Category: WildStar News

Carbine’s Brianna Schneider, Lead Game Designer, has penned the latest ‘Deep Dive’ on the WildStar site. This week’s topic is the new player experience and, as the title indicates, making the early game more accessible.

The WildStar team is prepping players for the upcoming free-to-play conversion by posting several topics of interest. In today’s, the Cosmic Rewards program is detailed with information about how players can ‘level up’ through the tiers by making purchases from the WildStar store or from the upcoming in-game shop.

About 4 months ago, Carbine Studios announced that WildStar would be going Free to Play. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about what the transition would look like, including a sneak peek at E3, and a deep dive into character stat refactoring. But the studio was also eager to get fan feedback, promising a beta period for new and existing players to give feedback on this reloaded version of WildStar.

About 4 months ago, Carbine Studios announced that WildStar would be going Free to Play. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about what the transition would look like, including a sneak peek at E3, and a deep dive into character stat refactoring. But the studio was also eager to get fan feedback, promising a beta period for new and existing players to give feedback on this reloaded version of WildStar.

NCSoft and Carbine Studios have announced that the closed beta for the forthcoming free-to-play transition for WildStar has officially kicked off. Players will get a hands on look at the new features in the game’s largest update thusfar, as well as many of the quality of life improvements made for the F2P version.

NCSoft and Carbine Studios have announced that the closed beta for the forthcoming free-to-play transition for WildStar has officially kicked off. Players will get a hands on look at the new features in the game’s largest update thusfar, as well as many of the quality of life improvements made for the F2P version.

Last week, long time Blizzard community manager Micah "Bashiok" Whipple announced he was leaving the company after over a decade. In a new Twitter post, Whipple posted a photo of one of WildStar’s plush goats on his dashboard with #FirstDay as his hashtag.

As part of WildStar’s free-to-play transition, character stats are getting a radical overhaul. Terms like Moxie and Finesse are out, and secondary stats are being revamped. To help understand the reasons behind the change, Gareth "Gazimoff" Harmer caught up with Lead Designer Steven Engle.

Carbine Studios has started to reveal what’s on WildStar’s Road to Free-to-Play. In this week’s column, Gareth "Gazimoff" Harmer takes a closer look at that journey, and asks if there are any blind corners ahead.

Wildstar’s Lead Combat Designer Steven Engle has penned a new "Deep Dive" post on the game’s official site. In it, Engle details the forthcoming class stat refractor and why it is a necessary step for WildStar.