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Yearly Archives: 2018
Dynasty Warriors 9
Dynasty Warriors 9 is a “one versus one-thousand” action RPG taking place in an open-world China. Follow the Yellow Turban Rebellion and eradicate wave after wave of armies as a lone warrior on the battlefield. Available for PlayStation 4.
Features:
Traveler: Explore and progress through various areas including snow plains, jungles, and deserts as well as landmarks like Mt. Song and the Yellow River.
Art of War: Employ varying strategies such as infiltrating at night, attacking head on, or surprising from above.
Bow Before Me: Effortlessly mow down enemies with flowing attacks and devastating environment interaction.
Hero Hunters
Hero Hunters is a cover based real-time 3rd person shooter boasting a variety of game modes for co-op and multiplayer. Tactically build out your squad of powerful mercenaries and head to the arena for fast paced action sprinkled satisfying strategic elements. Available for iOS and Android.
Features:
I Choose You! And You. Also You: Pick from the best operators in the world to watch your back, gun down hostiles, or activate incredible abilities.
Going to War: Make the most of your experience, battle others from around the world in hectic player versus player, cooperatively join your comrades to partake in deadly missions, or engage terrifying bosses in raids.
Decked Out: Equip all manner of weaponry including trusty rifles, long ranging snipers, blasty shotguns, slicing swords, and futuristic energy cannons.
Battlefield 1 – Apocalypse Official Trailer
The most brutal, unforgiving, horrific battles of the Great War are coming across five new maps in Battlefield 1. The Apocalypse expansion pack is now available for Premium Pass owners. New weapons, melee tools, and new horrors await.
Minecraft Servers: Let the Games Begin
Ready for amazing minigames on the Minecraft servers? From Lifeboat to Mineplex, just click “PLAY” in-game and check out the SERVERS tab for yourself!
Elite Dangerous: Beyond – Chapter One Launches Soon
The wait is nearly over for the third season of Elite: Dangerous (Beyond), as it arrives on all platforms on February 27th! Beyond will be playable for free for all players and focus primarily on community-requested enhancements to the overall experience. New in-game content will progress the player-driven story and give pilots access to new tools to shape this narrative. With the release of Chapter One the crime and punishment system in Elite Dangerous will undergo a series of changes designed to improve the response to players’ criminal activities, making Open Play’s massively multiplayer galaxy fairer and more competitive. The new Advance Tactical Response will be hunting down repeat offenders, ‘Hot Ships’, attaching crimes to players’ spacecraft, and the new notoriety levels will increase consequences for illegal activities. This promises to make the galaxy a more challenging place for veteran criminals.
GalNet Audio is the main source of news in Elite Dangerous now, and it will be easily accessible for commanders to listen to and catch up on the latest updates and engage with the overarching narrative without having to leave the action. New contracts will also be available for Elite: Dangerous – Horizons owners, as tech brokers, dealers of rare tools/technologies will both give players a chance to acquire new items based on their personal experience. In addition, material traders will allow commanders to convert and exchange materials, making engineering and unlocking missions more accessible. There are also going to be a whole host of updates, overhauls, and improvements to the game to make it a more enjoyable experience overall.
Total War: ROME 2 – Desert Kingdoms Announce Trailer
Total War: ROME 2 brings the harsh environments of Africa and Arabian deserts to life with the “Desert Kingdoms” culture pack, coming on the 8th of March. The Desert Kingdoms Culture Pack introduces four new playable factions: The Kingdoms of Kush, Saba, and Nabatea of the African/Arabian subculture, and the Masaesyli of Numidia. Each faction boasts unique new rosters of differing military strength, new building chains, and new technology trees. Full details can be found at this link. It will also be available for 10% off until the release date.
Viking Strategy Game ‘Northgard’ Leaves Early Access in March
The hit strategy title set in a Viking land, Northgard, will officially launch out of Steam Early Access in March 2018. March 7th is the official date and will also include a brand new campaign, which adds to the already available six clans, as well as single player and multiplayer modes. The new campaign spans 11 chapters, and in it, players will follow the saga of Rig, who is out to avenge the murder of his father, the High King of the Vikings. The Regal Horn has also been pilfered, and it must be found. The pursuit of the murderer and thief Hagen brings Rig, and his trusted friend and right-hand man Brand, to the undiscovered and mysterious continent of Northgard. New friends await to be made, and foes to be slain, but Rig’s journey to Northgard will make him discover a much greater threat than Hagen, as well as the dark motives behind his father’s assassination.
The Third Age
The Third Age is an online multiplayer high-fantasy kingdom management simulator featuring expansive lore, real-time battles, and role-playing elements. Lead your heroic general to victory on continent-spanning battlefields in search of the great jewels of power!
Business Model: Free-to-Play
Microtransactions: Yes, there are optional in-game purchases available.
Key Features:
Inner Circle: Choose, equip, and enhance a legendary character to command your forces in battle.
Logbook: Keep your economy booming by keeping track of resource production and spending.
Warmonger: Fight your enemies tooth and nail at every opportunity for a chance to steal away their valuable lands and materials.
Draft Time: Keep a loyal army of soldiers between your kingdom and its many enemies at all times.
Guardians of Ashenhold
Guardians of Ashenhold is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG taking place in a world devastated by evil forces. Pick up your gun, blade, or staff and work to eradicated the foes which damaged your home. Available in the browser.
Features:
Class Signup: Tank enemies indefinitely as a mighty warrior, shoot a barrage of bullets as a gunslinger, or vaporize enemies in the blink of an eye as a mage.
Get’Em’All: Collect and equip all manner of costumes, equipment, pets, wings, and ride-able mounts.
Rinse and Repeat: Tactically rotate through your role’s skills to maximize your damage output in battle.