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ArenaNet has announced that the next installment in the Living Story Season 2 for Guild Wars 2 will launch today. Seeds of Doubt keeps the story moving along as heroes chase down leads to find Caithe. The update features some new content in the Silverwastes during the journey.
The latest expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic has arrived, and with it the game is graduating to version number 3.0. One of the banner features of the upgrade, although not specifically tied to the expansion pack, is the new method for dealing with skills: Disciplines.
Greetings fellow Eternal Crusaders, and welcome to this week’s Eternal Crusade article. I hope everyone had a safe and pleasant holiday, if you had one, or a fun weekend, if you did not. This week we will be looking at a few different things, the models for the Chaos Sorcerer and for the Chaos Raptor were revealed during episode thirteen of Into the Warp, the Eternal Crusade twitch show. There were also a couple of "surprise reveals" during the show, and, for once, it was NOT Miguel who slipped.
In the ashes of City of Heroes the seeds of three spiritual successors were planted. The Phoenix Project now known as City of Titans, Heroes and Villains, and Valiance Online. Two years on and all three are barely little sprouts poking their heads out of the dirt, MMOs do take a long time to develop after all. But it is that time of year where they’re pushed into our thoughts once more. How are they doing you may be asking? That’s a very good question…
The latest Secret World Producer’s Letter has been published. Of most notable interest is the announcement that Issue 10 – Nightmares in the Dream Palace is expected to go live in the first half of December. Nightmare will bring a new area to explore and will also feature some quality of life improvements. With Issue 10’s arrival, players will be able to customize the UI. New players will also see a new monster difficulty panel to assist in battle.
The Shards Online team has taken to the airwaves and released a new video developer diary. This time, Lead Systems Designer Logrus gives fans a first look at the crafting system and how it will work in the game. Check it out!
For the next eighteen hours, Amazon.com is featuring Bioware’s Dragon Age: Inquisition for fifteen dollars off. Snap up a copy of one of the year’s best games for $45 today only.
Webzen has announced that it will be launching European service for Flyff beginning December 2nd. Potential players can pre-download the new client and get ready for tomorrow’s launch. The team has in-game events and prizes for players logging in during the opening of the server.
This month, Guild Wars 2 will be updated with significant changes to the PvP system. We caught up with Justin O’Dell to find out more about matchmaking and how it will be altered with the next patch. Check it out!
Starting when I was still a child, I’ve greatly enjoyed numerous incarnations of high fantasy. However, it has never been my only thematic area of interest. So, when it comes to MMOGs, I’ve always wanted more variety. Perhaps the ongoing growth of the category’s audience signals that such a time is upon us or at least close at hand. Considering how the market is growing and evolving, here are some concepts that seem to hold unrealized potential.