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SOE has been hard at work at adding more quality of life improvements to the game, most notably in terms of graphics rendering as well as the building system of the game. Here’s what to expect if you haven’t logged back and updated the game in the past two weeks.
With BlizzCon ramping up for this weekend, there’s a fair amount of buzz here among the staffers regarding the Warlords of Draenor release. I myself have received the customary pre-launch emails from Blizzard encouraging me to re-activate my World of Warcraft account with seven free days of game time. Like with previous WoW expansions, I’ve given the thought of resubscribing more than a passing thought. Unlike previous releases, however, I’m not as convinced that I need to jump back in.
Two blog posts have been published on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site laying out big advanced class changes for both the Mercenary and the Commando. These two begin a series of articles designed to introduce players to the new ‘Discipline’ system and detail the specific changes players can expect when utilizing and playing in their chosen advanced class.
CI Games has announced that Lords of the Fallen will receive a content expansion DLC later this winter. Called "Ancient Labyrinth", the DLC will feature puzzles, epic battles and exploration.
The same team that created Lineage II is behind Echo of Soul. According to press information, Echo of Soul will launch in Spring 2015 in both North America and the European Union. To celebrate the announcement, the team released a teaser trailer. Check it out!
After a promising testing period, WildStar’s third content update will soon be going live. Along with a ton of new content, Carbine’s also been working hard on a number of ‘quality-of-life’ updates to the MMO. For this week’s column, Gareth Harmer took a tour of the upcoming patch with Content Designer Morgan Brown.
Developer Mind Candy is best known in the UK for making the wildly popular Moshi Monsters iOS game. But the Moshi games tend to be more widely adopted by kids and casual gamers. Today marks the official launch of Mind Candy’s first attempt at pleasing the core gamer audience with World of Warriors. A charismatic and addictive RPG fighter for iOS devices, you just might find your next time-passer with this little gem. Read on for our full review.
The R2 Games team has sent out a quick preview of how blacksmithing will work in Stormthrone, its forthcoming MMO. Players will be able to create, gem, enchant, imbue and upgrade armor, then destroy it for components if needed.
MMORPG.com has partnered with the Allods Team and My.com to give away 100 keys granting access to the Skyforge beta weekend event taking place between Nov 13-16.
Players looking for a new multiplayer building experience will want to check out Trion’s Trove which has entered its open beta stage of development. Players are invited to download Trion’s "Glyph" platform and give Trove a try.