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- Rising Thunder Closing as Radiant Joins Riot
- League of Legends Reveals Aurelion Sol
- Age of Wulin Chapter 8: Uncharted World Now Available
- Guild Wars 2 Introduces New Raid Wing and Slothasor
- Moon Hunters First Look w/ Bottom Tier
- Heroes of the Storm Xul Hero Review
- MU Online Season 11 Part 1 is now Available
- Move Or Die Mutators Update Launching Thursday
- Rocket League Batmobile DLC Available Now
- WildStar Online Arcterra Patch Preview
| Rising Thunder Closing as Radiant Joins Riot Posted: 08 Mar 2016 02:03 PM PST In an announcement on their core website, Radiant Entertainment revealed that it has been acquired by Riot Games, developer of League of Legends. While Radiant will continue its work on Stonehearth, its voxel-style civilization RPG, unhindered, Rising Thunder, its fighting robot MOBA, will be closing permanently as of March 18. Instead, Radiant says that it will “start work on a new game that we're incredibly excited about.” Read the full announcement here. The post Rising Thunder Closing as Radiant Joins Riot appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| League of Legends Reveals Aurelion Sol Posted: 08 Mar 2016 01:41 PM PST Weeks from his release, Aurelion Sol, the new dragon hero for League of Legends, is now in the spotlight. Aurelion Sol is a mid-range mage with sustained area of effect damage and the capability to fly over terrain. Here are his abilities: Passive: Center of the Universe Three stars constantly orbit Aurelion Sol, dealing magic damage and applying spell effects to enemies they strike. Q: Starsurge Aurelion Sol fires the core of a newborn star in a target direction that explodes—dealing damage and stunning all nearby enemies—upon reactivation or once it travels beyond his stars' maximum orbital range. Aurelion Sol can travel alongside Starsurge, and by keeping it close he'll nurture it, growing it in size so that it damages and stuns a wider area when it explodes. W: Celestial Expansion Aurelion Sol pushes his stars out to his outer ring, significantly increasing their power. Celestial Expansion costs mana to cast and drains mana every second the ability is toggled on. Once he toggles the ability off or runs out of mana, Aurelion Sol pulls his stars back. E: Comet of Legend Passive: Aurelion Sol builds up increasing movement speed as he travels continuously in the same direction, and loses speed on sharp turns. Some of this speed is stored away as Escape Velocity stacks, which are lost entirely whenever he takes damage from an enemy. Active: Once Aurelion Sol maxes his Escape Velocity stacks, he can activate Comet of Legend to pull in his orbiting stars and take flight, traversing over terrain for a long distance. He cannot turn once his course is set, and enemy damage will bring Aurelion Sol back to earth, restoring his orbiting stars. R: Voice of Light Aurelion Sol shoots out a long wave of starfire in a target direction that damages and slows all struck enemies. Nearby enemies caught in the blast are also knocked back to Aurelion Sol's outer ring. Aurelion Sol promises to bring an interesting laning mechanic, as his passive damage will make him an impressive but easily targetable opponent. His abilities will also require keen timing to make use of his most powerful damaging abilities. Read more about the strategies and tactics Riot Games has in mind in the full Champion Reveal. The post League of Legends Reveals Aurelion Sol appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| Age of Wulin Chapter 8: Uncharted World Now Available Posted: 08 Mar 2016 12:46 PM PST WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, announces that the martial arts MMORPG Age of Wulin released a new expansion “Chapter 8: Uncharted World” on 8th of March, 2016 (UTC). Players can explore new regions starting from today, expanding the variety and beauty of Age of Wulin as sun-scorched deserts, stunning and vast grasslands, breath-taking snowy peaks and mysterious forests of stone are introduced. Each new region will come with its own charming and unique storyline quests, which will continue to immerse players in Age of Wulin's deep and exciting lore. With the latest expansion, a new game mode allows players to take care of their characters’ well-being like never before. Improving Age of Wulin's sandbox gameplay, players will now be able to manage a character’s constitution, hunger, thirst, body temperature and much more. The Uncharted World also offers new resources, new secret areas and new fighting techniques such as traps and a flags system. Even nature itself cannot be trusted anymore, as players will now have to watch out for changes in weather and roaming packs of wolves in addition to their regular enemies. Resources can be gathered in the New World to manufacture items needed for survival, such as water pouches, ice packs, winter coats, or medicine to restore a character’s health. Prevailing in the fight for survival will reward only the fittest in the Uncharted World, as victorious players are now able to loot all riches from their defeated opponents. With Chapter 8: Uncharted World, players will be able to challenge themselves and discover 6 new secret areas, which are lore-based exploration dungeons. The secret areas can be found in the Northern Regions (Nameless Cave, Divine