Fly into the sky this New Years as SOA Games unveils their latest content expansion update for their action-packed fantasy anime MMORPG, Luvinia World.
So upcoming is new skills and weapons maybe? So in the theme of what if's? I made a list of weapons for all the professions. Totally my likes and in no way SHOULD happen. But it be nice if it did.
League of Legends weekly champions cosplay is here with you again. This week we present you Janna, Lux, Jinx, Annie and Miss Fortune. Which do you think is the best one?
To start things off, I will include this set of material from my translation post, basic Force Master Mechanics, since it will help in understanding the content below.
Eredan Arena is a free-to-play Collectible Card Game (CCG) developed by Feerik, set in the universe Eredan, and which is available for iOS, Android and now Facebook. We decided to test Facebook and Android versions of this simple but interesting title, and thanks to its cross-platform nature you can play it from any device that supports it. […]
We have recently played Wizardry Online, the self-proclaimed dark "hardcore" fantasy MMORPG from Sony Online Entertaintment/Gamepot where the dungeons are really hard and the death penalty are very high, even permanently killing the characters. Very hardcore. Check out our new video where we enter a world full of dungeons and demons and explore the first tutorial dungeon. Though […]
We’ve recently tried Wizardry Online, a game which its editor called the "most hard-core fantasy MMO ever created" but in all honesty is not something at this stage we'd try to refute. The game offers a choice of five different races, each with four different classes to start our adventure within the game. For our own journey […]
Senran Kagura is getting three brand new games, you perverts.
Dekamori Senran Kagura is the most absurd of the bunch (which is saying something). It's a rhythm cooking game for the PlayStation Vita and PSP, categorized as a "hyper big-breasted cooking-rhythm game" according to Famitsu. Expect this one to be released in Japan on March 20.
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson is a side-scrolling 3D action game for the 3DS made by the same team that made Senran Kagura Burst. It also features two male characters, on top of all the big-breasted women for once. This one is scheduled for an August 7 release.
Lastly there's Senran Kagura: Estival Versus coming out to various PlayStation devices.
So there you go. A flood of boob games are coming to a console near you soon. Pervs.
Speaking with PC Gamer about the open-world survival title Rust, Gary Newman of Facepunch Studios said that for as cutthroat as the game can be given the freedom it grants players, "People should be nice to each other because they get a nice feeling from being nice. There shouldn't be a system hanging around forcing people to be good. It removes a lot of gameplay fun.
"One of the things we did that made a huge difference here unexpectedly was add voice chat. A lot of the time players attack each other out of fear. They don't want to be the person to die. Being able to talk to the other guy and feel them out that way makes a huge difference."
It's descriptions like this of people being people in a virtual world that has me interested to play Rust, if admittedly a little scared as well. "When any player can kill you easily -- and they don't, it's like the biggest compliment ever," explained Newman. "They become good friends. You go to bed, and lie there and think to yourself 'that was a nice guy, I hope I run into him again.' It's a very weird feeling to be having in a game."
Assassin's Creed Liberation is making the jump from handheld to consoles and PC. Liberation HD is completely remastered visually, and Ubisoft released some new screenshots to show off how much prettier the game looks.
Otherwise it plays exactly the same, with no other new additions. So if you already played through this, you may want to skip it. Otherwise it's going to be $19.99 when it's released on the PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade later this year.
And yes, as Rust and DayZ gain more momentum, you can expect to see a lot of these type of videos appearing all over. Rust and DayZ are this year's "Hey look at what I made in Minecraft" content generators.
The new crop of open-world titles, like Day Z, give interesting insight into the people who play games. Take this roving gang of players as an example, who have encountered two people wearing the same color jacket and determine that they should fight to the death for the privilege of being allowed to continue to wear it. Here they are, playing a game in which exerting power over others violently seems to be the primary method of advancement, and instead use that power to create amusement.
It's still cruel, yet it seems altogether generous at the same time. Out of the three people held at gunpoint, only one is killed and it's done through adherence to a few defined rules. The gang even awards an additional prize to the winner, as if not killing and looting them weren't enough. It's the very definition of emergent play, a game borne of circumstances and opportunity rather than predetermination. Pretty funny too.
