Monthly Archives: December 2015

Gigantic Developer Motiga Confirms Layoffs and Delay

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In a company blog post, Motiga – developers of Gigantic – announced that there have been layoffs recently. Gigantic’s release has also been postponed into 2016, though no specific target has been set.

. . . it is clear that we need to move the launch window for Gigantic into 2016.

Unfortunately this change in schedule has meant Motiga had to make some difficult decisions this week. As a pre-revenue startup, our resources are finite. Stretching Gigantic development milestones over more time requires that we stretch those resources in the same fashion. As a result, today Motiga has had to lay off 16 employees at the studio. All impacted employees are receiving severances and job placement assistance.

Elsword Season 2 Prelude Stream Reveals Exciting Details

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Elsword‘s Moshup and Crow hosted a Friday livestream focused on the Prelude to Season 2, and revealed some new details about the updates coming.

“Season Two” is a name that reflects a major new update series for Elsword, much like an expansion. It reflects not on the PvP season but on the game entirely, and promises new tutorials, reworks, and more.

The first characters to be revamped will be Rena and Elsword, and the team points out that the character rework order may not be the same as the Korean version as plans change and alter as they change over. Crow and Mosh also confirmed that revamps will involve multiple aspects including skills, skill trees, and more.

Elsword in North America is getting English voiceovers. Players will have a choice of English voices and original Korean voices.

The new tutorial and character experience will grant a more immersive storyline for each character, allowing players to learn the backstory of their characters.

The next KOG Tourney will begin on December 18 as a Rena and Elsword only tournament, as part of the Season 2 update.