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Yearly Archives: 2015
Neverwinter: Elemental Evil – Xbox One Gameplay Trailer
Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil will be available on September 8 for Xbox One, including four expansions: Fury of the Feywild, Shadowmantle, Curse of Icewind Dale and Elemental Evil.
Company of Heroes: Free Weekend now available
Ever wanted to try out Gamerankings’ highest rated RTS game of all time? Or ever fancied trying out its sequel, the most comprehensive WWII real-time-strategy game ever made? Well from today at 6pm, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes 2 and all their associated expansion packs will be available to play on Steam for free until Monday 31st August at 6pm BST.
The Company of Heroes franchise free weekend ushers in Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces which is launching on September 3rd and is available to pre-order now with a 10% discount for new players and a 20% discount for anyone who owns any previous Company of Heroes product on Steam. This standalone multiplayer expansion does not require owning any other Company of Heroes 2 entry to play and features a whole host of exciting new content including: 15 new units, up to 6 new commanders and 8 all new multiplayer maps.
Last but not least, a Limited Free Trial for the British Forces will be run from Monday August 31st 10am PST/6pm BST/7pm CET to Wednesday September 2nd 2pm PST/10pm BST/ 11pm CET. Up to 55,000 free keys for this Limited Free Trial will be distributed through press partners starting Sunday August 30th; and anyone who pre-ordered the game will also be automatically granted access to it.
For more info, visit http://www.companyofheroes.com
Drakensang: Rise of Balor Now Available
The greatest adventure in the history of Drakensang Online has begun! Bigpoint, one of the world’s leading developers and publishers of online games, has launched the largest expansion for their successful hack’n’slash MMORPG since the original release of the game. The add-on “Rise of Balor” brings many exciting quests to the world of Dracania. Travelling the dark jungles of the continent Lor’Tac, players explore 16 brand-new maps and battle one of the most powerful bosses, Balor himself. Bigpoint also announced that the game’s community now consists of more than 30 Million registered users, which makes Drakensang Online one of the most successful hack’n’slash titles in the world.
Bigpoint raised the level cap in order to provide experienced players with new challenges. The heart of Drakensang Online—the character skill system—has been completely revised and converted to a skill and talent mastery system for all four character classes. Players can choose freely how to distribute talent points, which can also be reorganized to try out different builds and play styles.
Another new feature of the game enables certain types of monsters and bosses to use powers determined randomly from a list of possibilities. These powers range from poison, cold attacks, fire attacks, and casting buffs on other monsters nearby. Because high-level players often visit maps multiple times, these random enchantments allow monsters to behave in new and unpredictable ways. This leads to an increased replay value and more long-term motivation for advanced heroes.
Features:
- New continent Lor’Tac with 16 maps, some of which evolve as players proceed on their journey (Map overview)
- Completely redesigned skill system that brings brand-new high-level skills and allows players to freely distribute and reorganize talent points (details about the new skill system)
- Raised level cap to 50 (previously 45)
- New challenging quests, monsters and bosses, among them a living, breathing dragon!
- Great improvements in game design: new A.I. behavior, new character lighting system (“hero light”), map local events to create a more immersive feeling, better item creation tools for faster implementation of new items and weapons
- New item sets and loot for advanced players
- Adjustments to existing content, including improved zone graphics, balancing, and much more …
“We are thrilled to finally open the doors to Lor’Tac for all players. We started working on this expansion ten months ago and are now happy to bring ‘Rise of Balor’ to the servers. This marks the first of several important milestones which will greatly improve and change Drakensang,” says Jason Durall, Lead Game Designer at Bigpoint Berlin. “In the past few years, the game has been constantly evolving, not only in regards to new content but also in terms of graphics, fair monetization, and improved gameplay—and we have much more in store for players in the near future.”
For more info, visit http://www.drakensang.com/
Dragomon Hunter – Classes Showcase
Dragomon Hunter introduces its four character classes. Learn more about these classes here.
ARK: Free Weekend Now Available
Studio Wildcard announced today that ARK: Survival Evolved is now having a Free Weekend on Steam, starting at 10 am PST today, Thursday, August 27, through 1 pm PST, Sunday, August 30. The open-world dinosaur adventure game is freely available to everyone for this limited time to jump in and start exploring the massive island. Additionally, ARK will also be updated on Friday, August 28, with DirectX 12 support for Windows 10 to deliver improved gameplay performance.
Throughout this Free Weekend there will be hundreds of new Official Servers featuring a one-time-only “Extinction Event” Meteor Impact, and special items to find randomly in Supply Crates. When you take these “Strange Artifacts” out of the crate it will have a Steam code on it, redeemable for 50% off of ARK: Survival Evolved, or in some cases a free copy of ARK: Survival Evolved. But beware!! If someone kills you, then they can take the code away and use it for themselves.
At 6 am EST on Saturday, August 29, participation is open in the “Unnatural Selection” tournament to battle in 4-player tribes against hundreds of other players for a chance to ride the Dragon and earn cash prizes! This limited-time ‘ARK Survival of the Fittest’ competition features contestants dramatically descending from the sky onto the ARK in a circular formation via beams of light. There is a cache of valuable items in the center — do survivors dash for the goods and fight it out, do they run into the forest and an d hide, or do they freeze up from the sheer terror of death? A continually shrinking “ring of death” forces contestants ever closer together over time. The game is on — who will tame the Dragon and bend it to their will?
