Monthly Archives: April 2018

Obsidian and Critical Role Collaborate on Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

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Obsidian Entertainment is proud to partner up with Critical Role, the biggest group in live-stream tabletop roleplaying for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire content. As a treat for fans of the show, the Critical Role cast is returning to the characters of their first D&D campaign, Vox Machina. This allows Deadfire players to choose Critical Role’s character voices for their created party members in-game. Special Vox Machina player portraits will also be free DLC choices when the game launches on May 8th.

“I was such a fan of the original Pillars game, and thoroughly enjoying being a part of the vibrant world the team created,” says voice actor and Critical Role DM, Matthew Mercer. “With the wonderful folks of Obsidian now bringing the entire cast of Critical Role to bring even more of the world of Eora to life, it’s sparked this incredible opportunity to bring our Critical Role characters of Vox Machina into their world via custom art and voice sets. A truly surreal milestone for this D&D nerd.”

“Working closely with the cast of Critical Role to bring Deadfire’s companions and story to life has been an amazing experience,” states Obsidian Entertainment Audio Director, Justin E. Bell, “Their incredible acting talent, ensemble chemistry, and tabletop roleplaying expertise coupled with Obsidian’s expertise in making deep, immersive, CRPG’s is the perfect combination. Together we’ve made something really special that we’re very proud of, and we can’t wait to share it with fans of RPGs when Deadfire releases.”

Memories of Mars

Memories of Mars is an upcoming sci-fi survival game developed by Limbic Entertainment for PC and will be available on Steam Early Access in Spring 2018. In Memories of Mars players can explore the curious and dangerous Red Planet after being left behind from an abandoned mining operation. The climate is harsh and the creatures are dangerous, but nothing is more unpredictable than the other clones you might run into. Fight for survival and try to thrive against the unforgiving and make sure no entity keeps you down!

Features:

Base Building: Create your own base to survive the barren Red Planet. Make something small for yourself or work with other players to create a much larger, grander base.

Solar Flares: Mars is going to be riddled with the effects of solar flares every few weeks. You’ll need to properly prepare if you want to survive in these harsh circumstances.

Survival Levels: Keep an eye on your basic needs like health, oxygen, stamina, nutrition, and body temperature to make sure Mars doesn’t get the best of you.

Forged Battalion

Forged Battalion is a buy-to-play sci-fi strategy game developed by Petroglyph for PC and is available on Steam Early Access. In Forged Battalion is is towards the end of the 21st century and the world has been consumed with the devastating effects of climate change. With a new military force called The Collective on the rise the world is less safe than ever. It is now up to you to join the resistance, fight back against the collective with your military prowess, and restore some sense of balance to the world again!

Features:

Faction Customization: Customize your faction right down to the weapons each of your units have to ensure you can counter any sort of situation your enemies throw at you.

Tech Tree: Make use of a deep Tech Tree that allows for research into archetypes, armors, locomotors, weapons, and special abilities!

Campaign or Multiplayer: Fight through a Campaign where you will have to deal with The Collective or jump into online matches and test your skills against other players.

The Day Online

The Day Online is a free-to-play sci-fi MOBA shooter developed by Reloaded Studios for PC and is available on Steam Early Access. In The Day Online players can experience fast-paced MOBA action centered around getting you right into the battle. With tons of race and class combinations to choose from and a unique gameplay feeling, The Day Online is ready to bring you an exciting sci-fi fighting experience!

Features:

Race/Class/Gender Combinations: Every Race has its own Classes that can be played. A Gender can also be selected for the Class you want to play, further specializing the roles you can take on.

Free Swap: You can swap Classes back at your base during matches, switching up your role to whatever your team needs most at the time.

Two Game Modes: Earn resources for your team with every action you take in Resource Battle, or head Downtown and fight against another team in a much more classic MOBA map with lanes, towers, and a Nexus to destroy in the enemy base.

Bloodlines of Prima

Bloodlines of Prima is a buy-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Amazastrophic and is available on Steam Early Access for PC where players can discover the secrets of Prima and come to realize the truth behind the events at hand. Gather materials, explore foreign lands, adventure through dungeons, eliminate overlords and more! Will your Bloodline lead to you becoming a hero of Prima or will you take a slightly more sinister turn?

Features:

Bloodline Management: Actions you take will help build you Bloodline and unlock points for you to spend on it. Your Bloodline is the one thing that persists through death, so make sure to keep spending your points!

Allegiance: Stay aligned with the main faction in the game for perks like being able to use the bank and spawning in the city with starter items. Go against the city to steal other players’ power and you might find yourself spawning outside of the city in a random location with no starter items.

Transmutation: Transmute items to manage your equipment and its stats so you don’t have to rely on just getting the right drops.

Dungeons: Take on instanced dungeons of varying difficulty with other players. The quality of drops is influenced by the difficulty of the dungeon you challenge.

Action-RPG Moonlighter Launches This May

Pixel-art ARPG Moonlighter is coming to the Xbox One, PC, and Playstation 4 this May (May 29th) in all major digital outlets, as well as a retail edition with a standard/limited Signature Edition. The Signature Edition comes with a glossy artwork poster and a squishy Jelly-Monster, as well as a double-sided Medallion from the game itself.

Moonlighter’s story dates back to a time many years ago when a set of magical Gates was discovered during an archaeological excavation. People quickly realized that these ancient passages lead to different realms and dimensions — providing brave and reckless adventurers with treasures beyond measure. Rynoka, a small commercial village, was founded near the excavation site providing refuge and a place for adventurers to sell their hard-earned riches. Moonlighter is an Action-RPG with rogue-lite elements following the everyday routines of the aforementioned Will, Rynoka’s ambitious shopkeeper that dreams of becoming a hero.

Call of Duty: WWII ‘The War Machine’ DLC Rolls Out Today

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The Call of Duty DLC Season isn’t over yet; Three new multiplayer maps, a new War Mode, and Nazi Zombies appear in ‘The War Machine’, the latest DLC pack, out today in CoD: WWII. Players will be traveling to Egypt, France, Germany and Sicily across three new Multiplayer maps, and the newest Nazi Zombies chapter begins, “The Shadowed Throne”. This is also the first time in Call of Duty: WWII that players get to take to the skies, in “Operation Husky. But what maps will be available?

Egypt – Call of Duty: WWII heads to North Africa for the first time in this all-new Multiplayer map. Fight in and around the ancient pyramids at Giza, and battle for an interior temple flanked by tight tunnels adorned with ancient calligraphy. Every playstyle can succeed in this varied and dynamic new map.

Dunkirk – Face off on the beach and boardwalk of the French seaside city of Dunkirk. This map features a large, open and dangerous beach area flanked by tight building interiors. Sniping can be effective here, though aggressive running and gunning can also pay off, making every engagement unique in this historic battleground.

V-2 – This small, fast-paced map set in a rocket development and test site located in rural Germany features a launch tower in the center that provides a focal point and an opportunity to grab an elevated sightline on unsuspecting opponents. Explosive action is guaranteed here, in more ways than one.

Heir of Light

Heir of Light is a free-to-play dark fantasy RPG set in a world overtaken by chaos. Lead a team of heroes to save the world one boss battle at a time. Available for iOS and Android.

Features:

United: Assemble a squad of 5 different masters and freely customize their class, role, skills, gear, and upgrade path.

Gotta Be the Best: Collect and evolve dozens of side-line servants to aid you in your grand journey.

Most Elite: Take your veteran warriors into difficult dungeons for great rewards or pit them against other players online.