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- Black Gold Online Announces Q1 CB Testing
- Uncharted Waters Online Releases 2nd Age Expansion
- The Elder Scrolls Online – Voice Cast Reveal
- ESO Reveals Huge Budget Voice Acting
- Kill3rCombo Reveals Events Leading to Elsword’s Ara Haan 2nd Path
- PlanetSide 2 Developer Roadmap Updated
- Ghost Recon Online Review
- Kingdom Under Fire II
- New World Interactive Unleashes INSURGENCY On Steam Today
- The Repopulation reveals new features and stretch goals
| Black Gold Online Announces Q1 CB Testing Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:44 AM PST Snail Games is proud to announce the launch of our whole new, revamped official website for Black Gold Online! The new site features sleek new design with areas for up-to-date game content, class specs, world lore, and much more. To stay current on the world of Black Gold Online, check the new page and register to get access to the latest as it's released. With a whole new navigation experience, the new page features sections offering an overview of Montel, the land in which Black Gold Online is set. This section includes maps and concepts of the world, as well showing the makeup of different races around the land. As avid followers of BGO no doubt already know, Montel is divided from East to West by a mountain range, with the 6 races divided on either side in a war between steam and magic. Following on this, the new page also features a new race and class overview system, with highly detailed sample images of playable classes and character stats. Visitors can explore the classes, from the steam-side's tank Punisher to the fantasy's melee DPS Spellsword, and compare the strengths of each between their respective playable races. In preparation of our first Black Gold Test Drive (Q1 2014) and letting our fans experience our development Closed Beta version, we will be constructing an activation center and member areas very soon. Sign-up for beta so you don’t miss out on your chance at being among the first to experience this unique world! |
| Uncharted Waters Online Releases 2nd Age Expansion Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:29 AM PST OGPlanet is now setting out to sail their iconic nautical MMO, Uncharted Waters Online, with its biggest update ever. A new age dawns in “UWO: 2nd Age” with a ton of engaging and rich new content, features and missions added to the game. The possibilities are endless as you and your friends decide the fate of the Roman Empire in the imperial election, tempt your fate as you take on the infamous Great Ganador, Ruler of the Sea in an epic naval battle or go on a mystifying treasure hunt, gathering clues from all over the world to discover rare relics. UWO 2nd Age Key Features:
OGPlanet is still allowing full account transfers for all of Netmarble’s former UWO players! OGPlanet has made the account transfer process extremely fast and easy to complete. If you haven’t already, simply visit OGPlanet’s Account Transfer page at https://id.ogplanet.com/uwo/ For more info on all UWO’s events, updates and contests, visit the official site: http://uwo.ogplanet.com |
| The Elder Scrolls Online – Voice Cast Reveal Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:10 AM PST Bethesda brings together an All-Star cast of voice talent including John Cleese, Bill Nighy and Malcolm McDowell to the world of Elders Scrolls Online. |
| ESO Reveals Huge Budget Voice Acting Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:08 AM PST Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced the members of the renowned cast lending their voices to The Elder Scrolls® Online, the highly-anticipated game arriving April 4, 2014 on PC and Mac and June 2014 for the PlayStation®4 system and Xbox One®, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. The Elder Scrolls® Online ensemble includes Academy Award nominee John Cleese (“A Fish Called Wanda,” “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”), Golden Globe winner Bill Nighy (“Pirates of the Caribbean”), Kate Beckinsale (“The Aviator,” “Pearl Harbor”), Alfred Molina (“Spider-Man 2″) and Golden Globe nominees Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter”), and Malcolm McDowell (“A Clockwork Orange”). In addition, Lynda Carter ("Wonder Woman") returns to the Elder Scrolls series to reprise her role from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The Elder Scrolls Online is the latest chapter of the award-winning franchise and will bring the legendary experience online for the first time. Players can choose their own style of play as they embark upon an epic adventure across all of Tamriel, playing alone on heroic quests as in previous Elder Scrolls games, exploring the huge, rich world with a few friends, or joining with hundreds of others in massive PvP battles to save the Empire. “This extraordinary group of actors helps bring the distinctive characters in The Elder Scrolls Online to life,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “In The Elder Scrolls tradition, we sought world class talent to add a deep and enriching component to the immersive world the series offers players.” John Cleese plays Cadwell, the cheerful and endearingly mad lost soul who is not afraid of anyone, even a Daedric Prince. Joining the cast as High King Emeric, Bill Nighy portrays a merchant prince whose luck and determination won him the throne. Kate Beckinsale takes on the role of Queen Ayrenn, the leader of the Aldmeri Dominion and Queen of the High Elves who is far more comfortable with a blade than her crown. In addition, Alfred Molina takes on the role of Abnur Tharn, a wily old wizard and politician who is the head of the Empire's Elder Council, and the de facto power behind the Ruby Throne. Lynda Carter plays Azura, the Daedric Princess of Dusk and Dawn from Skyrim who is a popular part of Elder Scrolls lore. Michael Gambon voices The Prophet, a mysterious blind man who guides the player through their journey to retrieve their soul; and Malcolm McDowell plays the key figure Molag Bal, an evil Daedric god from another plane who schemes to enslave the mortal souls of Tamriel. The Elder Scrolls Online cast also includes: · Peter Stormare ("Fargo") plays Jorunn the Skald King, an unexpected monarch who led his people into an unlikely alliance. · Jim Ward (“WALL·E,” “Despicable Me 2″) voices Mannimarco, a renegade High Elf wizard exiled from the realm for raising the dead and the world's most powerful necromancer. · Jennifer Hale appears in the role of Lyris Titanborn, a Nord half-giant, who, along with the Prophet, aids the player on their journey.. · Kevin Michael Richardson rounds out the cast as Sai Sahan a noble martial artist and master swordsman. |
