OnRPG Shotgun News 2/19: FireFall, World of Warplanes, Blizzcon, and Much More!

By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG Elder Scribe

 

 

World of Warplanes Major Update Incoming

A huge new update has landed in Wargaming’s World of Warplanes. With it comes new flight models, improved mouse controls, reworked graphics. All of this can be seen playing the newest Japanese warbirds which were just added recently.

 

 

Firefall Public Beta Weekend Upcoming

Red 5 Studios has announced this weekend will be an open weekend in Firefall. Since the last beta weekend in January a lot has changed which includes Twitch broadcasting. In fact, everyone is invited to stream their weekend. The beta will run from Friday February 22-24.

 

 

Vendetta Online F2P? Maybe!

With just 5 days to go until the end of the Vendetta Online Kickstarter campaign a new update has announced that if the campaign is successful there will be an added free to play tier. It is something that has been asked for repeatedly and something Guild Software has always considered.

 

 

BlizzCon 2013 Announced

Break out your calendars, November 8th and 9th BlizzCon is going toAnaheim. Tickets aren’t available yet but be sure to keep an eye out as last year’s tickets sold out in seconds. But anyone interested in attending can get book their hotels now and get a discount by booking through the BlizzCon hotel website.

 

 

 

EA and Zynga Settle Their Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Last year EA sued Zynga and Zynga sued back. Now we can report that the lawsuits have been settled. Details of the settlement haven’t been released yet and the court still needs to approve it but it looks like this may be in Zynga’s best interests.