NCSOFT® and ArenaNet™, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, have today announced that Stronghold, the new player versus player (PvP) mode coming to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, will be playable in the live game for all current Guild Wars 2 players in North America and Europe as part of an upcoming public beta test. Starting on Tuesday, 14th April at 21:00 CEST (20:00 BST) and running for 24-hours, all players in the West with Guild Wars 2 accounts will have the option to try Stronghold and put their skills to the test in this exciting new competitive mode that blends deep strategy, role-based play and immersive story elements into PvP. Stronghold was unveiled earlier this year as one of the key features coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, ArenaNet’s upcoming expansion to Guild Wars 2.

To invite everyone to join in the excitement, ArenaNet is marking this first public beta test for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with a series of livestream specials on Twitch that include fierce matches featuring developers and special guests. The studio is also enticing new players to join by launching a massive sale on Guild Wars 2 with a 75 percent discount on the game. The sale starts at 19:00 CEST (18:00 BST) tomorrow, Friday 10th April, and runs until 08:59 CEST (07:59 BST) on Monday, 14th April. During this time, the game’s Standard Edition will be €9.99/£8.75 and the Digital Deluxe edition will be €14.99/£12.49 when purchased at buy.guildwars2.com.

During this 24-hour public beta, Stronghold will be the only mode available to all players in Unranked Arena, while the game’s traditional Conquest PvP mode will still be available in Ranked Arena. The revenant profession, the new playable class coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, will not be available in this beta test. Players will instead be able to beta test the new mode using any character tied to their account.

For more info, visit https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-stronghold-pvp-public-beta-is-coming/

Freestyle2: Street Basketball, successor to the world’s first full-featured online street basketball game, delivers all the excitement, grit, and style of urban pickup basketball. Team up with other players around the globe in 3-on-3 matches, or take on your biggest rivals one-on-one. Come strong or don’t come at all!

Freestyle2 allows players to completely customize their characters and develop signature freestyle moves. Unlock authentic basketball skills and combine them in unlimited ways to develop a character that is uniquely you. Use the Tutorial and Training modes to sharpen your skills, then take on other real-world players or the AI in one-on-one or 3-on-3 pickup games. Form a crew to take on other crews and compete in tournaments for cool prizes and loads of street cred.

Steam player Fowl says, “This is one of the most competitive games in the world,” and Dudi adds, “[Freestyle2 is] just where amazing happens…. And you and your team are making it happen.”

Freestyle2 Key features include:

1. Multiple playable positions: Center, Power Forward, Small Forward, Shooting Guard, and Point Guard
2. Skills: Create and own a play style with over 30 moving, shooting, and passing skills
   Tournament & Crew: Team up with your crewmates and win the Tournament to get a chance at winning great prizes
3. Customizable characters: choose from a wide range of outfits, hairstyles, shoes, and accessories that make YOUR definition of street
4. Tutorial & Training: Exclusive tutorials show how to execute each and every skill in the game
   Daily Quests and Missions
5. In-game achievements
6. Active Environment System: AI and environments respond according to players’ actions
7. ASA System: Allows user to track very detailed statistics of their play style
8. BGM: Original hip-hop sound track that gives users a genuine street basketball feel
9. Card System: obtain in-game cards and boost a character’s attributes
10. Challenge Mode: Challenge AI’s in Rebound, Diving Catch, Block, and Jump Shot on different levels and make it to the top of the list!

For more info, visit http://store.steampowered.com/app/339610/

Winner of Facebook’s Best New Games of 2014’ award, IGN Top upcoming Iphone game, League of Angels is now available all over the world on mobile devices!

You can experience the same tense and adventure on your phone! It is now available in the app store and Google play.

With a wide selection of Heroes and Angels to choose from, multiple ways to deploy your forces in battle, and full player control over the customization of Heroes and Angels, League of Angels – Fire Raiders delivers a groundbreaking experience in strategic RPG gameplay on mobile devices.

League of Angels – Fire Raiders features a variety of action-packed game modes such as cross-server arena battles, team dungeons, unique PVE and PVP modes and plenty of mini games! Train your Heroes and Angels, and enhance their weapons to build a mighty team to take on evil forces, mighty bosses and opposing players. United through fire, your Heroes will prove to be the most loyal companions you could ever ask for. Your beautiful and protective Angels will do their best to defend them along the way.

Building a strong team isn’t the only factor; you need to be quick-witted as well. Some enemies will be impossible to bring down if you use the same combination each time. Players have the option of choosing which Heroes and Angels to deploy in each battle, so customize your tactics and pick the best formation of Heroes and Angels to prevail.

Only by assembling the right party and discovering the perfect strategy can you make it to the top! As an MMORPG, players also have the opportunity to connect with thousands of others via live chat and make new friends who will follow you throughout your journey, through good times and bad.

A full slate of exciting events and giveaways are planned in celebration of the US launch of League of Angels – Fire Raiders. For more information, visit angelmobile.gtarcade.com, and don’t forget to like them on Facebook to get the latest news and receive even more free gifts!

Yesterday, United Front Games tackled the reddit community with an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session for Triad Wars. Here’s some of the highlights of the questions and answers from the session.

Connection to Sleeping Dogs

It’s a prequel:

Female Characters

Yes, it’s in the works:

And will come with a rename option:

Balance

AI and player defense being looked at:

As are raiding rewards:

Future Content

More rackets coming soon:

The black market will be expanded:

Co-op is coming sometime:

Top rank play is also being looked at:

Along with active defense:

Sleeping Dogs 2?

Maybe.