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CCP Games has announced the launch of the latest EVE Online content expansion called "Rhea". Players have much to look forward to in the form of new ships, over a hundred new wormhole systems and a massive star system to explore. Rhea is the second winter content expansion that, according to the development team, sets the stage for massive overhauls to game mechanics and more in 2015.
Paradox Interactive has a new post on the official forums that lets the community know that development of the procedural RPG, Runemaster, has been frozen. According to the post, the game was not meeting the high standards that Paradox sets for its titles but that the company had learned valuable lessons in the process. The Runemaster team has been reassigned and Paradox is considering reusing the assets created on another project.
The Secret World issue 10: Nightmare in the Dream Palace is live, and we recently had the chance to run around the other side of Tokyo in a look at the brand new content. When we last left issue 9, there had been a huge explosion that conveniently reduced the quarantine wall that had been blocking off one side of Tokyo from the other, to more of an inconvenience than an obstacle. Issue 9 worked to lay down the foundations of new systems and new strategies, specifically having to do with Aegis.
VG247.com has spotted a new trademark that has been filed in Europe by Capcom. The big surprise? Dragon’s Dogma Online seems to be coming to a gaming rig one day.
In one of the week’s more interesting news items, Daum held a press conference in Korea earlier today where it was announced that it would be publishing Black Desert in both North America and the EU and that the game will arrive in the West sometime in 2015.
In a column last month, I took a look at the potential for good gameplay to trump other outdated systems and keep us hooked on otherwise mediocre games. The example I used was Destiny, which has a solid core shooter experience but is relatively uninteresting in the story, content, and loot departments. I’ve been playing more of Bungie’s pseudo-MMOFPS, and suffice it to say that even its fun twitch gameplay is starting to wear thin.
In a column last month, I took a look at the potential for good gameplay to trump other outdated systems and keep us hooked on otherwise mediocre games. The example I used was Destiny, which has a solid core shooter experience but is relatively uninteresting in the story, content, and loot departments. I’ve been playing more of Bungie’s pseudo-MMOFPS, and suffice it to say that even its fun twitch gameplay is starting to wear thin.
Hey folks! We’ll be taking a bit of a detour today from our regularly scheduled updates of Landmark to discuss the future of Everquest Next. It’s not a real future for Everquest Next, but an imagined future where Everquest Next launches with some features thrown in there adapted from other games.
Northern Arun has long been shrouded in mystery and cut off from the rest of the world. Fate of Arun, the first Expansion to TERA, takes you to the undiscovered homeland of the barakas to explore savage jungles and colossal ruins. A land full of fearsome enemies and potentially new allies in need your help to throw off the yoke of tyranny.
The Heart of Madness, Update 24, is Dungeon and Dragons Online’s most recent addition. There will be three Xoriat themed dungeons in Eberron, and one new free Wizards of the Coast dungeon based on the Tyranny of Dragons story line. There are also some great system updates, such as Weapon Auras, Monster Champions and newly upgraded Barbarian enhancement trees.