While we went into pretty great depths of the overall mechanics of Age of Wonders 3 in last week’s Early Access preview, you can’t beat the developers when it comes to describing their own systems. And thankfully that’s exactly what they’ve done in a detailed look at the complicated aspects that make up the hexagonal turn-based tactics combat.

The full post goes over everything from action points to area of control, engaging, retreating, ranged limitations, defense, and special abilities. With plenty of new screenshots to clarify each action, it’s worth a read for anyone excited about next month’s launch of this fantasy empire builder.

A recent post from Trion Worlds teases plans that the hype train is preparing to leave station for their partnered publishing with XLGames for sandbox MMORPG, ArcheAge! The post discusses a recent visit to Seoul by Trion to check up on updates that may or may not be brought overseas for the North American localized version of the game.

Highlights of the post mention new demos happening for press attending the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month. This coincides with news of a newly hired community manager and official western forums with plenty more regular news updates to follow.

Also for those not aware of this already, they want to emphasize you can be sky pirates, joining together with a small band of friends to raid lightly defended caravans from the air utilizing their fast and fun air gliders. Now they’re speaking our language!

Read the full details on the official blog post.

TERA‘s latest patch, 25.05, launched quietly last week but with some major changes inside.

The patch included the introduction of six solo dungeons to leveling zones with multiple completion routes and short cooldown timers, along with BoP weapon smart box drops in Wonderholme and new inventory filters. Additional changes were made to Champions’ Skyring and Kumasylum, the Hands of Velika faction, Avatar weapons, and more.

You can read the full patch notes here.

Electronic Sports League (ESL) and Nival have partnered to offer cash prizes to the fiercest competitors of a 13-week long game tournament starting March 2nd, the Go4 Prime World Series. Every Sunday during the tournament, Prime World players can compete to win weekly cash prizes of $100 USD with additional monthly cash prizes of $1,000 USD.

Here’s what Prime World teams can look forward to:

• Every Sunday during the tournament period, the Weekly Cup winning team will be awarded $100.
• In addition, each Sunday the top 32 teams will receive points towards placement to qualify for the Monthly Finals.
• At the beginning of each month, top teams will compete in the Monthly Final Cup with a $1,000 total prize pot, which will be split between the top 2 teams.

For more information on the series and to sign up for the competition, please visit the Go4 Prime World ESL play page at http://www.esl.eu/eu/primeworld/go4primeworld/news/237410/

The team behind The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot has posted a new update today, taking a look at the end of closed beta as well as the road map for the future.

Today marks the last day of the game’s closed beta, which has included the introduction of a new Defense Mode, Lootable Mines, Hero Progression, and the plans for the game’s monetization. As a reward, all alpha and closed beta testers will receive an exclusive pet, Nuggles; an exclusive costume, the Chicken Hat; and an exclusive profile picture.

Meanwhile, the developers are placing two new items on the game’s roadmap as open beta draws near: crafting and chapters. Crafting will be intended to be a loot-and-create system that may include bonuses for heroes, dyes, and more. Chapters, on the other hand, will begin telling the story of Opulencia. The prelude is being written, and chapters will soon commence. Each chapter will be a limited time event that gives players individual and common goals while revealing more of the Story of Opulencia.

You can read the full developer update here.