Monthly Archives: November 2013

Shotgun News 11/13: STO, World of Warplanes, Fiesta, and More!

Star Trek Online Season 8 Begins Today

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Today the free content update for Star Trek Online hit servers. Season 8: The Sphere introduces familiar faces and races never before seen in a Star Trek game. And be sure to keep an eye on OnRPG for more on Season 8 coming this week.

World of Warplanes Takes Flight

Wargaming’s highly anticipated World of Warplanes has launched. Over 4.5 million people took part in the game’s beta phases which has given Wargaming the opportunity to collect feedback and input from fans before the launch.

Fiesta Celebrates Sixth Birthday

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Fiesta Online is celebrating their sixth birthday this month, and doing it in style. From this Friday until December 1st Elderine will be transformed into a birthday dream with all new anniversary fashions, EXP boosts and awesome loot. And if that isn’t enough get down on the Disco floor with Fiesta GMs.

Silkroad Online Releases Holiday Update

Few MMOs do anything to celebrate Thanksgiving, but Silkroad Online does. Just in time for Thanksgiving, a new update has arrived bringing with it the Janissary Outfit, Thanksgiving celebrations, and much more.

League of Legends Season 3 Comes to an End

League of Legends Preseason

League of Legend’s Season 3 has officially come to an end today, shifting the focus to a new preseason before the start of the 2014 season! There are some major changes for the preseason, so a soft ranked reset will be rolled out at the start of next year’s season. You can find out more about the preseason here, and check the forums for the latest on rewards and the start of ranked queues.

PlanetSide 2 Pushes Out First Optimization Patch

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Phase 1 of Operation: Make Faster Game (OMFG) is a go! Today, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) released PlanetSide 2‘s first major optimization patch to the live servers.

This first phase of OMFG includes optimized UI, physics, sound, player processing, rendering code and more. These improvements will allow PlanetSide 2 players to experience a significant increase in frame rate and performance. In many cases, players will see a 30%+ improvement in frame rates. The team will continue to elevate the game’s optimization levels, focusing on engineering improvements to the visibility and physics systems for Phase 2  of OMFG.

You can read more details on Phase 1 of OMFG here, and read up about just what OMFG is here.

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Update 20 Now Live

Turbine has announced that Update 20 for Dungeons and Dragons Online is now available free today for all players. The update includes two new dungeons:

Update 20: Warforged Training

Eberron: Brothers of the Forge (CR 28)

Talbron Tewn, an old warforged friend you met back at the start of your adventuring in Eberron, requests your help. You accompany Talbron back to the Warforged Indoctrination Center where he was trained – now deep in the Mournlands – on a rescue mission. You learn to better understand the plight of the warforged — all while fighting adversaries, overcoming fiendish devices, and gathering loot, of course.

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Forgotten Realms: A Study in Sable. (CR 26)

A Forgotten Realms twist on the classic manor-house mystery. Join a group of guests that are gathered at a manor near Eveningstar. Research the mis-happenings that take place during the days and nights of your stay. Each day a new guest falls victim and each evening threatens you with creatures of the night. Your days are numbered, can you solve the mystery before you it’s too late? Play the hero and defeat the vampire lord behind it all, but the real measure of your success is how many innocents you manage to save.

You can read the full details of the update here.

Throw Trucks With Your Mind

Throw Trucks With Your Mind is a next-generation psychic brawler, in which you use the power of your thoughts to control objects in a multi-player battlefield. Using NeuroSky’s MindWave headset peripheral (which reads your brain’s electrical activity), you can psychically manipulate the objects around you to clobber your competition.

Shotgun News 11/12/13: Granado Espada EU and Tower of Ascension

Granado Espada Europe Announced and Teaser Site Launched

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EuroGamez has launched a teaser site for Granado Espada Europe which includes social media links, artwork and more. The new version of Granado Espada will be completely up to date with already existing versions.

Tower of Ascension Launches

Gravity Co., Ltd. Has announced their new multiplayer mobile online roleplaying game Tower of Ascension is now available for iOS in Korea and will be added to the app store in the West very soon. More information about its release will be revealed on Facebook and Twitter.