World of Tanks debuts on PS4 January 19
Wargaming has just announced that World of Tanks is all ready for its formal PlayStation 4 debut next week -- January 19th, to be specific. "New and existing players subscribed to PlayStation Plus will get access to a very unique Premium vehicle: the exclusive German Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. J-PS," says the studio. You can pick it up in the...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s alpha will be back online today
Good news to those of you testing World of Warcraft's next expansion - the alpha for Legion will be coming back online today! No word on exactly when, but it's a known fact:
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You may remember that it was not so long ago that fans and testers were told that the return would mean a new build with new issues,...
SMITE kicks off the Rising Dawn promotional event
Amaterasu is the Japanese goddess of the sun, a new deity within SMITE's deific roster and a flexible one besides. But bringing Amaterasu alone into the game wouldn't constitute an event. No, her arrival brings along plenty of other Japanese-themed skins for the various deities, so even if she's not palling around with her fellow pantheon members right now,...
The Stream Team: Show me the SWTOR money!
Are you tired of only pulling lint from your SWTOR pockets when you need copious amounts of credits to buy those swanky mounts, cool cosmetic outfits, or adorable pets? Then this is the stream for you! As promised, MassivelyOP's Larry is going to demonstrate how to rake in the big bucks. Grouping with MJ and a few other friends,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Examining Guild Wars 2’s winter 2016 update plans
Guild Wars 2Â Game Director Colin Johanson dropped a massive amount of information about the direction development will take in the first quarter of 2016 and beyond in his Q1 state of the game update yesterday. This is the second of this sort of update since the launch of Heart of Thorns and it most definitely hasn't disappointed in its...
The Secret World adds four side missions and two rare bosses
Update 13.1 has landed with an ominous thud in the middle of The Secret World's Kaidan, and players can only shudder at what unholy visions they will see when the patcher gets to 100%.
The first small patch for Issue #13 adds some more content to the game in the form of four side missions in Tokyo:Â "Furious Road," "Pieces of...
The Realm’s creator wants to remake this 20-year-old MMO
MMO veterans might be familiar with The Realm (also known as The Realm Online), which was one of the first class of graphical online RPGs. While it's been trucking along since 1996, creator Stephen Nichols accused the current owners of letting The Realm lapse into "deep neglect" and wants to remake the game for modern sensibilities.
"2016 marks the 20-year anniversary of The...
Activision-Blizzard’s TV and movie studio taps creative lead
Back in November, Activision-Blizzard announced it was launching a TV and movie studio to build out its franchises. Former Disney exec Nick van Dyk was tapped to co-lead the endeavor, and today, we know who his creative co-lead will be: Academy Award-nominated Hollywood producer Stacey Sher. Sher's producer credits include Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and Gattaca, among 45 total projects.
The company told...
Dogma: Eternal Night puts up new pre-order page
Dogma: Eternal Night is not about to let a flopped Kickstarter campaign get in the way of its money. Er, dreams. Well, probably dreams and money. The studio wasted no time in getting a new pre-order page up for fans who would like to back this dark supernatural MMO, even though alpha access is a while off yet.
The pre-order...
Crowfall on experimental design and ship dates for crowdfunded MMOs
In January's Crowfall Q&A video, Design Lead Thomas Blair and Founder/Art Director J. Todd Coleman discuss Crowfall as an "experimental project." So many game design elements, Coleman explains, are subject to change because of the team's experimental mentality. "We're going to find out what this game is all about, and we're going to do it by trying things out. Some...