H-Hour: World's Elite is the spiritual successor to the SOCOM franchise. After the studio went up, the team reformed into Special Operations Forces Studios and created a Kickstarter for a new third-person military shooter.
The team met their funding goal last year and now we're seeing the first footage of H-Hour. The gameplay video here is all in pre-alpha, and it's looking pretty promising. .
Whilst fantasy RPG fans like myself bide their time until the arrival of The Witcher 3 later this year, we might have another game set in the world of Geralt of Rivia. The Witcher Adventure Game isn't actually a point-'n'-click title, it's the name of an upcoming board game being developed by Fantasy Flight Games along with CD Projeckt RED.
With the ability to level up a character and go on a variety of different quest types, it looks like the board game has all the elements of the games. Players can take their pick of four of the franchise's stalwart characters: Geralt, naturally, along with the sorceress Triss, the bard Dandelion, and the Dwarven warrior Yarpen Zigrin.
Along with the actual board game, a digital version to play on either iOS or Android tablets will be available too. There have been a few interesting videogame-based boardgames to have come out recently (yes I know The Witcher is based on a series of books, pedants) but I've not tried any of them out, partly due to price and partly down to a lack of fellow players. Maybe a digital version might be the way to go here unless any of you guys fancy heading round to my house to play.
Up until now the Atomic versions of DC heroes you'll be able to play as in the Infinite CrisisMOBA have been pretty great. So the reveal of Atomic Poison Ivy is kind of a bummer. Mostly because she looks ridiculous walking around with her spider-like plant legs.
If you happen to be a PlayStation 4 owner who has yet to play Klei Entertainment's excellent Don't Starve, you are in for a real treat this week. PlayStation Plus members in particular should just go ahead and download it blindly since it's available for free as a recent addition to the service.
The less you know about this weird, cruel, compelling game, the better. As a result, I've kept this little impressions piece about the new console port free of spoilers.
Okay, this is a fun little trick. YouTuber Master of Luck has taken to playing Call of Duty: Ghosts with the Xbox Live Gamertag "Xbox Sign Out." In a multiplayer setting like this where players are prone to shouting each other's names and the Kinect is listening for voice commands, sign-outs are bound to ensue. Even when people know what's up, they still inexplicably say the magic words.
I like that everyone who fell for the prank seemed to find it humorous. I wonder if that was truly the case, or if a bunch of genuinely angry folks didn't make it into this video.
Namco Bandai has released the first few pages of the Dark Souls II digital comic, titled "Into the Light." It's written by Rob Williams and Andi Ewington, and you can find it here on the official Facebook page.
It appears as if new pages will be revealed bi-weekly, so check back occasionally to get the full tale as the game heads into a March 14th launch date. A date that I can't wait for, by the way!
Remember the pretty 3DS XL pictured above? I think it's the best looking special edition 3DS XL, personally. Remember how the bundle was $200? Now it's $150 at Wal-Mart, Tiny Cartridge reports.
Probably because no one wants that second fiddle Mario on their cool, Luigi-branded 3DS.
Aside from the cool console, the bundle comes with Mario & Luigi: Dream Team installed and a 4GB SD card. If you don't have a 3DS, maybe you should buy this. There are a bunch of awesome games on it.
There's not been a lot of news about the upcoming Dreamfall Chapters but now we've got a 30-minute look at a section of the game, along with commentary from design director Martin Bruusgaard and creative director Ragnar Tørnquist. Despite this being pre-alpha footage, with placeholder art and voices, you can see the approach to character and dialogue that developer Red Thread is going for.
I particularly like the idea of seeing a character's inner monologue shaping the dialogue instead of simplistic and vague responses that can sometimes be misleading. The previous Dreamfall titles were praised for their dialogue and stories more than the actual mechanics and that looks like it's staying the same with these new episodic titles.
It would have been nice to see some more of series mainstay Zoe Castillo but I'm thinking she might be hidden away until Dreamfall Chapters is a bit closer to completion.
