Monthly Archives: July 2015

QuakeCon 2015 Official Tournament and QuakeCon Trials Lineup Announced

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QuakeCon brings together some of the greatest players in the world to compete in the Quake Live Tri-Master Tournament sponsored by Intel for $40,000 in prize money. These competitive action-filled matches will take place during QuakeCon from Thursday, July 23rd – Saturday, July 25th at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX, and will broadcast live daily on Twitch.tv/QuakeCon.

Additionally, QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to win their share of prizes in the QuakeCon Trails with daily drawings of $2,500 cash, a Ventrilo ‘Ultimate Power Up’ sweepstakes raffle ticket for a chance to win $10,000, and other prizes.

QUAKECON 2015 TOURNAMENT & TRIAL LINEUP:

Quake Live Tri-Master Tournaments Sponsored by Intel

The Quake Live Tri-Master Tournament will feature two competitions. The Swiss Triathlon Tournament will put players to the test in a triathlon comprised of Capture the Flag (CTF), Team Deathmatch (TDM), and Duel to determine which team will stake their claim as the one true Tri-Master Champion. Teams who come out on top will share a prize of $32,000. Following the Triathlon Tournament, one team member from each of the two top ranked teams will face off to claim an additional $8,000 and the title of Grand Master Champion.

QuakeCon Trials

Participants in this year’s QuakeCon trials will be competing for a plethora of prizes, including a daily cash prize of $2,500 and a chance at securing a Ventrilo ‘Ultimate Power Up’ sweepstakes raffle ticket. Each of the Ventrilo sweepstakes tickets gives attendees a chance at winning a $10,000 cash prize. The gameplay-related trials, including Wolfenstein: The Old Blood’s Challenge Modes, will be held in two separate events on Friday, July 24th and Saturday, July 25th from 10am – 5:30pm CT in the Exhibit Hall.

For all the official details on QuakeCon tournaments and trials, including rules, requirements, prize money distribution, pool of arenas and additional information, visit www.quakecon.org.

QuakeCon Exhibit Hall Hours:

Thursday, July 23rd: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Friday, July 24th: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, July 25th: 10:00am – 6:00pm

For more information on QuakeCon 2015, you can check out: www.quakecon.org.

Galaxy Heist

Galaxy Heist is a multiplayer space sim/FPS title by indie group Space Bear Development. Two teams of players group up on large flagships and have the ability to pilot the flagship, fire the turrets, and control the fighter drones that accompany the team’s flagship. When another flagship is disabled just take control of a turret and fire a tether over to the ship in order to board. Once boarded attacking players try to destroy the ship from the inside with dynamic First Person Shooter combat.

Star Trek Online: Season 10.5 Now Available

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Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios released Star Trek Online: Season 10.5, a new update to the sci-fi MMORPG that brings both gameplay improvements and additional narrative content. Following the launch of Season 10 – The Iconian War, the mid-season launch focuses on enhancements to the fleet system including the introduction of armadas – allowing a group of fleets to join forces and provide additional avenues for players to work together to gain new rewards.

 

Along with new gameplay features, the mid-season update continues the story of the Iconian War through a new featured episode – titled “Broken Circle” – starring voice acting from Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris) and Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), who continue their roles from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. This episode continues the monthly distribution of new Star Trek episodic content that focuses on a tale five years in the making. It is up to the captains of Star Trek Online to take the fight to one of the galaxy’s greatest foes in a desperate attempt to hold the line against their unstoppable assault.

 

More details for Star Trek Online: Season 10.5 can be found here.

Albion Online: Summer Alpha Content Update Introduces Deadlands

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After 2.5 weeks, Sandbox Interactive, developers of sandbox MMORPG Albion Online, have released some first stats about the currently running Summer Alpha 2015. With more than 15,000 players from roughly 150 countries, previous Alphas were hereby surpassed by far.

During the period, a lot of player feedback has been collected in order to improve the game, some of which has already been implemented directly.

 

Today, Sandbox Interactive have further released a new content patch, opening the so called “Deadlands” to players, which are brand new full PvP clusters. Next to the wicked and eerie landscape, players can find rare T7 and T8 resources and guilds have more than 20 new territories to conquer and claim for themselves. One of the dungeons in the Deadlands also hosts a new boss fight for players, where a group of up to 10 can take on the ferocious Demon Prince of Albion’s Morgana faction. Alongside him come two more additions to the strongest of Albion’s factions – the Demon Imps and the Demon Horrors.

 

Sandbox Interactive have announced that, with player participation at new heights, the content update shall provide new gameplay opportunities for more advanced adventurers of Albion Online’s players-driven sandbox world.