Water Palace, Ancient Tomb) and the Western Regions (Stone Forest Cave, Gold Centipede Cave, Loulan Treasury). As each player's decisions in these dungeons will matter, and ultimately affect the lore of their character and world, players will need to choose their paths wisely. In addition, the Uncharted World introduces a new housing system, allowing players to claim their very own parcel of land, build a house and customize it to their every whim. More than 100 different pieces of furniture allow players and their friends to receive powerful buffs and prepare them for their new adventures. Using the new range of interactions within the housing system, players can protect their friends' houses or vandalize their enemies' houses. Ten brand-new and devastating skill sets will also help adventurers in their missions to become the greatest Kung Fu legends of all time. The Jianghu will never be the same again once players add some unique scenery records and a brand-new weapon type (Dual Axes) to their inventories. The post Age of Wulin Chapter 8: Uncharted World Now Available appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| Guild Wars 2 Introduces New Raid Wing and Slothasor Posted: 08 Mar 2016 12:29 PM PST ArenaNet just activated the next raid wing for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. As players venture deeper into the jungle, a strange, magical energy has created a true sleeping giant—Slothasor! Probably marking the first time it's okay for a boss to sleep on the job, this lumbering, sleepy forest resident may not seem dreadful while snoozing, but players will soon experience first-hand what wrath awaits when they wake him up. As players get through the first encounter, they'll begin to uncover the strange, magical energy that has run amok deep in the Maguuma Jungle. New dangers bring new rewards! Hard-fought victories at Salvation Pass can grant players ascended weapons, new weapon skins, a mini Slothasor, and more. The post Guild Wars 2 Introduces New Raid Wing and Slothasor appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| Moon Hunters First Look w/ Bottom Tier Posted: 08 Mar 2016 12:23 PM PST A favorite indie game we’ve watched for some years, Moon Hunters at last is launching on Steam March 10th! Pick up the game with friends and set out to tell a story worthy of the stars! With a plethora of playable characters, replayability with new branches of the story, and challenging top-down hack n slash gameplay, Moon Hunters is a one of a kind party romp to go on with friends. The post Moon Hunters First Look w/ Bottom Tier appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| Heroes of the Storm Xul Hero Review Posted: 08 Mar 2016 12:02 PM PST By Mohammad Abubakr February 2nd, a day which had a massive impact on the Nexus of Heroes of the Storm. This day brought us a massive patch with many balance changes, the Lunar festival, and the addition of Li-Ming. Li-Ming was basically balance incarnate. OK enough jokes… she was broken. This patch introduced many changes that were most likely, I hope, aimed to make more heroes viable and put them on the same level as other stronger heroes. However, it turned out that Li-Ming and Rehgar became the two must picks in EVERY SINGLE GAME. At first this was fine but it got to the point that you were forced to pick these two heroes unless you wanted to severely hurt your chances of winning. Over time it slowly began to become a chore instead of a game where you could just pick what you want to play and still have a good chance of winning. The optimal win to loss ratio from a balance perspective is around 50%. Both Li-Ming and Rehgar were well over 60% after the February 2nd patch. Things did get better over the coming weeks with balance changes but because of these series of events I was anxious about Blizzard's latest patch including Xul, the Cryptic Necromancer. It was likely that Xul would be overpowered like Li-Ming, though the opposite that Blizzard would err on the side of caution to prevent the second coming of Li-Ming also lingered in many HotS player’s minds. Fortunately, Blizzard did a great job and Xul turned out to be a great addition to the Heroes of the Storm roster. Read on to learn more about Xul, the Cryptic Necromancer. Xul is great in team fights I'll be honest, Xul isn't perfect when it comes to balance. But you cannot expect a new hero release to be perfect from the get go; a hero that is balanced at one point may not be balanced in the future even if that hero was never touched again. Balance is all relative to the rest of the roster, the Meta, and the community. Sure, Xul could use some tweaks to his health points or some other number fixes but overall his kit brings a fair balanced design to the game. He sits on the upper end in terms of strength but unlike the broken wizard, he does not make or break a game. Along with straying away from the trend of imbalance, Xul is not another assassin hero being added to the roster. Surprisingly, he is a melee specialist. Normally when we think of specialists, the idea of staying back, poking, and pushing come to mind. Xul excels up close in the face of enemies and can deal massive damage plus clear waves VERY quickly. Players can revolve his talents around three different abilities: the long ranged scythe, a close ranged bone prison, and the ever annoying