A new developer video has surfaced for Yakuza Restoration, and it shows off a great deal of the nuts and bolts of the game (like skills and the XP system), as well as a character named Ryoma who can use a ton of oddball weapons like a giant cannon and a flaming sword.
"Orbs" are now a new mechanic, which allows you to unlock certain skills by placing them in your skill tree -- kind of like Final Fantasy VII's Materia. It'll drop on February 22nd on the PS3 and PS4 in Japan. Fat chance of it ever coming to the US.
Telltale Games is on something of a roll right now; along with Fables: The Wolf Among Us and the second season of The Walking Dead, it has upcoming series based on Borderlands and Game of Thrones. But if money and the required licensing deals were no issue, then 007 himself would star in Telltale's dream game.
The studio's co-founder Kevin Bruner has told OXM that he's a big James Bond fan and that's he's been disgruntled at how the super spy has been portrayed in previous videogame outings. "I'm always frustrated by games that make him a mass murderer," he explains. "He's a super-spy, and that's a different skillset." Whilst Goldeneye is rightly revered, I get where Bruner is coming from; Bond movies aren't about high body counts and it's the actual spying parts that are the best.
Kevin also explains why Telltale hasn't developed its own IP, despite the studio's growing success. "Licensing has played an important part in enabling this company to do as much as it's done without having to create a new IP wholecloth, which is a big undertaking with a lot of associated risk." Regardless of how much you like or dislike the mechanics of the Telltale games, I think most folks would agree the studio never tarnishes the IP that it is adapting. However, I think it would be just be a matter of time before they branch out and create their own games.
The company behind the Oculus Rift, Oculus VR, is apparently developing games internally for the device. It makes perfect sense given that John Carmack is now fully involved with the project, not to mention the other developers that Oculus VR has scooped up over the years.
Apparently Carmack's role may be more software oriented than we thought, as CEO Brendan Iribe (speaking to Engadget) stated, "his heart and soul [Carmack] and history certaintly lies with the game-development side. That's always been Epic's philosophy. It's been John Carmack's philosophy -- you gotta eat your own dog food here, and develop internal content."
2014 will be a pretty exciting year for the Rift. It's starting to catch on in more mainstream outlets (it was heavily discussed on a recent episode of ABC's Shark Tank), and more people are starting to buy into it. All that's left for many of you out there is to get your hands on a final retail model.
Gosh, it's been a long time. With Christmas, New Year's, and not a heck of a whole lot to talk about in the world of videogame news anyway, we've been on a long break from recording our podcast Hardline. Please join me for a chat with Hamza, Steven, and Conrad on Twitch.tv at approximately 11:00am Pacific as we record this week's episode live.
Scheduled topics today include Sony's cloud gaming service PlayStation Now, the assortment of Steam Machines shown at CES 2014, Razer's bizarre-looking modular PC, Alien: Isolation, and our most-wanted games of this new year. But, of course, we're always appreciative of any questions you want to throw our way.
At Nvidia's CES booth, Project Cars is running on 3 4K screens here -- 4K surround, if you will. That means you're seeing 11,520 by 2,160, or 1.5 billion pixels per second! I gave it a spin on an Origin PC running quad-SLI, using 4 GTX Titans.
Overkill on top of overkill? Yeah. But it was still pretty impressive. At high speed, all that detail goes whizzing by, though.
Painkiller: Hell and Damnation and Deadfall Adventures developer The Farm 51 is striving for photorealism in its new game, Get Even, with the use of 3D scanning. There's no denying that the environmental shots look ridiculously good, but what of the actual, well, gameplay?
Get Even is a first-person shooter that doesn't make a distinction between single-player and multiplayer -- it's all combined, to the point where other player characters can literally appear as enemies in your game. Also, there are guns that can fire around corners and can be linked with your character's in-game smartphone. Yeah. Super weird, but I'm kind of into it.
The Farm 51 says this will be out next year for next-gen consoles and PC. I'm curious to hear more about the plot, which is said to "[revolve] around the memories of its central heroes which have a dramatic effect on how the game progresses. The route the player chooses to follow determines their personality as the game unfolds."
