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Devilian Class Review: Tempest
Age of Wulin Chapter 8: Uncharted World Will Arrive in March
Musician Scooter Jennings To Reveal New Album in Shroud of the Avatar
League of Legends Confirms (Not) Ao Shin
Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries Launch Trailer
Camelot Unchained Ups Environmental Lighting to Next Gen Levels
Devilian Fury of the Tempest Launch Trailer
Paladins Closed Beta 15 Patch Overview
Battlefield Hardline Chinatown Map Behind-the-Scenes
SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire Disavowed Teaser

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 03:46 PM PST

Devilian, the fantastic Diablo-style action RPG published by Trion Worlds, is coming out with a new class today! The magical Evoker, the heavily armored Berserker, the elusive Shadowhunter, a petite and powerful Cannoneer, but now we have another Rogue-style class, the Tempest! The Tempest wields a large twin-sided glaive that she can split into two daggers to attack and dump out lots of ludicrous AOE dps. I got to play her a little bit before she goes live on the 18^th, and I'm of mixed opinion on it. I love the class, though it is my first melee' class in Devilian. Most of my gameplay was with the Evoker, hurling absolutely absurd amounts of magic at anything that happened to offend me, but I did learn that the Tempest has quite the bit of range, depending on how you want to spec them.

Charge fearlessly into battle.

One of the things I really like about the class, is when you use a Dagger ability, she splits the weapon up into two, and her melee abilities [Bloodletting] will use those. When you use a Glaive skill, you will wield that instead. It's the little things. She also has a skill called "Form Change" that gives a brief buff when you swap between the two. When you use skills to change weapons, you do NOT get this buff. Switching to Dagger gives you +50% Attack Speed, +30% Move Speed for 5 seconds, and when you swap to the Glaive you gain +40% Defense. It also procs a shield that blocks up to 30% of your Maximum health for 5 seconds. Personally I prefer the Glaive form, and it does have a 10 second cooldown, so managing the swap efficiently will definitely be useful.

Charge fearlessly into battle.

They also come with another important skill that takes a considerable amount of practice, "Dark Slash." On a 14 second cooldown and 14m range, it dashes you to a target, dealing damage to targets in the path. A lot of damage. If you manage to hit an enemy, you can do it again, up to three more times. I had such a hard time not overshooting to where there are no enemies, but it is definitely powerful. The Tempest has three talent trees also:

Slaughter (Common): These skills can use Glaive OR Dagger, whichever you happened to be using at the time. It also has an Attack/Magic Attack Buff, which is brief [5 seconds base], but it does affect all of your allies. Electric Shock is a spell ability that deals damage to all nearby enemies for 8 seconds. Most of the abilities in Slaughter are spell-like abilities, though Cyclone is one I use pretty often. It's a spinning attack that has a chance to increase attack for five seconds.

Lancer (Glaive): This is my preferred talent tree. Piercing Storm is a ranged rapid-attack with the glaive, and you can hold it down and change your direction. It burns energy the longer you hold it, but the damage is definitely worth it. Uppercut is also powerful, hurling Spirit Swords at your enemies. The strongest skill seems to be Piercing Charge, especially for PVP. It comes with a silence, you charge in, and damage goes up in accordance to how long you held it down.

Interceptor (Daggers): Ricochet Blade is probably one of my favorite abilities here, and even as a Glaive Major I tend to put a few points into this. You throw a dagger and it bounces from target to target. That and Warp Slash, which also obviously teleports you to a target [but does 33% less damage to PVP targets].

Of course you’re not playing Devilian if you ignore the devil form. Like all other characters, they turn into a cool, evil powerful demon! This gives her a brand new move set, but I won't lie, I don't really care for it as much. The new kit is as follows:

Shadow Veil: Darkness Barrier that damages everything caught in it.

Possession: Consumes 15% of your current health, removing all Debuffs and making you immune to them for 2 secs. Increased Move Speed, then you get the health back.

