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Trove: Making the Move to PS4

Trion’s voxel MMO Trove has been a huge success on the PC. Now the team is working on the port to consoles and giving players an even bigger world to enjoy. We sat down with Andrew Krausnick to go over what it is like to transfer an MMO to the PS4. Andrew also gave us some insight on the game’s upcoming content, so jump in and read as we continue our Trove coverage with their big move!

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General: Be Honest, You Don?t Finish Your Games

For the last couple of years, I’ve been fascinated at how few players actually complete their games. It all started when I read this IGN write-up of a GDC talk where the narrative and design leads from Microsoft and Riot revealed that, at most, half of the games they examined were finished.

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Chronicles of Elyria: The Store and the War

This is a hard one. This week I’m going to talk about the pink and purple polka dotted elephant in the room that is the Chronicles of Elyria (COE) storefront. If you read the latest COE update from Soulbound Studios owner/leader Jeromy Walsh then you might be thinking “I thought the Elephant in the room was the website”. I think the elephant is the storefront and I’ll explain why but before I get into that I want to explain something else.

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TERA: New Event, ‘TERA Mongo’, Ongoing Through July 31st

TERA players are invited to head into the game to take part in a new event called TERA Mongo. The idea is for players to hunt down and kill Mongos, monsters that can appear in strange places. Finding and killing these creatures can yield enchanting materials and cosmetic items. Uncommon and rare Mongos can also drop a mount.

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Duelyst: Latest Update Spruces Up the Game with Cosmetic Items & More

Duelyst has been updated with a large patch that brings some neat new cosmetic items into the game including new emotes, profile icons, and card backs. Every cosmetic in this update can be purchased for real world cash or crafted with Spirit. Anyone who registered prior to this particular update will get “Base General Emotes” as thanks for their participation.

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City of Titans: Learning from the Real World to Bring Games to Life

The City of Titans KickStarter site has been updated with a fascinating new blog post that discusses one of the game’s characters, Anthem, a wounded warrior rocking a prosthetic arm. In order to get a very detailed understanding of what that means, the costume Anthem wears was designed by Cajun Catfish, a cosplayer who wanted to create something feasible to make in the real world.