skeleton army. Enemies caught by Bone Prison can end up in quite a predicament Spectral Scythe summons a scythe at the target location that travels back to you after one second, dealing massive damage to enemies it intersects. This ability is great both in team fights and for clearing waves. While it does deal massive damage, it can also provide great utility for your team with talents that slow enemies or reduce healing. It can be difficult to hit enemies with this scythe due to its casting delay; this is where Bone Prison comes in. After a two second delay, the targeted hero is dealt heavy damage and rooted for two seconds. This makes it very easy to land your scythe and make the Bone Prison -> Spectral Scythe combo very deadly. Coupled with talents that cause rooted enemies to become vulnerable and take 25% extra damage, this combo can be lethal for many heroes. Being a melee specialist who will need to get into the midst of battle, Xul needs some abilities to keep himself alive. Cursed Strikes cause his basic attacks to deal damage in a wide area and greatly reduce the attack speed of enemies for 2 seconds. This ability is great to clear waves but is also very annoying against enemy assassins. If this was not enough, Xul also starts with an additional active ability, Bone Armor, in the '1' slot which can be activated to grant a shield equal to 15% of his health. The level one talent for this shield can make it either damage, slow, or evade enemies. I personally prefer the slow as it lets you get up close to fleeing or eluding enemies. This is especially useful because Xul has no other way to jump into the fray, so you don't want to be caught slowly walking into battle! Bone Armor and Cursed Strikes can get you out of a pickle As for heroics (yes, I got the term right this time, but 'ultimates' will always have a special place in my heart), players can pick between Poison Nova or Skeletal Mages. Poison Nova launches poisonous missiles in a large radius which deal massive damage over time to any enemies it hits. This ability is AMAZING. The radius is basically as large as your screen view, and it can punish all enemies in a team fight. You can hit all heroes of the enemy team with ease; if you do not, then they either dodged the missiles or were too far from the fight anyways. This is my go to ult… er, I mean, heroic. However, you still have the choice of summoning 4 Frost Mages with Skeletal Mages which form a line and slow and deal damage to nearby enemies. I feel like this heroic ability would be much more effective if the mages formed a wall but there is just enough space for heroes to run between them. While they are slowed, overall this heroic tends to deal less damage in most situations when compared with Poison Nova. All of these abilities work alongside his passive, Raise Skeleton, which raises nearby enemy minion corpses into skeletons. These skeletons deal moderate damage but with four active Skeletal Warriors, this damage can add up quickly. You will mostly use this passive to clear waves and raze enemy buildings, but it is also great in the early game as a form of harass. Enemies caught out of position without a creep wave can take massive damage with skeletons hacking away at their flesh while trapped in Bone Prison. Heroes relying on auto attacks for damage should not try to face Xul alone Using all of these abilities, Xul is great for early game to clear waves to keep your foes pushed. He then transitions late game into an ideal team fighting mage who can turn the tide at any map objective. He can dish out a lot of damage very quickly and thanks to his shield, Cursed Strikes, and large health point pool, he can stay in fights for a while. You will still need to be careful against ranged heroes as they can take you down from afar; Bone Prison's range is quite small. Any heroes that fight by jumping into the faces of enemies will have a bad time against Xul; he is a great counter against heroes like Greymane or Illidan. It is important to note that Poison Nova does have a short delay before launching the missiles. Keeping this in mind can easily change the tide of battle. If Xul's Poison Nova is not fully channeled, it goes on cooldown for 10 seconds. Fights do not tend to last that long so this cooldown is enough to finish the fight before Xul can cast Poison Nova. Conclusion: Great to see Balance in HoTS Once Again This patch brought us a new hero with some balance changes that brought Heroes of the Storm's balance back to a comfortable level. As always, tweaks will regularly be required to maintain this balance but the game is in a good spot again. Even the addition of Xul did not break this delicate balance, which was both surprising and great to see. Poison Nova deals an insane amount of damage I had a blast playing Xul this past week, I can easily recommend this hero to any Heroes of the Storm player. If you like dealing massive damage (I can easily find myself having the most damage dealt in each game), clearing waves instantly, and being able to jump into the midst of battle, Xul is your hero. I hope next month's patch does not break the balance in the game and the new hero is as fun as Xul. It would be great to see Overwatch heroes slowly creep into the game! The post Heroes of the Storm Xul Hero Review appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| MU