Everyone has a fighting chance
During the opening ceremonies at the 2014 Blizzcon convention, it was announced that Overwatch would be joining the Blizzard stable of games. It is a cooperative team-based shooter and the beta is expected to kick off in 2015. The team released a game play video to show off the wonder of its new game.
Blizzcon is set to officially kick off in just over half hour with the Opening Ceremonies, usually a spot where the first major announcements for Blizzard titles is made. We’ll be updating this post throughout the 45-minute presentation so keep refreshing the page and let us know what you think.
Elite: Dangerous now has a release date thanks to a Twitter post from the team. Players can look forward to December 16, 2014 to get their hands on the game.
Behaviour Interactive will be hosting its weekly Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade live stream at 1:30 p.m. EST / 10:30 a.m. PST today. During the stream, fans will get a look at new animations, updates to the lascannon, navigation and more. The team will also be on hand to answer player questions.
The Das Tal team has announced that it has successfully completed its Steam Greenlight campaign. The campaign lasted three months but on successful completion, Das Tal immediately entered into the Top 100. To celebrate, players can check out some of the supporter packages.
EverQuest 2 is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. We caught up with Senior Producer Holly Longdale to chat about memories of EQ2. Check it out!
The Blizzard Diablo III team took to the stage to discuss the upcoming Season 2 and changes that players will notice immediately. There will be new legendaries to collect, new pieces of the seasonal armor, new transmog items, new banners and much more. In addition, each of the Conquests has been examined for the ‘fun factor’. Those not measuring up will not be making a return and new ones will be added.
Wildstar continues its quest to retain players with the release next week, of The Defile and embark on the next chapter of Wildstar’s World Story.
Today’s news will probably seem to be a purposeful theme, an assessment that isn’t far off the mark. Today marks the beginning of Blizzard Entertainment’s (mostly) annual fan convention, Blizzcon. Attendees from all over the world have made their way to Anaheim, California, usually renown for Disneyland but for this weekend, all eyes are on the convention center and the news that is likely to rock the MMO and general games space that will emerge from it.
I’ve been playing MMORPGs for most of my gaming life. As someone in their mid-twenties, I can’t claim to have been around for years and years losing myself in these virtual worlds, but I feel like I have a pretty good pulse on the industry as a whole. My MMO experiences first started with the original EverQuest, a game I would watch one of my brothers play when I would go to visit him.