The second class for ADD’s second job path, Mastermind, is showcased. Play him now in Elsword!
Yearly Archives: 2014
Elite Dangerous Beta 3 Trailer
Elite Dangerous continues to push further into the unknown with constant content and feature updates fleshing out the beta.
Company of Heroes 2 Launches Free Observer Mode and Mod Tools
SEGA and Relic Entertainment are launching a brand new update for the award-winning real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2™ adding two new community features to the game – Observer Mode and Mod Tools. The update will go live on STEAM at 2PM PST.
Observer Mode allows players to sync up and watch live multiplayer matches as they unfold. The feature will let them view games from a variety of different angles, at different speeds and player perspectives and grants access to live data that was previously inaccessible. It provides viewers the opportunity to analyze strategies and learn from the best players in the world. Players can also broadcast their feed through our integrated Twitch interface and showcase their skills to a broader audience.
Observer Mode features include:
Hundreds of viewers
- More than 500 concurrent viewers per live match
- Ability to scale up to tens of thousands for special events
Customized UI
- Ability to turn off UI for cinematic mode
- Information is easily displayed to quickly find the right match
Customized settings
- Live-casting permission can be turned on or off
- Delay slider (0 to 15 minutes)
- Password option to bypass delay
Data displayed
- Units
- Production
- Commander Trees, Commander abilities and cooldowns
- Resources
Observing as a party
- You can invite other users to the party
- Helps to keep casting teams together and in synch
Mod Tools are an eagerly awaited addition to Company of Heroes 2’s roster of community centric features and will equip the modding community with even more opportunities to create their own custom content. Allowing players to modify existing content to refine the game experience and giving them options to establish their own win conditions and game rules will ultimately create even more and diverse content available for everyone to enjoy.
Mod Tool features include:
- Attribute Editor
- Mod Builder
- Archive Viewer
- Tuning Packs
- Win Condition Packs
For more information, please see www.companyofheroes.com.
Endless Legend: Shades of Alteration” Halloween Event Available
Veteran publisher Iceberg Interactive and award-winning developer Amplitude Studios are showing their spirit today by giving Endless Legend fans their first set of modding tools plus an all new Halloween-themed quest. The highly popular 4X fantasy-strategy game that resonated with fans and critics this September on Steam will now offer powerful modding tools enabling gamers to add new faction traits, technology, city improvements, items, skills, and more, plus an all new Halloween-inspired quest: “A Tale from the Dark Season.” The quest will unlock a special Halloween prize for the players that complete it.
“Our fans are the best, and we want to reward them with a modding tool that gives them the freedom to customize the game to their liking,” said Romain de Waubert, Creative Director at Amplitude Studios. “This is our special Halloween gift to the community – Trick and Treat!”
The new modding tools include the ability to:
- Add a new faction trait
- Add a new technology
- Add a new city improvement
- Add a new item
- Add a new skill
- Change a resource
- Add a new quest
- Add or change text
- Add or change 2D assets
Following 2012’s seminal Endless Space, Endless Legend is Amplitude Studios’ terrain-centric take on the 4X fantasy-strategy genre. Replete with stunning graphics and innovative design, the dynamic French studio has created a unique fantasy game in their science fiction-style Endless universe. Players will have the ability to pick one of eight beautifully crafted factions, thrust heroes into tactical battles and strategically exploit the map terrain, develop technological and political power, and conquer the planet through diplomatic or military means.
For more info, visit http://www.amplitude-studios.com/
SMITE Nox Goddess Reveal
SMITE introduces Nox, Goddess of Night, a controlling new status effect mage.
Elsword launches Add’s Job Class ‘Mastermind’
KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announces the ability for players to advance Add, the 9th playable character, to the next 2nd Job Class: Mastermind.
As Add’s power and mastery over Nasod technology has grown, so has the strength and tenacity of his enemies. Unnerved at the growing threat, Add decides to destroy the limitations of the Arc Tracers Job class and become… Mastermind.
Mastery is imminent for Elsword’s mad genius. As his enemies get stronger and stronger, Add is driven to make his Dynamos more like autonomous android Nasods; acting according to his every wish. After searching the Altera Core and Feita, he finds just what he needs to expand and fully control his weaponry.
Dynamo Factory Expansion
Add’s Mastermind technology allows him to summon and control more advanced fighting drones with ease. In addition to a battery of new technically charged attacks, new Dynamo Configuration skills bring more tactical assault methods and delayed explosions, while the Install special active skills now include persistent ranged damage, targeted intercepts and an onslaughts of rapid-attack plasma beams.
