Yearly Archives: 2014

Villagers and Heroes Halloween Events Now Live

Villagers and Heroes

Halloween has descended upon the Seven Realms in the form of a frightfully wondrous new event zone! Gather your swords and maces, staffs and bows, put on the most sturdy of your magical armor, and explore, at your own peril, the mysteries and pleasures of ‘Spooky Town.’ Here you will meet the grand dame of witchy goblins herself, Spooky Druda, a vile creature whose equally nightmarish band of four Incarnations , The Rat, The Wraith, The Bones, and The Ghoul, will, when summoned, challenge even the most formidable of game players and require more than a little savvy team collaboration. Players can join the event by signing up for Village and Heroes at http://www.villagersandheroes.com/play/.

Spooky Town provides endless opportunities for players of any level to reap vast rewards in all manner of different ways. For the adventurously inclined, this eerie zone of horrors is rife with challenging creatures who, when vanquished, drop a multitude of different treats – xp boosters, medallion extractors, gnogmentation sockets, talent potions, spirit and health regenerators, mass producers, and the list goes on. And for players with a penchant for crafting, put your tailoring, cooking, blacksmith , or carpentry skills to work by striking up deals with some of the wandering undead in exchange for these same treats. And all players alike will surely covet the elusive costumes found only in Spooky Town. Diligently acquire all of the needed pieces, and you, too, can soar as an ‘Angel of Royalty’, or cavort as a ‘Pumpkin Witch’, or perhaps even slink triumphantly about in our infamous ‘Dark Otter’ suit.

The Seven Realms delights in the festivities of Halloween, and offers, in addition to the many treats to be found in Spooky town, a wide array of fantastical costumes, exotic masks, and lively potions for our players to choose from. Want to be a Sugar Sweet Candy Witch, or an Angel of Death? Or maybe cloak yourself in our fiendish ‘Dullahan’ costume and play a few mischievous tricks on your friends? Whatever your tastes might be, we’ve got something for everyone.

The Seven Realms invites you to spend Halloween with us. You’ll not be disappointed!

For more info, visit http://www.villagersandheroes.com/

King of Wushu revealed at NGF 2014

King of Wushu

At the Nvidia Game Festival last week, Snail Games revealed its latest trailer for the upcoming martial arts-themed MOBA, King of Wushu. The video showcased the technical and graphical achievements of the game, including dynamic clothing and hair, fluid character movements, and diverse weather systems with realistic lighting, as well as a sneak peek into the game play. Please check out the trailer after the jump, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT2wDXXpan0

About King of Wushu

King of Wushu is Snail’s upcoming martial-arts themed MOBA developed with CryEngine. The game builds on experience of traditional fighting games by combining TPS perspective with fast-paced combat including aerial maneuvers, blocking, and dodging. It is planned to be a cross-platform MOBA, combining PC, Xbox One, mini-consoles and mobile into a single game server and creating a unique “Wuxia” martial arts experience spanning language and geographic barriers.

Full story: http://snailgamesusa.com/2014/10/snail-reveals-king-of-wushu-trailer-at-nvidia-game-festival-2014/

Warhammer 40k: Speical Alienware and Razer Promos

40k

This past month, Team Critical Hit has updated us with some of the things they’ve have been working on.

First and most importantly, they would like to welcome two new partners to their efforts. Team Critical Hit has teamed up with Alienware for an official partnership. You can find the details here:

https://www.eternalcrusade.com/promotions/AlienwareCampaign
http://www.alienwarearena.com

Team Critical Hit has also launched a marketing campaign with Razer based around their fantastic Razer Comms VOIP solution.
“We are happy to be one of the first companies to partner with Razer on their Razer Comms service which will bring full integrated voice into Eternal Crusade. You can read more about the service here:

http://www.razersupport.com/software/comms

As if these exciting new partnerships were not enough, we have also taken the time to put some new items into our Rogue Trader Store for players to spend their Founder Points on. Orks will be happy to see their Splash Burna, that’s for sure. You can check out the Rogue Trader at:

https://www.eternalcrusade.com/rogue-trader/

We hope you enjoy these new items and partnerships as we prepare to work through the winter to make this game a reality. If you have any questions, please reach out to us as we hope to continue more announcements each week. In fact, we have something special up our sleeves for this Friday, so stay tuned!”

For more info, visit https://www.eternalcrusade.com/

Albion Online: New Plans for Future Content Revealed

Albion

Sandbox MMO players had a whole month to dive in and explore the world of Albion Online in a recent closed alpha test. Based on extensive feedback from testers, developer Sandbox Interactive has released a Development Roadmap detailing new key features and content. Over the next six months, Albion Online fans can look forward to over 170 additions and improvements.

Farming

The world of Albion Online will soon be lush and alive with all sorts of plants and wildlife, which players can use to cultivate crops. The yield from these crops won’t only help players by providing buffs to their characters. It will also be required for crafting equipment: each building has its own dedicated NPC who can only put their best into their craft when they’ve had a good meal, provided by players! Another crucial component of agriculture in the game will be the rearing of livestock, including player mounts      

Neutral Siege Camps

During this recent alpha test, guilds who have no claimed territories for themselves could launch their assault on a rival from one of Albion Online’s castles. In order to make the progression into territory-based warfare even more dynamic, new neutral war camps will replace the castles. A guild must first fight their way to one of these war camps, located in dangerous PvP regions. Once the war camp is theirs, they can attack any neighboring territory at will.

Factions and Mobs

In the deep dark caverns beneath the world of Albion, dangerous monsters lurk, watching over the unimaginable treasures they have stockpiled over the years. Depending on their allegiance with several factions, players will be presented with special items and other rewards for defeating mobs. Additionally, player-mob interactions will be made more difficult, with more mobs in the world and diversified combat mechanics and mob variety. So that tactical combat and quick thinking are given precedence, mobs will now scale based on the number of players attacking them, making PvE combat a challenge, no matter how large the group of players.

For more info, visit https://forum.albiononline.com/index.php/Thread/5785-New-6-Months-Roadmap/?pageNo=1