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Yearly Archives: 2014
Skies MMORPG Dedication Trailer
The Skies team discusses their dedication and willingness to overcome hardship in day 2 of their Kickstarter campaign.
World of Speed Toyota Supra Trailer
Speed through Little Tokyo in your own Toyota Supra in upcoming team racing mmo, World of Speed.
Star Trek Online Delta Rising Harry Kim Interview
Star Trek Online interviews Garrett Wong, the voice behind Delta Rising’s Harry Kim.
Elsword Evember Tribute Trailer
Remember the rise of the Nasod Queen with this special tribute trailer. And be sure to hop into Elsword for some sweet 3rd birthday events happening now!
Elsword Drabaki Raid Boss Reveal
The most terrifying foe ever has appeared in Elsword. Team up with 11 other heroes as you journey into the heart of darkness to face Drabaki.
SMITE: New god ‘Ao Kuang’ Revealed
Hi-Rez Studios has just recently revealed their newest god for their god-based MOBA title:
Regal and powerful, the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea commands storms and tides with the flick of a claw, and now Ao Kuang is the 60th god on the SMITE roster.
With a command over dragons and water, Ao Kuang’s abilities primarily use both to his advantage. His Dragon’s Call ability summons six dragons to his side, where for every successful basic attack Ao Kuang makes, a dragon will dive to the target dealing scaleable damage.
With his King of the Eastern Seas ability, Ao Kuang selects a single target in melee range and grabs them, dealing damage and knocking them up into the air. If the target is under the health threshold, Ao Kuang will instead reveal his true form, becoming a Dragon and executing them. After transforming Ao Kuang remains in the air, and may then pick a new location to land, dealing damage to enemies within range 20, and fully recharging his passive ability, King’s Sword.
For more info, visit http://www.hirezstudios.com/smite
League of Legends: New Summoner’s Rift Map Now Live
Riot Games has announced today that the new, updated Summoner’s Rift map is now live and playable in all game modes, including Ranked, Normal and Custom queues. This open beta update aims to change the way the game is played by improving clarity and focus with a strong emphasis on the gameplay.
Riot Games co-founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill have also written a letter to the community, celebrating the redesigned Summoner’s Rift. The letter can be viewed here.
For more information on the new Summoners Rift check out this special mini site.
Black Gold Online: New expansion release date announced
Snail Games announced today the release date of the upcoming expansion to Black Gold Online, named “Bloodied Tides”. The update will go live as a free DLC on November 24th. The new content will include:
- Increased level cap and new maps
- Two added races: Upyrian Vampires and Aurek Brutes
- A new class: the Brawler
- Aquatic Battle Carriers and Naval Warfare
- Adjustments to monetization system to remove payments for Time Vials
- New underwater dungeons and added Instances
- New Equipment engraving system
- Added 3 vs 3 Battle Arena
For more details, visit http://bg.snailgame.
Guild Wars 2 to Launch Major Updates to PvP
ArenaNet, developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, today announced that it will be releasing significant updates to player vs. player (PvP) mode in Guild Wars 2. The studio is adding and overhauling game features in the MMO that are meant to pave the way for more high-level competitive play. That includes big upgrades to areas such as matchmaking, player ranking systems and map selection, giving players more opportunities to find level opponents and hone their skills. The updates are slated for release on December 2.
The release marks one of two major milestones in early December for ArenaNet and how it’s embracing the increasingly popular competitive play modes in Guild Wars 2. On December 5, ArenaNet and KongZhong, publisher of Guild Wars 2 in China, will host the inaugural World Tournament Series (WTS) Championships in Beijing. Top teams from North America, Europe and China will vie for $50,000 USD in prizes during the live event, which is being televised on Chinese video game network GTV and livestreamed globally on Twitch. Fans around the world will watch the first-ever Guild Wars 2 global PvP champions crowned in the same week that they’re given better-than-ever building blocks to try their own hand at becoming high-level competitors.
One of the biggest building blocks they’ll get is an overhaul to the matchmaking algorithm. When the updates launch in December, PvP matchmaking in Guild Wars 2 will use Glicko2 ratings, a widely accepted player skill evaluation method, in addition to other factors such as player rank and team party size. The updates also introduce a dishonor system, where behavior such as quitting matches mid-stream will affect a player’s rating. With these changes affecting leaderboards, ArenaNet will launch a new Ladder Formula and conduct a test season in mid-December, an exercise that could be a step towards organized league play. Other big changes coming with the update include new PvP modes that encourage practice skirmishes, such as an unranked “Practice” mode where players can hot-join to quickly sharpen their skills.
ArenaNet is publishing a series of blog posts starting today through the end of this week detailing each PvP update as well as outlining the upcoming Ladder Formula Test Season at www.guildwars2.com.
In today’s announcement blog post, John Corpening, Associate Game Director on Guild Wars 2 at ArenaNet, said: “We are very excited to bring you all of these updates to PvP because they further enhance the experience and commitment to competitive gaming that makes Guild Wars 2 stand out among MMOs.”
“This year we worked with our community to bring you the ‘Tournament of Legends’ as a path to Legendary weapons, the ‘Tournament of Glory’ to earn unique skins through skill based play in PvP, the ESL GO4 tournaments where players can earn weekly cash prizes and an even bigger monthly cash prizes, and the World Tournament Series, where the very best players of each region can become legends on the international stage,” Corpening continued.
Announced in August of this year, the WTS is the first cash-prize tournament for Guild Wars 2, with $150,000 at stake over the course of three championship tournaments planned for 2014-2015 in China, North America and Europe. The event in Beijing represents the first championships and is the culmination of months of competition that began with an open tournament inviting all players. The field was whittled down to four finalists after WTS Invitational Qualifiers in October – two teams from the host region China and one team each from North America and Europe.
Details for the 2014 Guild Wars 2 WTS Championships in Beijing are as follows:
December 5, 2014
- 1:00 a.m. PST / 9:00 a.m. UTC / 5:00 p.m. China Standard Time
Finalists
- North America: The Abjured – Phantagram, Wakkey, Magic Toker, Ostrich Eggs, Five Gauge
- Europe: The Civilized Gentlemen – Helseth, Tage, Sizer, ROM, Denshee
- China: Team Prime – Fuctin, Maw, Red, Elf, Dong Cheng
- China: Team SALA – Nocturne, November, Honeyzz, Crazythree, Jiazi
Livestream: www.twitch.tv/guildwars2
More information is available on ArenaNet’s official page for the World Tournament Series at: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/