Deadly Upper: Damage/Stun for 2 secs. Would be a great PVP skill.

Personal Invitation: Slows targets for 3 secs. Again, PVP or kiting mobs? Great.

Brutal Strike: This is the real winner ability. It deals damage and, on the third strike, deals 50% Devilian Power from your target.

Tempest has enough tools as her disposal to handle any situation.

Devil form has some pretty nifty combos, but as a whole, I like the raw damage in the standard form more. I really enjoy the ability to deal melee damage from a distance, dashing through enemy units and obliterating them, kiting them and dealing lots of explosive and thunder damage. The Tempest is a whirling dervish of asskicking potency, but wow, do they wear practically nothing! I mean, it's not that much of a surprise coming from a branch of the team behind TERA, but I was kind of alarmed or possibly intrigued, to see my death-dealer wearing hot pants. In addition to this, in the upcoming patch it is also pertinent to note that the level cap goes up to 54, there are two new Archdevil Dungeons, and level 54 gear sets. The Tempest is for those people that want to suddenly burst out of nowhere and obliterate everything with sick weapons and very flashy skills.

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Age of Wulin Chapter 8: Uncharted World Will Arrive in March

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 03:03 PM PST

WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, announces that the martial arts MMORPG Age of Wulin will release a new expansion "Chapter 8: Uncharted World" on 8th March, 2016.

Age of Wulin is a free-to-play sandbox game with over 400 skills to learn in a competitive and strategic open PvP system. Among the features of Chapter 8: Uncharted World, 8 new regions, a new game mode, 6 secret areas, a housing system and much more will be revealed.

Chapter 8: Uncharted World will allow players to explore a new world and live the adventure. With this expansion, Age of Wulin's game world is more than doubled in size through the addition of 8 new regions. The new regions will expand the variety and beauty of Age of Wulin as they introduce sun-scorched deserts, stunning and vast grasslands, breath-taking snowy peaks and mysterious forests of stone, hosting a completely new game mode and revolutionising the gaming experience.

With the new game mode, players will be able to manage a character’s constitution, hunger, thirst, body temperature and much more in order to help them challenge themselves in uncharted territories. The Uncharted World will offer players new resources, six new secret areas and new fighting techniques such as traps & a flags system. Prevailing in the fight for survival will reward only the fittest in the Uncharted World, as victorious players will be able to loot all the riches from their defeated opponents.

A complete and elaborate housing system has made its way into Age of Wulin. Players can choose the style and the size of their houses to fit their own personalities and needs. More than 100 different pieces of furniture will allow them and their friends to receive powerful buffs, and to prepare for their new adventures.

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Musician Scooter Jennings To Reveal New Album in Shroud of the Avatar

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 02:19 PM PST

It's not often a well-known singer/songwriter takes to the world of computer games to debut his latest album, but Shooter Jennings will be doing exactly that on Monday, February 22 when he raises the curtain on his latest album, Countach. The album will be unveiled inside the virtual world of Shroud of the Avatar from legendary game designer, Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) and Austin game developer, Portalarium®. Jennings is the son of country music icons Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, and has made his name in the outlaw country music and Southern rock genres. He is also an avid gamer.

Jennings' childhood includes many hours of playing Richard Garriott's Ultima games and Ultima Online. "As I got older I played every single Ultima game that was released," reminisced Jennings. "I even poisoned the bread in Ultima IX. Then Ultima Online took me and my friends to another world, allowing us to live a real alternate life. What a brilliant development!"

Jennings is also one of Shroud of the Avatar's early backers. "I immediately found the Kickstarter and made my pledge. I had played some of the other MMOs and while fun, they never captured the sense of adventure that the Ultima series did, online or offline. I was so excited to see this come out that I just could not wait."

