“The armies of the Burning Hells are about to become a lot more hellacious,” states the patch 1.0.5 introductory post on the Diablo III blog. Blizzard will be introducing ‘Monster Power’, a new system designed to give players more control over how challenging enemies are in each difficulty setting, which is described as being similar to the “Players X” command…
BioWare will be expanding the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO by adding a new ‘Free-to-Play’ option in the third quarter, giving players access to each of the eight Star Wars character class storylines, all the way up to level 50. Players can get unlimited game access, including what BioWare deem as a new “higher-level game content” and new features. This will…
Square Enix has rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV and renamed the MMO ‘A Realm Reborn’. ‘Version 2.0’ has been modified quite a bit since being born in 2010, and Square Enix says they’ve rebuilt the whole game from the ground up as people weren’t happy with Final Fantasy XIV. “Since announcing our plans for the future of the title last October, we have been working tirelessly to…
CVG report that BioWare has announced Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a cross-platform free-to-play online game which will release under ‘EA’s Play 4 Free’ label. The website reveals that players will be able to take on the role of a Fighter or a Mage, and describes the game as “the first great Western RPG has been lovingly restored.” CVG also…
The ‘core’ gamer has traditionally not taken to the games found on Facebook that have attracted the casual gamer by the millions. Facebook believe we could see this trend broken; and new deeper console-style, free-to-play experiences could haul in the core gamer. Facebook’s games product manager Matt Wyndowe told GamesIndustryBiz in a recent interview that he thinks this is going to be…
It was first a rumour. Then it appeared to be ‘officially’ confirmed. Now, it was all a joke. A cruel one, it has to be said.The source of it all is a slide during Bungie engineer David Aldridge’s GDC presentation. As Bungie.net reports, “in rehearsal Aldridge was convinced that everybody got the joke…” LOL?
The rumour that spread like wildfire around the internet is now confirmed that, yes, Bungie is making a “massively multiplayer” game. No it’s not World of Warcraft in space. It’s called ‘Destiny’ according to Kotaku. And that’s pretty much all that’s known for now.