Everyone has a fighting chance
Hail fellow Crusaders, and well-met. This week we are going to look at the recent reveals of the UI/HUD for Behaviour’s upcoming MMO-shooter, Eternal Crusade. Last week, on the Eternal Crusade Twitch show, Into the Warp, Nicolas Brunoni, the lead designer of the User Interface and Head Up Display, along with Peter Rockwell, who is the guy who takes Nicolas’ ideas and determines if they are feasible, and if not, determines how to make them work within the game engine.
Back in 2012 there was this little MMO darling that was loved by many, one that I personally wanted to try out but never got the chance to. That gem of a game was called Glitch. MMO bloggers that I follow spoke nothing but praise and the announcement of the shutdown hit fans hard. Thankfully, unlike many MMOs that shut down Tiny Speck was able to put the art and code from Glitch into the public domain.
Introducing new environments to explore is a staple of MMORPG expansion packs, and Shadow of Revan does not disappoint. After the prologue missions, the new content kicks off on the relatively obscure planet of Rishi, home to some interesting looking bird folk and a whole lot of pirate business. Bioware reached way back and dipped into the classic trilogy for the second planet (or rather moon), Yavin 4, recognizable to fans as the home base to the Rebellion in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
CD Projekt Red hinted last week that a second playable character would be included in the forthcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Today, the company announced that it will be Ciri, mentored by Geralt himself. Players will play as Ciri at critical junctures in the story, though she will not be able to be selected as the default player character.
Last week we got the chance to sit down with Origins of Malu’s Michael Dunham to discuss the current state of development and some of the new changes coming to the game for 2015. The game is set for Steam early access coming up in the next few weeks and Mike’s team has been working hard to get everything ready to go. Mike explained a few of the exciting new goals coming up with early launch as well as some of the pitfalls the team faced when developing an independent MMO.
Chilled Mouse has announced that it is working in a partnership with Games Workshop and Rodeo Games to bring Warhammer Quest for PC, Mac and Linux. The game is a mixture of roleplaying, strategy and adventure genres and will launch on January 7th.
The Elite Eight in our MMO Face-Off of 2014 have been selected, and so we’re nearing the finals of this year’s contest. Will WoW manage to topple Tolkien? Will The Secret World dethrone Guild Wars 2? Read on and make your vote.
Fans of the upcoming Darkest Dungeons, an RPG built around the mental trauma of being a hero, will be pleased to know that the Steam Early Access program will begin on February 3rd. No similar date has been set for the PlayStation 4 version announced last week.
Firefall players will have plenty of opportunity to take part in the holiday themed Wintertide Event when it kicks off later today and continues through January 6th. During Wintertide, players can try their hand at Whack-an-Elf or take part in a grand melee snowball fight. Completing Wintertide events makes players eligible for some awesome gifts courtesy of special vendors in Copacabana, Dredge, and Kanaloa Research Station.
Hearty players can head to the north in KingsRoad to take on new adventures during this month’s Winterstone Tournament. From now through December 25th, the city hub will be winterized and give players the chance to win winter-themed items and boosts. In addition, the new ‘offline’ mode will enter the game that allows players to send hirelings off on missions when they are not currently playing. On return, players will score loot gathered by apprentices.