 

Interested players can still join the action of the Summer Alpha by becoming a Legendary or Epic Founder on the Albion Online website.

Skyforge Open Beta Begins Today

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Allods Team, Obsidian Entertainment, and My.com have kicked off the Open Beta for Skyforge, the highly anticipated and award-winning AAA sci-fi MMORPG with more than 1 million registrations. Today, players worldwide will be able to begin their rise from young immortals to powerful gods by downloading the game for free at www.sf.my.com.

 

 

In Skyforge, players will adventure across Aelion, a colorful world blended between fantasy and science fiction.  Equipped as any of the 13 classes which can be changed at any time, players will face off against an array of dangerous creatures and other immortals using the game’s unique dynamic combat system. Following the Skyforge Open Beta launch, the Allods Team, Obsidian Entertainment and My.com will continue to expand the gameplay experience with new levels, classes, regions, missions and a variety of new endgame features and game modes.

 

“Over the last 6 months we’ve worked closely with our community over the course multiple closed beta tests to gather important feedback we’ve used to refine Skyforge’s gameplay experience,” said Eric DeMilt, Producer, Obsidian Entertainment. “From balance improvements and server and performance optimization to bug fixing and gameplay direction, we’ve made thousands of changes and cannot wait for PC gamers around the world to get their hands-on Skyforge in the Open Beta.”

 

My.com has also released the new Skyforge Collector’s Packs giving players the chance to purchase a bundle of items, credits and in-game bonsues to kick start their journey on Aelion. The Skyforge Starter Pack and Wardens of the Wasteland Pack can can be purchased at: http://sf.my.com/us/collectors-edition

The Legend Continues in Chapter 2 of Dragon Blaze

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You’ve traveled through all of Dragon’s Landing and come face-to-face with the dragon king Deathcrown, but the adventure isn’t over. Unfold a new story in Dragon Blaze’s Chapter 2 update and trek into the Forgotten Core to help the Quinque Draco restore peace and protection in the world. Starting July 21, 2015, Dragon Blaze players can discover new characters, explore an unfamiliar map, and benefit from other system enhancements:

  • Forgotten Core Map: Take on new challenges in 5 regions with 45 never-before-seen stages.
  • Increased Ally Slots and Character Level: Increase your potential with 70 maximum ally slots (up from 60), and a maximum level of 60 (up from 55).
  • Phoenix of the Flames Raid Boss: Attempt to defeat the newest raid boss, a fearsome flame-enveloped phoenix.
  • Elite Allies: Add members of the Quinque Draco, the strongest allies in the game, to your team:
  • Draco Deathcrown: The leader of the Quinque Draco, born to become the king of the living and the dead. Reduces the enemy’s ATK when using a normal attack.
  • Draco Bloodwind: A beloved High Elf who wields the magnificent Starfury. Unleashes an explosive attack when using a normal attack.
  • Draco Blackaria: Her instrument can play the melody of life and death, while her pet tiger fights to protect her. Recovers the HP of allies when using a normal attack.
  • Draco Brightspark: Armed with Yggdrasil’s Soul. Inflicts damage over the area and casts the Emblem of Demise for her normal attack.
  • Draco Greysoul: Wielding the Soul Sword, he can cut through even the souls of the living. Removes 1 positive buff from the enemy when using a normal attack.
  • Deify System: Upgrade and transform an ally into a member of the Quinque Draco through a new enhancement feature.

Developed by FLINT, Dragon Blaze was launched on Korea’s KakoTalk platform in February 2014, and made its way to a global audience outside of Korea in May 2015. The global version has been downloaded over 4 million times since its launch in May, and has topped the highest grossing games chart on Google Play.

Now through July 21, players can sign up for the Dragon Blaze Chapter 2 update pre-registration event to receive a free SS premium ally card: http://smarturl.it/DBS2_PreReg_PR

NEStalgia

NEStalgia is a retro MMORPG developed by Silk Games. Inspired by the glory days of traditional console RPGs, NEStalgia is essentially “Dragon Warrior 3 meets World of Warcraft” as an amalgam of the best generations of RPG gaming.

Features:

Close Community: Play on small scale servers with a friendly and close-knit community of players. Enjoy co-op PvE and balanced competitive PvP with regularly hosted tournaments.

Free Updates & Expansions: Purchasing NEStalgia guarantees full access to all future updates content expansions at no additional charge.

Low-end PC support: NEStalgia can be installed and played on almost any Windows PC with an internet connection, including netbooks.