| Kill3rCombo Reveals Events Leading to Elsword’s Ara Haan 2nd Path Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:54 PM PST Kill3rCombo has released a teaser page on their Elsword website today teasing events, costumes, and more as their newly released character draws closer to unlocking her second job path. Players put off by her current holier than thou class option can choose to opt to Cultivate the Evil Within at the level 15 job selection starting January 28th. The second job upgrade (level 35) will also be available as early as February 5th. Check out the official post for further details of events surrounding the release. |
| PlanetSide 2 Developer Roadmap Updated Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST In keeping with their commitment to community involvement and communication, the PlanetSide 2 development team has updated the PlanetSide 2 Roadmap with new and exciting content.
While the exact dates are tentative and subject to change, the latest Roadmap update provides PlanetSide 2 fans with an outline of all the great content, updates and features players will see between now and June.
Here is a sample of the many exciting new roadmap updates:
You can see the full roadmap here. |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:35 PM PST To people who love Ghost Recon this franchise doesn't really need any introduction, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series was one of the first shooters that got immensely popular and since then its fanbase follows it religiously from title to title. I myself enjoyed the Ghost Series; it has always been futuristic yet hyper realistic compared to other shooters, and that setting feels the most entertaining. Since August of last year, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online opened this realm of shooters to the masses as an online multiplayer free action shooter. With plenty of time to smooth out bugs and up the total content, we figured it was time to give the game a fresh look. Before you head into the game you are able to pick between three available classes. Each one of these classes has their own tactical style and team objectives in the game. Luckily you're never locked into playing just one and can dabble between the classes if you want to spice up your gameplay and mix things around. The three available classes are the Assault that is equipped with an assault rifle, a Recon that likes to shoot things from a distance with a sniper rifle, and the Specialist that can be seen as a support type of class that carries a light machine gun. Like I have said, each one of these classes have their own required play style, and you definitely need to have each one of these classes in your squad or else you will have a bad time, but more on that later. Online arena titles like GRO entirely focus on the use of game rooms to find your games and play around. Unfortunately I quickly experienced the nightmare that is called matchmaking in Ghost Recon Online. Matchmaking automatically sets you up with other people to play a game mode. Unfortunately GRO's matchmaking fell short of my expectations from other shooters. Normally, I'd like to choose what I play and where I play. I want to decide what server I want to join, and how many people it includes. But choice is rather limited in Ghost Recon Online, and the population isn't large enough to give matchmaking much flexibility. I would love to have a server browser and see the different playable game modes, but instead my only choice was the level range I wanted to play in. After that, you just hit the play button and hope for the best. Several minutes later (sometimes longer as I was queuing from EU and at odd hours for the majority of players), a match would pop. On the bright side, matches can rage on for quite a while, usually around half an hour in competitive battles. But if your team is getting massacred, you're forced to endure it as leaving prematurely as it hurts your rank and lowers your reputation, making your matchmaking chore worse for future matches. All in all, I would've loved to see a different way to join games, and I think this is a primary cause of scaring off new players and keeping the population low. Besides that the interface, the menus, and the whole lobby system itself is beautifully done but in a shooter it all really comes down to how crisp and balanced the gameplay itself is. GRO forces you to take things slowly. Patience is a virtue, and luckily you'll have built up plenty of it waiting out the queue. Run and gun gamers who think they can be godlike running wildly through the streets will be dropped in a hot flash and typically give away the rest of their team's position in the process. Ghost Recon Online follow suite with its Buy to Play counterparts, encouraging sneaking, camping, and teamwork. Currently the most played game mode is conquest. Just like in any other game with the game mode conquest, you will have several capture points on the map to battle over with your allies. But remember, the game is played at a slow pace and thus capturing these points isn't as easy as charging in and standing around in the open waiting on a timer. Since a lot of people camp, often lying in wait at a capture point for ten plus minutes, you will have to scout areas and force enemies out before having a chance to capture them. With the use of class skills like cloak or weapon jams you can try to force your enemy to fall back. Brute force doesn't work well without the powerful class skills supporting them. One thing I learned quickly is that this game is absolutely not balanced at all, which makes it even harder in a way. Some weapons deal a ton of damage, while others certainly don't and if you have one of the beginner weapons equipped, well good luck trying to win the game. It is obvious that when you buy weapons they improve your performance, but new pups are often forced into the playground of the big dogs due to population limitations, resulting in some devastating losses.
