Category: WildStar News

The WildStar forum has been updated with the news that the team has been hard at work preparing the game for its Steam release. According to the post, WildStar is expected to go live in the ‘next couple of weeks’ after a few additional tweaks and changes are implemented.

WildStar players can take part in the Starfall Celebration that kicked off on June 1st and will continue through the entire month. Each faction has its own take on the event with Exiles celebrating the founding of their new home and Dominion taking a more spiritual route focused on destiny.

The WildStar Steam page has been updated from “coming soon” to Available: June 1st. This is fantastic news for the struggling title as a Steam release has the potential to bring big numbers of players.

Hot on the heels of Friday’s news that Mike Donatelli and Chris Behrens had left Carbine, today reveals that WildStar lead writer Cory J. Herndon has also exited the studio. Herndon revealed his departure via Twitter.

So it turns out that MMOs can still make a lot of money. Who’d have thought it? After the release of the NCSoft Earnings Report for the first quarter of 2016, it seems they’re in good shape. Unless your part of the WildStar development team or playerbase, things are looking particularly rosey. Sales are up by around 30% from the year before, with profits having jumped 70% on the previous period. That’s a sizeable improvement and one NCSoft’s shareholders are likely very pleased about.

Carbine Studios is two employees short with Friday’s announcements that Mike Donatelli and Chris Behrens have left the WildStar development team. Mike Donatelli stated he is leaving due to health issues and Chris Behrens did not give a reason but said that he’d enjoyed his time with NCSoft and working on both WildStar and City of Heroes.

According to the Q1 2016 NCSoft investor report, Carbine’s WildStar is still struggling to find its footing and niche. Earnings for the game were down sharply in comparison to other titles in the company’s stable.

Carbine has announced that the Vault of the Archon update for WildStar has gone live. The patch brings a new tutorial online, a new adventure to find the Vault, and the new Welcome Window to guide players with activities to do when logging in or a peek ahead at what can be done the next time they arrive in game.

Carbine Studios recently solicited feedback from the community regarding race / class combinations. This past Friday the team announced several new choices for WildStar players.

Carbine Studios has announced that the next WildStar update will be launching on May 4th. Players will be able to take part in the Vault of the Archon, a harsh unforgiving location that can only be traversed with the assistance of Bloodhearth Trees along the way.