Everyone has a fighting chance
Gaijin has announced the beta release of the War Thunder expansion, Steel Generals. The expansion brings six iconic tanks from the United States into the game, with more coming in 2015. By the end of Quarter 1 2015, the team anticipates thirty US tanks to be embroiled in the fray.
When Guild Wars 2 launched, ArenaNet informed its player base that it would be pursuing a fairly aggressive update schedule, especially pertaining to its Living World. Rather than implementing simple content updates or full-blown expansions, the developers would focus on building out the world and lore of the game while taking players along for the ride.
During today’s Eternal Crusade Twitch stream, Miguel, Katie and the rest of the dev team are going to be making some very exciting announcements. I was able to speak to Miguel Caron, Head of Studio-Online at Behaviour, earlier this week, to get some details on what announcements were upcoming. The bad news first, there are still things to be worked out before the game’s engine can be announced, so no new news on that front.
In the age where Dark Souls reigns supreme, Dragon Age: Inquisition can seem staggeringly easy. The last two weeks has seen conversations about the game dominated by harsh critiques of its difficulty. All you have to do is hold one button! critics claim, then collect your loot. The thing is, that’s not totally inaccurate, even if it does ignore huge swaths of the rest of the game. But you know what? I don’t much care. And do you know what else? Neither should you, and here’s why.
Our interesting journey started several years ago when I decided to enter a story contest and wrote the novel "The Skies". The novel won the contest and it was an initial small victory, but still a very pleasant one.
The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a new post that takes a brief look back at 2014 in WoW and, even more interestingly, a gigantic look ahead at what 2015 will bring for players.
Sony Online Entertainment has released the latest Planetside 2 update that includes melee weapons and a new turret for engineers. In addition, the game’s holiday fare has also arrived in game that will keep players in the seasonal spirit through the balance of 2014.
2P.com is reporting that Carbine Studios has entered into an agreement with Chinese publisher, Giant Interactive, to bring WildStar in either late 2015 or early 2016. The announcement was made by Giant’s president in a recent interview.
The concept of letting players shape and build a game world in a sandbox environment is far from unique at this point in the game industry. While Minecraft popularized the idea with its simplistic visuals, similar games existed before and continue to exist afterwards that employ related gameplay elements.
The KingsRoad team has let us know that the game has officially launched for iPad over a week early and that players can get hold of the game right away. At the current time, KingsRoad is only available for iPad and can be found at the link below. Players will be able to take on KingsRoad, a hardcore action-RPG from Rumble Entertainment.