Everyone has a fighting chance
A little over a year ago I sat down to review Destiny. While I enjoyed the game I ended up giving it a 7.0. This was lower than what most publications rated Destiny at and I’m okay with that. I wasn’t trying to be a stickler, or "that guy" that "stuck it to the man" on a high profile game.
The original Destiny was a letdown. Our author played it through and, like so many others, left just after finishing the campaign, equally disappointed and aggravated at the game that should have been. With all the buzz surrounding The Taken King, he’s returned to see if it lives up to the hype. Is one expansion enough to overcome a year’s worth of mistakes?
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at some different types of endgame, including PvP as one of the principal activities available in an MMORPG once you hit the level cap. Of course, many modern MMOs offer some kind of player-versus-player interaction throughout the leveling process, even going as far as to incentivize low- and mid-level arenas through XP gain and gear rewards. PvP is one of my favorite diversions in an online game, both while leveling and as part of the endgame.
ZergID has been in public beta for less than a year and already over a half-million users have joined up and created 750k characters to site profiles. ZergID also announced that it has acquired perennial World of Warcraft site OpenRaid and will be bringing its special brand to the ZergID network.
The first beta event for Nexon’s First Assault will be held from Thursday, October 1st through Sunday, October 4th. Players are invited to take part in the event to earn an exclusive weapon skin, win Logitech prizes and take part in several map challenges inspired by "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex".
A new review aggregation site has launched today called OpenCritic. The stated goal of the team behind the site is that it seeks to "shake up game review aggregation" in a number of ways, most notably through transparency. Users can create a list of "trusted review" sites and receive personalized aggregate review scores based on those sites alone.
Larian Studios has wrapped up the KickStarter initiative for Divinity: Original Sin 2 with nearly 50,000 backers funding the project for $2.03M USD. Because of the overwhelming success, several stretch goals were unlocked including Chris Avellone joining as a staff writer, Strategist Mode, Undead as a playable race, The Hall of Echoes playable area, and Love/Hate Relationships.
Seeking to take the game in a different direction, a number of Infestation developers broke away from OP Productions and formed their own studio, Free Reign Entertainment. Free Reign licensed the engine, and got to work on a "spiritual successor" called Romero’s Aftermath.
Seeking to take the game in a different direction, a number of Infestation developers broke away from OP Productions and formed their own studio, Free Reign Entertainment. Free Reign licensed the engine, and got to work on a "spiritual successor" called Romero’s Aftermath.
Harebrained Schemes has announced the release of the Battletech KickStarter initiative. The base game has been self-funded by Harebrained Schemes with backers assisting in the funding of further development of Battletech.