old Republic Android fans have been waiting for their chance to play one of the most heralded RPGs of all time. With today’s deployment to Google Play, Android fans can now set out on an epic journey through the Star Wars universe. Even better, to celebrate the launch, KOTOR is only $5, half off what will become its normal price.
If you have a knack for some old-school dungeon and sandbox MMO fun, you really should check out Eldevin. With a recent launch of Steam, the game is better than ever. It’s a mix between a sandbox, a linear questing game and interesting virtual world. The game features a top-down look that makes many comment about its similarity to the very popular RuneScape. In fact, people often refer to RuneScape when describing Eldevin, but I’m not so sure about the connection.
Pearl Abyss is a studio with something to prove. That’s the feeling I get after spending a day beta testing the Korean version of Black Desert. The game has plenty of dull edges that need to be polished out, but the basic shape is already visible.
Fans of The Repopulation will be glad to hear that the Steam Early Access program has started. Along with that heady news also comes the announcement that the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) has lifted that will give the opportunity for much more information to be learned as players are given the opportunity to write and speak about their experiences. To celebrate these two big announcements, The Repopulation’s team has put together a new video. Check it out!
Wargaming has announced the deployment of World of Tanks patch v9.5 in both Europe and North America (with Korea and SEA getting the patch later this month). Update 9.5 brings ten new British tanks into the game as well as the return of three classic maps.