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Continuing work on New World, the Amazon Game Studios team made some changes today to address recent bugs that made whole server sometimes skip time ahead by days. In addition, they reduced housing taxes by 90% temporarily to try and make up for some of the damage from recent exploits and downtime.
The fourth beta event for Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is happening next week. You’ll be able to play test all nine elite specializations, and hop aboard the two-person tank that is the new Siege Turtle mount.
Nintendo has now expressed its concern in an email to employees regarding last week’s bombshell report by The Wall Street Journal regarding Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick and the company’s handling of reports of harassement and discrimination. Nintendo joins Microsoft and Sony in sharing their concern, though none of the companies have made an overt public statement on the matter.
With the Fate of Gundabad expansion now out for Lord of the Rings Online, the latest 31.0.2 patch notes hitting today aim to bring some fixes.
Dauntless is running Ramsgiving from tomorrow, November 23rd through the 30th. Be prepared to earn ram-themed loot, battle a horde of gruk-gruks, and more during the weeklong event.
Free fly is back in Star Citizen through December 1st. If you want to check out the game, which just had a major update that added new gameplay options, including medical and healing tools, you can play free during the special period.
Visions of Vetrovia: Everquest II’s latest expansion, will go live on December 1st. Beta is wrapping up, and preorders continue.
In the future-looking details in MGI’s latest financial report are some hints for the future. Looks like Rift will get its first major update in years in Q1 2022, and there’s info on upcoming events, and Gamigo’s mystery MMO.
There’s a party coming to RuneScape, and for the 20th anniversary, you can get a new version of the legendary Party Hat. The new Golden Party Hat, along with the fourth and final part of the anniversary quest, Once Upon a Time, both arrive today.
Mode Designs, one of the most respected brands in the custom keyboard industry, has announced the latest version of its Eighty, high-end TKL keyboard kit. Featuring two different mounting methods, multiple plates, color options, and layouts, and the best online configurator in the business, allowing you to see exactly what your keyboard will look like before committing to buy. Preorders are open now and keyboards will begin shipping in March.