Yesterday I showed you a small little free iOS game that payed homage to Mega Man's 8-bit era. Today, I have another free game for you that plays a bit like the original Bubble Bobble -- Mad Agents. It plays like a very simplistic platformer, and takes place in self contained action-puzzle stages just like Bubble Bobble.
You'll take on bosses, grab a variety of power-ups, and try to blast your way to each goal with dynamite. I've been playing a bit of it over the past day or so and it's pretty fun -- especially at the always loveable price of "free."
If you collect every crystal a two-player mode will unlock, so there's also something to strive for. It also just added controller support!
Midnight City has announced the PC version of Double Dragon: Neon and the big new addition for Steam is the inclusion of online cooperative play. That's more than enough reason to play this again, in part, for its killer soundtrack. The brawler is coming soon to the platform for $9.99 and, what the hell, Max Scoville is in this trailer wearing a pizza shirt.
I went into Neon thinking it was dumb, and while I still believe that's true, it wasn't long at all before my cynicism melted away. This is best played with a bro, so be sure to get one. You'll see.
Adult Swim always seems to publish games that have really strange setups, but are backed by solid gameplay mechanics and can easily eat up an afternoon or possibly even a work day. Winnose, developed by Todd Luke, appears to continues that tradition.
In Winnose, you control a living moai statue who has lost his other half and must find it through "giant body part avoidance." Basically, enemies move according to a simple patterns or rules, and the moai head needs to get to the end without touching them.
The soundtrack deserves special mention, with its almost dirty sounding main theme "Snot My Problem" filled with unusual percussion, followed by a crazily energetic J-pop track out of nowhere. It certainly fits the strangeness of Winnose pretty well. If you are interested, you can play Winnose right now on Adult Swim Games.
When Mirror's Edge 2 was announced I was floored, because the original is one of my favorite games of all time. Why? Because I felt like it was a puzzle game first and foremost, and that the Time Trials were the heart of the game.
It was a thrill to be able to look at a giant playground so to speak and "figure out" what path was the fastest to the goal -- it's why the abstract DLC levels were my digital home for essentially a full month. I also had a dream once of my "perfect game" a decade ago and it was basically Mirror's Edge, so there.
Having said that, I really disliked pretty much anything having to do with the narrative or the writing (whoever's fault that ultimately was). It was a bland, "been there done that" dystopian tale that actually brought the game down to the point where people didn't even bother to try the Time Trials, which is a shame. Famed game writer Rhianna Pratchett co-developed that story, but it appears as if she won't be returning for Mirror's Edge 2.
We'll see what that means for the sequel soon enough. I'm just glad it's a reboot, because scrapping all of the lore of the original is for the best.
Two Tribes, developers of the well known Toki Toriseries, has shut down developmental operations. It appears as if founders Martijn Reuvers and Collin van Ginkel are creating a smaller company, with all of the new knowledge they've acquired from their mistakes at Two Tribes. The main reason they went under it seems, is that Toki Tori 2 took longer to develop than they had hoped, and when it didn't sell well, it "took the company down with it."
Their games won't disappear from the Wii U eShop or any other marketplaces anytime soon since they have maintained the publishing rights for them. They're also hard at work on their next game, which is a 2D side-scrolling shooter. It's a pretty sad situation, but I'm glad that at least some people were able to avoid a complete dissolution of the company.
Nintendo has mysteriously posted a listing for an Inazuma Eleven game, and it looks like it's coming to North America in the first quarter of 2014. Unless it's a mistake, we're going to get a game based on the soccer anime for the 3DS at some point this year.
All signs point to Inazuma 3, which was released in Europe late last year. I know some of you don't care about sports, but this has role playing elements, guys!
The folks over at Jasco have put together a rather lengthy video of a playthrough of Mega Man: The Board Game. It'll take you through setup, a typical turn, how the pieces look while in play, and pretty much everything in-between.
Although it may be a tad complicated for people who don't play board games, I'm digging it. The board and cards all look great and authentic, and there's enough depth there to make it last past one or two "novelty" playthroughs.
