En Masse Entertainment, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering great games and exceptional service, reveals guilds can soon claim a castle in the clouds via the new Skycastle system in TERA‘s next major content update arriving February 24. Following TERA: Fate of Arun, the first major expansion for the award-winning PC action MMO, this upcoming February update will heighten player experiences by focusing on guild rewards and group content, including a new 5-on-5 PvP Battleground, Champions’ Skyring mark V, and a new airship dungeon, Sky Cruiser Endeavor.  Since its launch, TERA has amassed over 17 million registered players around the world, a strong community of fans, and continues to see media accolades.
Floating among the clouds above major cities throughout the breathtaking world of TERA, Skycastles are the ultimate symbol of prestige and accomplishment for the most dedicated groups of players. Available to the top-ranking guilds on each server via two new, ongoing four-week guild competitions that track guild points earned from dungeons, battlegrounds, and guild vs. guild battles. Each Skycastle can be customized to offer worthy guilds the ability to personalize their stake in the skies.

“There’s never been a better time to join a guild, make new friends, or reconnect with old comrades in TERA,” said En Masse Entertainment Producer Patrick “Treeshark” Sun. “Guild housing is a much requested feature from our players and we’re excited to reward our dedicated fan base with a castle in the sky they and their guild can call their own.”

In addition to the highly anticipated debut of Skycastles on February 24, players can also look forward to a new dungeon instance set on the airship Sky Cruiser Endeavor and a new hard mode of Bathysmal Rise, the popular underwater instance that arrived with the TERA: Fate of Arun expansion. The new dungeon instance Dreadspire is scheduled to launch in March of this year.

Today, Edge Case Games adds more heft to its team-based tactical space combat PC game, Fractured Space, currently in Early Access on Steam. Adding Titan Defense Systems as a third ship manufacturer, today’s update introduces two new ships—the Corvette and the Enforcer—to the stable of colossal spacecraft players can command. To celebrate the update, the game is now 25% off on Steam for a limited time—it’s a great time to join epic, highly strategic space battles!

With a background as a military warship supplier, Titan Defense Systems has now expanded to manufacturing their own capital ships with their first entry in the game, the Corvette. This general support craft comes equipped with an aimed repair beam and a variant of Titan’s so-called “smart weaponry” known as the Smart Gun. The ship’s drones can shield the Corvette and its allies from enemy fire while increasing friendly targeting and damage.

Designed for the close-range capture of mining station, the new Enforcer from Zarek Industrial has been added to the fray. Enforcers have systems designed to allow the ship to get close to an enemy and prevent its escape before unleashing its unique Escalate weapon that uses the target’s own energy against it with escalating damage.

The addition of these new ships comes on the heels of major updates including:

• Loadout System that allows players to customize ship configuration before battle
• First ship skins for the game’s gigantic capital spaceships
• Initial leaderboards for tracking stats
• New Founders Pack tier

These new features were chosen with community input in keeping with Edge Case’s firm commitment to an open development process that keeps players in close contact with the development team through weekly playtest sessions and shared development plans.

Fractured Space is the tactical space combat PC title that puts players in command of gigantic capital ships to engage in team-based battles that combine the intensity of a shooter with the big picture thinking of a strategy game. Each ship in Fractured Space looks and plays very differently, and every match features deep team tactics with multiple sectors and battles to capture stations that control the resource production necessary for leveling up ships for your team. The game currently has eight unique ships with more on the way and new features are being added on a regular basis with community input. Fractured Space is currently available on Steam Early Access before transitioning to a wider free-to-play release in 2015.

Players can get insights on the new manufacturer and ship designs and how they impact the game in a new developer diary video: