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Snail Games has released a trio of amazing screenshots from its forthcoming title Age of Wushu 2. The game is being created using the Unreal Engine 4 and the detail in the screens is amazing. Check them out and let us know what you think!

Curt Schilling, three other defendants and Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. have agreed to “participate” in their part of a $2.5M settlement filed by the State of Rhode Island . The settlement will still need court approval. The lawsuit was filed after 38 Studios failed to make a $1.1M interest payment and subsequently declared bankruptcy a month later. According to the published report, Rhode Island has recouped approximately $45M of the $75M in bonds issued at the time of the loan.

The name of the Amazon Game Studios’ Twitch.tv channel has undergone a change that may hint at one of the titles of the games set to be announced later this week. The channel is now known as “Play Breakaway”. We don’t know another thing, but it sure can lead to speculation!

This week’s MMOFTW covers all the WoW news from the week, Osiris: New Dawn’s launch date, Adventure Quest 3D’s Open Beta, DAOC’s 15 year celebration, and Chris Metzen’s retirement from gaming and Blizzard.

Wargaming’s WG Labs has announced that Hybrid Wars will be released on September 29th on Steam and GOG. Hybrid Wars is a ’90s inspired top-down shooter with 21st Century updates.

If today’s crop of RPGs is not to your liking, look no further than RPG Creator which allows you to imagine and make one up to your standards. Even better, RPG Creator is heading to iOS devices on September 25th. You will be able to try it out thanks to the free demo version to be released on the same day.

Koei Tecmo America has announced that Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is set for North American release on February 21st, 2017, for Playstation 4, Playstation Vita and Steam PC. To celebrate the announcement, the company has released a brand new trailer to introduce several playable characters from the game.

Fans of Blizzard e-sports will be interested in the new calendar just published on the BlizzCon site with dates and times of all the pre-convention qualifying tournaments for World of Warcraft Arena, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Hearthstone and Starcraft 2.

Blizzard has announced that players can now pay to change their BattleTag name, the unique identifier for each player’s account. BattleTag names do not have to be unique as each will be followed by a hashtag and series of numbers to create the one-of-a-kind name. The change does nothing to a friends’ list with others immediately be able to see the new name.

Cryptic Studios has announced that the web-based Neverwinter Gateway site is being closed due to “several aggressive botting activities”. The move was necessary due to the number of developer hours being spent combating bot activity that the team felt could be better spent elsewhere.