Hopefully we'll get a chance to play the real thing sooner than later.
Another creepy clown visage is now available in the PlayStation 3 version of Payday 2, and one fans of Sony should be well familiar with. Sweet Tooth, the lovably psychotic burning clown thing from the Twisted Metal series, gets a nod in free DLC released today which offers his face as another horrifying mask option for your character.
Sweet Tooth still gives me the willies. It's one thing to have a horrible clown, but when you have muscular (one might say, "ripped") clown, that's a whole other level of childhood insecurity being represented. And does it matter to the gents down at the pub how big the clown that kicked your ass was? Nooooooo! It's all just, "look at the little pansy lad, got taken to the cleaners by a clown."
We met with Nyko today at CES to get a look at their first accessories for next-gen consoles.
The PS4 gets an Intercooler this spring, with the price set at around $25. Just like Nyko's PS3 version, the PS4 Intercooler attaches to the system and uses small fans to draw hot air out and away from the system to keep it cool. This model plugs right into the back of the PS4 with a power passthrough feature, so no extra cables or connections are needed.
Both the PS4 and Xbox One get Charge Base charging docks. These let you attach a small dongle and then drop two controllers into the base for charging without the need for Micro USB cables. A low profile sled design lets you stash the whole rig right alongside your consoles in your entertainment center.
The PS4 gets a PowerPak that doubles the battery life of the DualShock 4. It attaches to the rear of the controller, interfacing through its Micro USB port. It adds a bit of thickness to the middle rear, but doesn't get in the way of your grip. What's neat is that the Charge Base dongle fits nicely onto the PowerPak, letting you charge it just as easily. The PowerPak is set to release this spring for about $20.
Finally, while not necessarily nex-gen, the Smart Clip lets you attach your phone to the DualShock 4. This new one lets you use your phone in both landscape and portrait mode, as some second screen apps only work in the latter mode. For games that do support second screen, this lets you use the feature without needing to put down your controller and pick up your mobile device.
At CES today, Razer snuck us in to get a closer look at their newly unveiled modular PC concept, which they've codenamed Project Christine. We got to talk to them about how this odd looking tower of blocks would work, and then we got to get up close to take some pictures.
Recently, a new indie development group called “Cat Banana Studios” has been showcasing their new adventure game, Imagine Nations, and MMOHuts was there to give readers a glimpse at the many possibilities for their ambitious new title. Unfortunately, despite a moderate amount of interest from gaming communities, including success on Steam’s Greenlight program, they were unable to reach their funding goals with their recent Kickstarter Campaign.
However, they’ve acknowledged that their previous funding goal was not met, and due to the overwhelming positive feedback and support, Cat Banana Studios felt it was important to continue the campaign to fund their game. Now, Imagine Nations is attempting a second crowd-funding campaign, this time on IgnitionDeck. This time, they’ll have about less than 143 days to earn the funds they need to continue development, which should be plenty of time to convince the gaming masses that Imagine Nations can be much more than another fancy Minecraft wannabe.
Anyone who pledges will receive "Backer Status" and gain special access to our site with an opportunity to earn other rewards on specific pledge tiers.
More news from The Repopulation team today – the game has reached its first Kickstarter stretch goal in its new campaign, and has been Greenlit on Steam. This is impressive progress for a campaign that kicked off just a week ago.
The $60,000 stretch goal ensures the placement of the Rocharus Mount as the game’s first tamed mount at launch (prototype shown above). Above and Beyond are now looking forward to the next stretch goal at $70k: Adverserial Camps, a spawn system that will add more variety and content to The Repopulation.
The new title has also received a Steam Greenlight today, ensuring it will be able to launch through Steam in addition to other avenues.
For all those that have been away from the world of Eoreza, Square-Enix is offering all inactive players a chance to experience the new “A Realm Awoken” 2.0 update for free, starting from Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. PST to Monday, January 13, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. PST
The release of patch 2.1 introduced a wealth of new content such as the Crystal Tower 24-man raid, player versus player battles in the Wolves' Den, new extreme encounters with the primals, further developments in the main scenario and much, much more.