Online Season 11 Part 1 is now Available Posted: 08 Mar 2016 12:00 PM PST WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, announced that the full-3D MMORPG MU Online released the Season 11 Part 1 today, a new content patch. The Season 11 Part 1 invites the players to Ferea, a new area, featuring a stunning city full of magnificent structures and artworks. Only players with a level 400 character or higher are allowed to enter Ferea, where many enemies await them. Defeat the Ferea Knights, Fighters, Archers, Generals and the most powerful boss monster Lord of Ferea to get a number of valuable drop-items. With this content update, Darkangel Mastery Set items are now available for all classes and players can purchase Excellent Bloodangel Weapons from the Ruud Shop. Players can also upgrade their Divine Archangel Weapon to a higher level of power and speed. Its exclusive skill, the “Archangel's Will” buff, will be applied to all party members. Furthermore, MU Season 11-1 introduces many improvements to the game, including the character Information Window, an Elemental System update and the addition of new skills. Starting from today, the MU Online team is celebrating the arrival of the new content patch with the following events and promotions for the MU Online's community. What: Defeat the Lord of Ferea Event Period: 2016/03/08 ~ 2016/03/29 (UTC) Details: Once the players have formed a team consisting of one to multiple parties (Maximum 10 parties), they can upload and submit their YouTube video of their team defeating Lord of Ferea. The three best videos will be selected by the MU Online team, and all the members of the winning team will receive special prizes on the second week of April, such as Ruud, a Master Package and some Wings of Angel and Devil. What: Upgrade your Divine Weapon to the fullest Event Period: 2016/03/08 ~ 2016/03/22 (UTC) Details: All the players who upgrade their NEW Divine Weapon to +15 by using the Archangel's Hammer and Jewels will receive some Wings of Conqueror (30 days). What: Facebook Sharing Marathon Event Period: 2016/03/08 ~ 2016/03/29 (UTC) Details: Share Season 11 Part 1's news on your Facebook! The MU Online team will give out free reward packages, including a Brown Panda Ring, a Pet Demon, a Normal/Master Seal of Ascension and a Talisman of Ascension according to the total number of Shares when the event ends. By March 22, the New & Returning Player Promotion will be underway. All the new players who create their first MU character and log in the game during the event period will be able to get a special package, including a Gold Channel Ticket (14 days), a Normal Scroll Set (14 days), a Figurine of Antelope (14 days) and a Pet Demon (14 days). Returning players who haven't logged in to MU Online since the 11st August 2016 will receive a gift package including a Gold Channel Ticket (14 days) along with more items. The post MU Online Season 11 Part 1 is now Available appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| Move Or Die Mutators Update Launching Thursday Posted: 08 Mar 2016 11:34 AM PST Indie developers Those Awesome Guys are thrilled to announce that a free gameplay update for the sensational multiplayer hit Move or Die will launch Thursday, March 10 on Steam. The new "Mutators Update" throws in wicked gameplay options including jetpacks and double jumps, new official characters, two new game modes, and so much more. Move or Die players are wisely advised to find more friends by this Thursday for future friendship ruination. "It's been awesome reading and watching the amazing positive response for Move or Die and when I'm not working on the game, I'm watching people on YouTube yell at my game," said Nicolae Berbece, founder of Those Awesome Guys. "We have been definitely taking all feedback from the freaking amazing community and threw everything into a blender – that's pretty much what Mutators are! There's much more planned in the coming months for Move or Die, so I do recommend making a whole new set of friends very soon!" The Move Or Die Mutators Update includes:
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| Rocket League Batmobile DLC Available Now Posted: 08 Mar 2016 11:08 AM PST Independent video game developer and publisher, Psyonix, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, are pleased to announce that the iconic Batmobile from the highly-anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, is available for purchase in Rocket League right now! Priced at $1.99 USD (or regional equivalent), the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack is officially licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and includes the world-famous Batmobile and three exclusive Antenna Flags that allow players to show their allegiance to the World’s Finest trinity of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Pick it up today for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, or Windows PC via Steam. The post Rocket League Batmobile DLC Available Now appeared first on MMOHuts. |
| WildStar Online Arcterra Patch Preview Posted: 08 Mar 2016 10:37 AM PST WildStar community member Quontom demonstrates new content in the WildStar Arcterra Patch, coming soon. The post WildStar Online Arcterra Patch Preview appeared first on MMOHuts. |
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