The “Unnatural Selection” tournament runs from 6 am EST, Saturday, August 29 through 11 pm EST, Monday, August 31, with 24/7 open Preliminary Matches on three 100-player Official Servers. The battle will last for 2.5 hours each and the winning tribes will advance to a Pre-Championship Tournament set to take place at 10 am, Tuesday, September 1, where contestants will again duke it out until we are down to the final 36 Tribes who will get placed into an epic 144-player Championship Match set to take place at 2:30 pm EST and will be streamed on our SurvivetheARK Twitch Chan nel. The massive Championship battle will take place over the course of 4.5 hours and survivors will compete to win:
- Championship First Place Winning Team receives: $20,000 split 4 ways
- Championship Second Place Winning Team Receives: $10,000 split 4 ways
- Championship Third Place Winning Team Receives: $4,000 split 4 ways
- All 144 Players who make it into the Championship Match get a $100 Steam Gift Card!
This Survival of the Fittest tournament features distinct updates, most noticeably six new world changing Evolution Events and a first appearance by the Dragon! Midway through the match, the Dragon becomes available for taming at the central platform. Beware as he can only be ridden for a short time before he turns on his master! Furthermore, the dragon will reappear during extended sudden death to eliminate all remaining survivors if they are not sufficiently murdering each other!
For more info, visit www.playark.com
Otherland: Available for Steam Early Access on 10/9/2015
DRAGO Entertainment announces a new date for the Early Access Launch of the Unreal-powered Client Action MMORPG Otherland. Previously scheduled for the end of August, the development team is addressing community feedback to provide EU and US based servers at launch and using the additional time to enhance the game further. After two CBTs, Early Access is the final step in the journey towards full release in the beginning of 2016.
“After so many years in development, we figured a few more days could not hurt”, comments Lucjan Mikociak, CEO of DRAGO Entertainment, jokingly. “Seriously, though: we just need a bit more time to ensure a smooth Early Access launch, especially since we are now providing both US and EU based servers at launch – a feature requested many times by our growing community.”
Despite being in Early Access, Otherland is probably one of the most advanced titles on the service, a far cry from the Pre-Alpha Versions often put up for sale. Most of its unique features – starting with the eDNA System that allows users to “collect and clone” items and NPCs, down to Player Housing and PVP systems – have been fully implemented and there is a ton of content available at launch – with more to come on a regular basis.
To prove this point and to apologize to the community for the delay, DRAGO releases brand new screenshots and a “Feature Video” focusing on the Multiverse. Producer Erik Simon will explain the story behind the worlds of Otherland and show some never-before-seen footage – including real gameplay.
About Otherland:
In the Unreal-powered Action MMORPG, based on the bestseller novels by Tadd Williams, players explore a series of virtual worlds, each with a completely unique look, but connected by an overarching storyline: The fantasy world “Eight Squared”, the cyber-punk inspired “Bad Sector”, the Asian “Five Isles” and the SciFi planet “Mars”. The “Lambda Mall” functions as the central hub for players to socialize, complete with bars, shops and personal player apartments. Thanks to its unique setting, Otherland features several innovations for MMOs, among them the eDNA of NPCs, Avatars and Items as well as the “USpace” (Player housing) and “ClanLand”-systems.
For more info, visit http://www.drago-entertainment.com/Otherland
Street Fighter V: R. Mika Reveal Trailer
Street Fighter V reveals the next character in its lineup: R. Mika.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Funding Successful
In less than 12 hours after launching, Larian Studios’ Kickstarter campaign for Divinity: Original Sin 2 has surpassed its goal!
While the team has been busy preparing for PAX (booth #6011), they wanted to take a moment to thank the backers who have made this possible:
“For RPG developers like us, it’s like a dream come true. You are allowing us to create deep, complex RPG experiences that we love to make and we’re so very grateful to all of you!”
An epic RPG with turn-based combat, Divinity: Original Sin 2 can be played as both a single-player and multiplayer game for up to four players with both cooperative and competitive questing.
Switch seamlessly between cooperative and competitive play throughout the entire story. Work together with your companions as one, persuade NPCs to thwart your opponents, and beware of backstabbing allies. Or, put your own goals above that of the party, and plan the moment you’ll betray them all. It’s up to you.
For more info, visit: http://www.
GW2 Heart of Thorns: New Elite Specialization Revealed
ArenaNet has announced the second Beta Weekend Event for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, and revealed the next elite specialization coming with the expansion which will be playable in the beta.
Meet the daredevil, the all-new elite specialization for the thief profession debuting in Heart of Thorns. The daredevil makes use of enhanced dodge-roll abilities, turning thieves into evasive death dealers that can dominate multiple enemies at a time with their enhanced mobility on the battlefield.
The daredevil will be among a number of recently revealed elite specializations that players can try in the next beta. ArenaNet has confirmed the next Beta Weekend Event for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will take place starting Friday, September 4 through Sunday, September 6, and will be available to all players who pre-purchase the expansion. In addition to elite specializations, this second beta gives players even more exciting new content to test as they prepare for the expansion’s release later this year. More information on what’s playable in the upcoming beta weekend can be found here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-second-beta-weekend-event-begins-september-4/
For those who want to know everything the daredevil is capable of before giving it a test run, ArenaNet game designer Karl McLain is publishing a blog post on the official Guild Wars 2 website here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/meet-the-daredevil-thiefs-elite-specialization/. McLain is also this week’s guest on Points of Interest airing Friday, August 28 at 12 p.m. PDT on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel (http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2), where he will demo the daredevil’s new abilities and give fans their first look in-game.
For more info, visit https://heartofthorns.guildwars2.com/en/