If you have friends that played FINAL FANTASY XIV version 1.0 or FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, please be sure to invite them to join you this weekend!
If you had been under a rock, or at least, one of those rare people who do not have a Facebook account (yeah we still have those people), Clash of Clans is one of those titles that has invaded the Facebook and televised ad wagon.
Gameplay
The game pretty much follows the usual simulation/strategy game that games like Junkyard Monsters has made famous. In Clash of Clans however, the game takes on a mixed setting somewhere between standard fantasy and Viking in theme. Most units consist of Viking-like grunts and some fantasy staples like trolls, giants and dragons to help dish out damage (and steal resources).
True to form, every unit that you use in these attacks are automatically expended regardless if it died or not. This makes not just resource gathering a priority, but also making tactical troop drops a must in any kind of raid, whether PVE or PVP.
Basically you are given a huge plot of land to work with. As you progress in-game, you will then clean up and create structures that will help bolster both your resources and units. As such, resources come in the form of Elixir and gold. However, in later levels, you'll be given access to "dark elixir," a special resource needed to create higher level units/creatures for late-game conquest.
Units
Unit creation is done with the combination of the barracks (or dark barracks) and an army camp. The army camp serves as the rally point of your troops created by your barracks, dark barracks or spell factory.
The amount of units you can create via the normal barracks is dependent on the size of the army camp you have. The higher level the army camp is, the higher amount of units you can create from your barracks.
As for the game's unit count, they have at least 10 units created through the usual barracks/army camp process while there will be more units to be unlocked as you fulfill certain requirements. These then would provide "hero" level units to make the late game raids more epic.
As for the units themselves, each unit has its own set of stats that you would have to look into as you create them. The game doesn't give you control on individual units during raids. Thus with that said, you are then reliant on the unit's favorite target attribute which would dictate the unit's attack priorities during raids.
Raids
So moving along to the game's battle system, Clash of Clans adheres to the "throw and hope they kill something" approach akin to most titles in its genre. You have no control on what your units will attack, though planning ahead of time by mixing up your units into various sets with different "favorite targets" gives you some form of command. You can also control the timing of when each unit will be sent into battle to mix up your tactics on the killing fields.
Raids come in two forms, the first one is the PVE-type of battles where you will be facing NPC controlled bases, and the other one is the PVP-type of battles where you will be given the opportunity to raid player controlled bases.
NPC raids award you stars, aside from the usual loot, with a maximum of 3 stars per map. These stars would serve as requirements for your "quests" which would then be your means to get more resources for your base. On the other hand, PVP awards you with trophies that are both quest related prizes and are points for the global ranking.
The game also allows creation of "clans" or guilds that would serve as not just a social tool, but a battle support group as well. Clan mates help you out in the form of reinforcements or can give you advice through the clan chat system in place.
Critique
Clash of Clans is a great simulation/strategy game that can be a good time sink for those who are looking for a game to spend time on. The game opens up quite nicely to new players, offering vibrant colors, stats, and humor that will keep veterans of the genre from burning out too quickly. What I liked about the game is the steep difficulty curve the game has for the PVE maps. You'd normally expect at least the first few missions to be a cake walk. Well, Clash of Clans shoves that notion down your throat.
While it was a frustrating start, the difficulty level didn't push me away. Rather it motivated me to want to build my base up more than ever. I also liked that the difficulty would push you to PVP earlier than you would normally do on other games of the same genre to speed up your resource acquisition.
It goes without saying that the game is not just challenging and fun to play with, it's also visually appealing above most competitors. The other good thing about CoC is that the game's paywall is not pushed in your face as heavily as most in this genre, ensuring you can have a good time in the early stages of the game without spending.
What clinches the game's replayability in the meantime is the restricted accessibility of the end-game goods. Smart play and dedication is repaid with justified rewards and new unit unlocks. This power curve allows veterans to feel like they've earned the right to stomp out new scrubs while still carrying that wow factor for new players seeing the mighty armies they might one day strive to achieve. The addition of a league system makes raiding feel more goal oriented, adding that extra fun of plotting between invasions on how you might do things slightly better the next time to spare a few resources. Well if you want to compete with the big dogs, anyway.