At level 35, players can choose either to complete the in-game quest or purchase the 2nd Job Change Item from the shop to unlock Add’s new 2nd Job, Mastermind. As Mastermind, Add masters the very nature of Nasod technology and greatly enhances his Dynamo weapon to envelope this newfound power.
For more info, visit www.elsword.com
Planet Calypso: Halloween Mayhem 2014 Now Available
Planet Calypso AB, operator of the longest established planet in the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE), announced today that once again players can fight their way through hordes of undead as they compete for prizes in this year’s Halloween event.
As All Hallows’ Eve begins, colonists on Calypso can enter an eerie haunted graveyard and encounter two spine-chilling creatures and two terrifying bosses. While there players will be able to find special loot, including Halloween Candy Boxes and more! In this Mayhem style event they will hunt in one of five different solo instances and score points by looting Halloween Pumpkins. The various Halloween Pumpkins are distributed in relation to creature difficulty (rebalanced based on feedback from last year’s event), so that hunters of all levels can compete.
The Halloween Mayhem mission NPC, Mr. Pumpkin, is located in Nymphtown and will become active once the event begins on Friday, October 31, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time and ends on Monday at the same time. There will be five instance levels available, ranging from 1 to 5. Players should speak to Mr. Pumpkin and choose the entrance that suits their current hunting skills and gear to enter the event. For a complete set of rules please go to the Planet Calypso home page or go directly to: http://www.planetcalypso.com/events/halloween2014/index.xml.
Ragnarok Valkyrie Uprising: Path of Heroes Gets Mercenary Pet Update
WarpPortal, known for publishing the online and mobile titles for the Ragnarok Online Franchise, has a new update for ROVU: Path of Heroes.
Building on the mercenary game play elements, we’ve decided they could do more! Mercenary Pets now have more bag slots than your average pet, and can assist your character in their everyday questing – not just battle dungeons! With exciting in-game events and community contests on Facebook, Ragnarok Online: Path of Heroes is the path most taken – to adventure!
Camelot Unchained Gets E.A.R.S. and Announces Next Stretch Goal
Camelot Unchained has hit its last major stretch goal, and is now setting sights on its next stretch goal for supporters.
E.A.R.S. (Engraving and Reaction System) is now funded as a stretch goal, granting a more in-depth system for combatants and crafters with visual cues as they do their work.
The new goal is an audio stretch goal, looking to add new sounds and effects to the game. Adding another $150,000 to the goals will allow City State Entertainment to hire a sound engineer to deliver AAA+ quality audio for the game and license the Audiokinetic Wwise engine.
Passing this stretch goal will put the team at $3 million raised for the game, and will earn a set of rewards for all current backers.
To illustrate the point as to why the team is pushing for this goal, CSE released this video:
AD2460
AD2460 is a free to play browser-based MMO developed by Fifth Season that combines a science fiction setting with strategical gameplay. In AD2460 you can experience a futuristic world that has become intent on gathering as many resources within the universe as possible. You will be able to assume control of your own homeworld, developing it in a variety of ways so you can further your power and your efficiency at collecting resources. Other players will be encountered throughout the game and you will need to decide whether or not you’d like to work with each other to protect your common interests. In AD2460 don’t merely take the resources of the universe, conquer it!
Features:
Fleet Management: Fully customizable fleets of ships give a full range of possibilities in battles. Capital ships are the basis of all battles, and there are many types to develop in AD2460 within the three technology types. Capital ships also carry fighter squadrons with them, and you can select what types of ships to fill your fleet with, giving a wealth of freedom to set up your ideal fleet.
Mission System: Go on missions against AI players so you can get used to how the game works before you start taking on some real competition.
Cooperate With Others: AD2460 provides a unique system of interaction between players, and a functional system for working together in alliances, where players work together towards common goals, share wealth and take on group challenges in order to enrich the alliance both with resources and technologies. The game also provides an alliance with ways to improve the alliance itself, giving permanent bonuses to all alliance members.
Homeworld Development: Develop your outposts as best you can. These are the mining stations on worlds with a rich supply of resources. From here, raw materials are sent back to your homeworld where you can make use of them in your research, or production. These outposts are your key assets to help you grow, but they need to be defended. If left unguarded, they will surely fall into the hands of others. This is when you will need to start working together with the other players in the game.