When the opportunity arose to have Richard on his new album and to hold the premiere inside the game, Jennings said it was a dream come true. "I realize that we are all the most responsible for what we have learned from life, and for giving it back to the rest of the world. Much as Richard and Starr (Starr Long, Shroud of the Avatar's executive producer) have done the same by creating the worlds they have, they gave it back to me. And then through my love of their art, I am trying to give back to them, and give to future generations of the lore of new Britannia and the innovations of its creators."

Countach is an album comprised of songs composed or inspired by Academy Award and Grammy Award winning producer Giorgio Moroder, whose credits include multiple disco hits in the 70s and 80s, in addition to songs from theatrical releases Top Gun, Midnight Express and Flashdance. Guest appearances on the album include Marilyn Manson, Brandi Carlile, Steve Young and Richard Garriott.

"It is truly a thrill to be a part of Shooter's album," said Richard Garriott. "And we are honored that Shroud of the Avatar gets to showcase this opening event. And our community has played a huge role in putting all the details together. In fact it's 100% managed by our fans, illustrating the amazing power, collaboration and cooperation of our online community."

The release party takes place in Shroud of the Avatar beginning at 7 pm CT (GMT -06:00) on February 22. Party goers will assemble at the Bear Tavern in the player town of Beran’s Reach on the western coast of Spindrift Bay. Several special quests have been planned for participants. Also Jennings will be giving away physical copies of the album and will be giving away tracks from the album on in-game wax cylinders that can be played back on phonographs inside the game.

If you are not already a backer (required for entry to the event) you can become a member of the Shroud of the Avatar community by backing the game via Steam Early Access or the Shroud of the Avatar website.

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League of Legends Confirms (Not) Ao Shin

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 01:43 PM PST

In a developer post today, Riot Games confirms that its long-awaited dragon champion, Ao Shin, will be coming to League of Legends – sort of.

Ao Shin has been anticipated since 2013, but the community’s been met with silence. Now, Riot is confirming that it will not be releasing Ao Shin as he has been known, but will release a dragon champion in the first half of 2016 known as Aurelion Sol (name not final).

Ao Shin had been shelved for a while due to the entire concept being a development roadblock due to his initial kit, movement issues, and thematic roots. In short, Ao Shin just never “fit” into League of Legends.

The new champion will aim to deliver that epic dragon champion experience, and Riot promises more news soon.

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Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries Launch Trailer

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 01:13 PM PST

Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries is now available, adding a new campaign, Galactic Bazaars, new races, the ability to recruit elite units with special abilities, new ship parts, and more.

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Camelot Unchained Ups Environmental Lighting to Next Gen Levels

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:52 PM PST

After a relatively quiet and snowed in period, CityState Games has burst free of snow blanketed West Virginia to not only reveal that Camelot Unchained will be on display at Magfest, but to showcase some revolutionary lighting techniques that have been in development for quite some time!

By utilizing cube map light probes, Camelot Unchained will essentially be able to quickly dynamically render real-to-life lighting effects by recreating the process of light not only striking and illuminating its first contact point, but then reflecting that light into other objects surrounding it. This is a complex process not easy to explain in words, but more than apparent when shown in action as seen below:

As you can see, the light striking the snow is then reflected into a beautiful mirror portrait of said snow on the metallic armor of the player character. This is being done on a 360 degree scale to all objects in the player’s vision, leading to more realistic lighting in areas that would typically be buried in shadow. For more examples of this technology in action, be sure to check out lead programmer Andrew’s blog on imgur.

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Devilian Fury of the Tempest Launch Trailer

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:34 PM PST

The Devilian Fury of the Tempest update is live, introducing the Tempest class, a 9-player raid, two new Archdevil dungeons, and four new dungeons.

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Paladins Closed Beta 15 Patch Overview

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:23 PM PST

A breakdown of the Paladins Closed Beta 15 patch, including the new Glacier Keep map.

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Battlefield Hardline Chinatown Map Behind-the-Scenes

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 12:16 PM PST