Conclusion: Excellent
If you'd ask me if Clash of Clans is a good game to invest time on, I'd definitely say yes.
Carbine Studios has revealed a new chapter in their ongoing “Tales Beyond the Fringe” web-comic series for Wildstar on December 11th, 2013. This new issues introduces fans to the mechanical bot crew called “The B-Team!” Featuring Tank, Arty and 4K, these brute force bots introduce themselves to a new player on the team, just before heading out on a deadly mission to who knows where.
These new bots are also introduced to players early on with the recently revealed Engineer class, as players can summon up to two bots at a time that can handle tanking, ranged DPS, crowd control and light healing.
Elder Scrolls Online is sending out a new wave of emails throughout today to invite players to a new stress test coming this weekend, ZeniMax confirmed on Reddit.
The new stress test will be running from Friday, January 10, 6pm Eastern until Sunday, January 12, 11:59pm Eastern. If you’ve signed up for beta testing, make sure to keep an eye on your inbox! Current beta testers will be able to access the beta forum tonight.
A new instance that can be played solo for Alfheim Tales Online has just been released called ” The Wheel of Time. Players can access the new instance from the Noah Plain, and enter into teleport gate and choose “The Wheel of Time (solo mode)”. Players that step into this instance for the first time will have to be on guard immediately, as enemies will be relentless towards all that step inside. Like with many other instances, this one will consume vitality points.
There is no chests rewards for completing this new instance. However, players will get medal rewards, instead, which can be exchanged for blue equipment prestige from Star City.
“Even though players can enjoy this instance by themselves, not all the adventures could be solely played. Remember to join hands with your friends and you will enjoy the adventure smoothly with more safety and a more joyful experience. Additionally, it will increase your friendship with other players. But still: play in solo or clash with mates are all your own call.”
NCSOFT and ArenaNet has released a video trailer today that highlights the sprawling storyline for Guild Wars 2, setting the stage for a grand finale to a narrative that began more than a year ago and introduced supervillain Scarlet Briar. Known as “Our Story So Far”, players are reminded of the increasingly pivotal, insidious role that the evil Scarlet played in the game's living world storyline in 2013.
As Guild Wars 2′s game director Colin Johanson suggests, all the events that players have experienced in 2013 will be leading up to a ominous end this year. "As we announced back in December, we're down to just four releases to go in the current storyline of living world", writes Johanson. "The first of those four releases is nearly upon us, and we wanted to help take a moment and look back at the key moments that have brought us up to this point as a refresher before we dive head-first into countdown to the big finale".
As the video shows us, Scarlet's plot began quietly during last Winter's “Flame and Frost” releases, as she manipulated the mole-like dredge and charr Flame Legion into wreaking havoc in the Shiverpeaks. Her scheme continued in June's “Sky Pirates of Tyria” and the” Cutthroat Politics” release in July, which introduced the new Aetherblade pirates, who pulled off a cunning assassination plot in Lion's Arch.
Scarlet stepped out of the shadows during August's “Clockwork Chaos” release, when she disrupted Queen Jennah's jubilee celebration with her clockwork horrors. Next, players discovered Scarlet's newest plans in October's “Twilight Assault” release, when the renegade sylvari took over the Twilight Arbor dungeon as a new base to consolidate power and amass her forces.
In October's “Tower of Nightmare”s and November's “The Nightmares Within” releases, players took on a new Toxic Alliance between the reptilian krait and the evil sylvari of the Nightmare Court, which erected a massive biological tower of evil at Scarlet's bidding.
What is Scarlet Briar's ultimate plan, and how can the heroes of Tyria stop it? The video promises that 'the worst -IS- yet to come and hints at the fateful culmination of the Scarlet storyline in 2014.
For more information on Guild Wars 2 and the Living World releases, visit the Guild Wars 2 website at: www.guildwars2.com
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