Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ancestory

Ancestory is a 3D turn-based CCG being developed by Kajak Games where players will build their own deck of cards and wage war with opponents over totems in 1v1 matches. Battles will be waged on the top of a giant golem with gorgeous visuals. Players will build their custom deck of cards before matches are fought which will be made up of tribesman that need summoned and spells that can be cast. Players can fight against AI opponents to hone their skills or dive headlong into online matchmaking, inviting their friends to play against them if they so choose.

Features:

Unique Concept: How many other CCGs let you fight against your opponents on a battlefield resting on top of a golem?

Strategical Choices: Will you freeze your enemy in place with a spell card or summon up a fierce warrior to do your bidding?

Grey Goo Tournament Series Kicks Off With $75K Worth of Prizes

 

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Grey Box, Six Foot, and developer Petroglyph have announced the Grey Goo® Tournament Series (GGTS), a set of competitive multiplayer events for their real-time strategy (RTS) game, Grey Goo. Three qualifying rounds throughout the fall will pit Grey Goo’s top players against one another, all leading up to a final showdown from Jan. 29-31, 2016 at PAX South, where Grey Goo launched earlier this year. Grey Box and Six Foot are putting up a pool of cash and prizes estimated at $75,000, including a free trip to PAX South for the qualifying participants.

The first qualifying event in the GGTS is planned for Sept. 26, with subsequent matches coming in October and November. The top four finalists from each qualifier – as well as eight separate wild cards – will receive an invitation to compete at the championship at PAX South, with travel and lodging provided by Grey Box and Six Foot. From each qualifying round to the final battle in San Antonio, the entirety of the GGTS will be live-streamed with full casting and commentary at www.twitch.tv/greygoogame .

To register for qualifying events or read the complete list of tournament rules, restrictions and requirements, please visit www.greygoo.com/ggts .

Project CARS Partners with ESL

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BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and Slightly Mad Studios are excited to announce the arrival of the official ESL online competition for Project CARS.

“When planning our Driver Network features around Multiplayer, Time Trials, Leaderboards, and Community Events we had a hope that the community were going to inspire healthy yet fierce competition amongst the players and a vision that one day this may be elevated to the professional scene.

You proved us right by immersing yourself in our regularly-rotating Community Events, by creating your own Online Leagues, and by pro teams participating in the ongoing SMS-R Driver Network Championship season.

Earlier in the year we attended Gamergy in Madrid to test how Project CARS would work as a live eSports event and we invited pro players from the scene to give their feedback. This was extremely promising and it helped us plan our second event at gamescom this year which was a huge success”. says Andy Tudor, Creative Director at Slightly Mad Studios.

Andy continues: “Therefore after the equal success of our PlayStation Plus European Cup tournament we are very pleased to announce that Bandai Namco Entertainment and Slightly Mad Studios have now teamed up with the Electronics Sports League to bring you legitimate, dedicated professional eSports within Project CARS.

The first step of this will start this Sunday on September 13th with the first of several online weekly competitions and then we head to the third live event at EGX in September hosted by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment UK. Players will be able to participate in multiplayer racing against each other, time trials, and Twitch-streamed finals, as well as experience live music, commentary, giveaways, and a few exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming Project CARS ON DEMAND content.

We’ll have more info and schedule of all online events available to play via ESL as well as the EGX show over at projectcarsgame.com in the coming weeks so stay tuned and we hope to see you both in Birmingham and online!”

Project Gorgon

Project Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG by ElderGame. It features an immersive experience that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery. It also features an ambitious skill based leveling system that bucks the current trend of pre-determined classes, thus allowing the player to combine skills in order to create a truly unique playing experience.

Features:

Find an Adventuree: Project: Gorgon heavily rewards exploration. Go poke in corners and see what you find! Entire dungeons, hidden NPCs, all kinds of items, even entire skills and abilities… all waiting for you to discover.

Immersive Game Mechanics: Put yourself out of fire by jumping into a lake, inscribe messages on items for other players to read and more immersive game mechanics to make players feel one with the game.

Unique Combat: Combat features free-form attacks andplayers can can learn as many combat skills as you want.

Neverwinter: Elemental Evil Now Available on Xbox One

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Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of free-to-play MMORPGs, and Cryptic Studios announced four free expansions* for Neverwinter – Elemental Evil, Fury of the Feywild, Shadowmantle and Curse of Icewind Dale – are now available on Xbox One. With over 2 million players since launch, Neverwinter continues to lead the charge as the top free-to-play title on Xbox One in 2015.

The newest of four expansions, titled Neverwinter: Elemental Evil, brings an increase to level cap, the Oathbound Paladin playable class and new adventure zones. Adventurers also gain access to four endgame campaigns and additional in-game dungeons for veteran Xbox One players looking to collect more loot as they adventure through the Forgotten Realms. In addition to new content, this update continues to bring quality-of-life improvements to the constantly evolving MMORPG. The full list additions include:

  • Level cap increase from 60 to 70
  • Oathbound Paladin playable class with two paragon paths – Oath of Devotion and Oath of Protection
  • Eight new adventure zones
  • Open world player versus player combat in iconic Icewind Dale
  • Four endgame campaigns taking players to areas including Sharandar and Dread Ring
  • Two dungeons where adventurers fight against King Malabog and Valindra Shadowmantle
  • Minsc & Boo join adventurers in the fight against the Cults of Elemental Evil
  • Three new epic skirmishes
  • Increase in companion quality cap from epic to legendary
  • Maximum level increase for all professions

“We’re thrilled to bring Elemental Evil to Neverwinter’s Xbox One community of over 2 million players.” said Rob Overmeyer, executive producer. “With six expansions’ worth of free content released since launch, our team continues to support Neverwinter and its players with all new locations along and outside of the Sword Coast filled with challenging dungeons to crawl and wicked monsters to battle. We’re excited to continue our support with the Strongholds expansion in 2015.”