Conclusion: Good Ghost Recon Online is a lot of fun. I myself enjoyed playing it but there are enough hindrances for new players that I didn't often feel encouraged to queue up for multiple matches in a row. Since the game isn't that popular, new players should go in with the mindset that they're going to get crushed quite a few times while slowly building up their character to hang with the veterans. Once you have bit the bullet and climbed the learning curve, with days of battle hardening matches under your belt, you will start to find yourself actually impacting the outcome of matches. This felt tedious at times as I rarely got to experience match modes outside of conquest. A shooter needs fast queue quick matches like Team Deathmatch to draw in a decent population by capturing the casual crowd. Perhaps I ask too much out of a Ghost Recon game, especially since the game supports camping with its many different stances and weapon possibilities, but sometimes the game was just too slow overall. |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2014 02:21 PM PST Fight as soldier and commander in a massive, realistic-style strategy game where politics and power are the keys to victory.  Publisher: Blueside Pros: +Limited information available. Cons: -Limited information available.
Overview Kingdom Under Fire II OverviewKingdom Under Fire II is an action strategy RPG, blending real-time strategy with role-playing elements, developed for PC and PlayStation 3. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Kingdom Under Fire, KUFII will offer flashy combat as you command your own character as well as over one hundred types of troops in epic-scale warfare. The game features three factions: Human Alliance, Dark Legion, and Encablossa. Players can expect to find guilds, sieges, territory battles, and massive scaling warfare where you can become ruler of the continent – if you’re strong enough! Kingdom Under Fire II Screenshots          Kingdom Under Fire II Featured Video
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| New World Interactive Unleashes INSURGENCY On Steam Today Posted: 22 Jan 2014 01:24 PM PST Indie developer New World Interactive (NWI) is proud to announce the launch of its tactical, team-based first-person shooter INSURGENCY available on Steam. The intense online FPS, that PC Gamer calls "a ridiculously good time," aims to distill one of the most popular gaming genres to its essence. INSURGENCY is available now for PC and Mac OS X, now at the sale price of $13.49 for a limited time from today, January 22, until Tuesday, January 28, a 10% discount from the SRP of $14.99. INSURGENCY will launch on Linux later this year. NWI has issued a statement to their community regarding their pricing, seen here. "We're very excited about the progress we've made over the past nine months,” said Jeremy Blum, founder and game director of New World Interactive, who was instrumental in the success of the award-winning mods Red Orchestra and Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat. “Early Access allowed us to build a community and actualize the full potential of our game, that otherwise would not be possible to reach this moment. We are very grateful for our dedicated fans that have remained loyal through this process." "This milestone release marks the end of the Early Access phase, since we have discovered the right direction and created a foundation for the game from months of experimentation, years of experience, and a decade envisioning what this gameplay experience should be," said Andrew Spearin, designer and community manager of Insurgency and the co-founder of Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat. "Today, we look forward to unveiling what we have to the world, allowing more players to join our rapidly growing community and help evolve the game as we polish, refine, and build on top of the framework we have established." NWI continues to update the game and has DLC plans included in the full price. |
| The Repopulation reveals new features and stretch goals Posted: 22 Jan 2014 12:49 PM PST The upcoming sandbox MMO, The Repoplutation, has presented itself today with a handful of new goodies and features, including details on traveling, lore and new stretch goals for their ongoing Kickstarter campaign. Getting Around in The Repopulation “Travel comes in many forms in The Repopulation. Travel is important in most MMOs as it can add ease of movement, but making it to easy can make the world feel much smaller. We have a variety of travel options for players to choose from, including Quick Travel, Instant Travel, Vehicles, Pets or On-foot.” Evening Star – Epilogue The final portion of the Evening Star story has been posted, with the story weighing in at a whopping 40,660 words. More stretch goals reached Lastly, the Kickstarter campaign has reached another stretch goal, and traveling Vendors will become a reality. The development team is now looking ahead to their next stretch goal: Unique Renaming of Items. This is a crafter centric goal. For more information, visit https://www.therepopulation.com |
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