A new Duelyst cutscene trailer, featuring Faie Bloodwing (Vanar) vs. Zirix Starstrider (Vetruvian).
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Path of Exile Lightning Golem Skill Demo
Path of Exile demonstrates the new Summon Lightning Golem skill, available in patch 2.2.2. More info here.
Overwatch Developer Update: Netcode
Overwatch‘s lead and senior engineers discuss netcode, including the team’s programming values, current techniques, and upcoming changes.
Stellaris
Stellaris is a sci-fi themed RTS by Paradox Interactive. Featuring deep strategic gameplay, an enormous selection of alien races and emergent storytelling, Stellaris has a deeply challenging system that rewards interstellar exploration.
Features:
Anomaly Events: Players can uncover strange mysteries that offering unique storytelling opportunities.
Explore: Dive deep into the vast regions of space with varied exploration.
An open galaxy Discover enormous procedural galaxies, containing thousands of planets.
Huge multiplayer: Enjoy multiplayer co-op and competition with up to 32 players.
ASTA Leave Your Mark Meme Contest Winners Announced
League of Legends Releases New Taric Comic
A Taric rework is in the works for League of Legends, and today Riot Games has released a new web comic teasing the storyline that sets the new tone for the hero.
You can find the comic here.
Taric was also teased in a previous short cinematic.
Metal Assault Adding Several Game Improvements
Today, WarpPortal will be pushing a quality of life update for Metal Assault.
The update will include several improvements, including:
- The ability to change the game resolution to fit player’s screens;
- A new attendance event system;
- New level 40+ armor;
- New white-version tuning items for unique weapons;
- New item mall Bazookas
More will also be included in the patch. Get the latest details here.
Dark Nexus Arena Shut Down
On March 16, Whitebox Interactive announced that it has cancelled development of Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus Arena.
On the game’s website, a statement from Whitebox Interactive CEO Jonathan Falkowski read:
We were really hopeful to provide Warhammer 40,000 and MOBA fans a game that would encompass both aspects but unfortunately we missed the mark. We were in Beta for a year and have taken a lot of valuable feedback from our players. There has been excitement for the game but we haven’t grown enough to maintain development.
The game’s servers were online until March 31, 2016 for active players.
Marvel Avengers Academy Hosts Guardians of the Galaxy Event
Today, TinyCo and Marvel have announced the very first limited time in-game event for their recently launched MARVEL Avengers Academy mobile game, starting on April 1. MARVEL Avengers Academy is available to download for free on the App Store® and Google Play™.
Featuring a fresh Avengers universe, which finds prominent Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains in their college years, MARVEL Avengers Academy welcomes the famously beloved Guardians of the Galaxy team, reimagined as students, to campus! After escaping the villainous wrath of Ronan, the Guardians have crash-landed on Earth, directly on the Avengers Academy.
Causing initial confusion on campus, players must investigate the Guardians’ mysterious arrival and unlock a brand new fan-favorite Guardians member each week such as Star-Lord, Gamora and Rocket Raccoon. It will not be long until Ronan and his henchmen arrive on the scene, on a mission to return the Power Gem shards back to Thanos’ possession.
This brand new update also introduces the first phase of an all-new combat feature for MARVEL Avengers Academy, the Avengers students, along with the Guardians, will have to study, brainstorm and harness the skills they have learned in order to defeat the incoming Chitauri foes. In phase one of the combat feature, the combination of Super Heroes in battle is essential, as the approaching enemies will have varying levels of strength. Continue to battle and watch as their combat performances improve with more experience. The upcoming second phase of the combat feature will allow players to show off each character’s special ability through the use of combat perks. With a single tap, players will be able to unleash the Guardians’ special power to face-off against the evil Ronan and his henchmen.
SpeedRunners Launch Date Announced
tinyBuild Games and DoubleDutch Games are today announcing that SpeedRunners, their hit multiplayer platform racing game, has sold more than 1 million units on Steam, and will fully launch on April 19 with tons of brand new features.
tinyBuild has compiled a detailed breakdown of exactly how the game reached 1 million copies sold, including how piracy and bundles helped boost the game up the sales charts in its early days.
Yes, tinyBuild gave away over $2m worth of SpeedRunners copies during Early Access and it only benefited the game.
On April 19, the following features will be injected into SpeedRunners to celebrate the launch:
- A huge Mario Kart-style single player campaign, with cups to beat and rivalries to manifest
- The Trail Shop, where players can purchase and sell special trails for their characters, in the same vein as what Valve has been doing with Counter Strike and DOTA 2
- A Twitch betting system, through which streamers can more heavily involve their players, who in turn will be able to directly affect the game with modifiers
- A new animated opening cinematic, new UI features, and Mac/Linux/SteamOS support
The full details of the launch can be found in this blog post on the tinyBuild website.






