Year in Review – Nov 2016 (news) By Bree Royce - December 22, 2016 6:39 PM 0 Smed’s Hero’s Song enters alpha 3 for backers Guild Wars 2 has overhauled its lockboxes Star Citizen backer flips pixel ships to buy an actual car Funcom’s Q3 2016 financials hint at large Secret World update in early 2017 Mark Kern posts new WoW Legacy server petition ahead of BlizzCon Check out the trailer for Revelation Online’s first closed beta EVE Online GMs removed at least 25 trillion ISK worth $400,000 from the game Activision-Blizzard Q3 2016: Blizzard claims ‘biggest quarterly online player community in its history’ BlizzCon 2016: Diablo III’s Necromancer class and classic Diablo experience BlizzCon 2016: World of Warcraft’s What’s Next liveblog BlizzCon 2016: Diablo’s 20th anniversary panel liveblog BlizzCon 2016: WoW’s Tomb of Sargeras and beyond to Argus Nostalrius releases WoW emu source code to community, Elysium plans Nostalrius shards Blizzard co-founder returns to the company after a 12-year absence NCsoft sues Lineage II partner over copyright infringement Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice opens for PC players today The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers NCsoft Q3 2016: Declines for WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul Warframe releases The War Within today Neocron receives a massive ‘evolution’ this weekend The trial for former Funcom execs charged with insider trading has begun EVE Online is officially free-to-play today with Ascension Guild Wars 2’s next episode, A Crack in the Ice, drops November 21 Crowfall studio joins Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding platform NCsoft appears to be blocking former Soviet states from WildStar FIFA hackers charged with stealing millions in spoofing scheme RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion is live today with a brand-new trailer Peria Chronicles posts a new trailer in advance of G-Star 2016 Rumor: Marvel Heroes code points to a PlayStation port; Beast and Black Bolt on the way How Project Titan and Overwatch prompted Chris Metzen to leave Blizzard Star Citizen plans to share internal timelines, justifies ship sales as not P2W Hearthstone retires ‘Heroes of Warcraft’ subtitle Where is Jeremy Soule’s Kickstarter symphony? EVE Online hits 50k concurrent users with its free-to-play shift Elite Dangerous players accuse Frontier of ignoring combat exploit Project Genom drops from Steam under opposing blackmail and infringement allegations Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016 City of Titans targets a fall 2018 launch Survival mode and base building comes to No Man’s Sky World of Warcraft player dings 110 without picking a faction Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer Project Genom is back on Steam after DMCA meltdown [Updated] Snail Games to publish ARK: Survival Evolved VR experience called ARK Park SWTOR welcomes early access players to Knights of the Eternal Throne Richard Garriott donates skull to player tavern during Shroud of the Avatar telethon The Crew rolls out ‘police-chase fantasy’ expansion Calling All Units UK watchdog group dismisses gamer complaints over No Man’s Sky advertising RIFT responds to players who say Starfall Prophecy’s launch was a ‘mess’ VR was the ‘biggest loser’ of the holiday gaming sales season, says SuperData TERA’s Fang and Feather update goes live today
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2016: Blizzard claims ‘biggest quarterly online player community in its history’