A new video has released for the upcoming Battle Royale shooter Planetside Arena showcasing weapons and vehicles that will be available to players when the game launches on January 29. Senior Artist Chris Bishop and Senior Game Designer Troy Schram showcase weapons and upgrades as well as mobility and the role of vehicles.
Planetside Arena launches into Early Access later this month.
Netmarble Corp announced today that the Fantastic Four have arrived in Marvel Future Fight, bringing with them Dr. Doom and his champion Victorious. In addition to the new characters, Crystal and She-Hulk will receive Fantastic Four uniforms with Moon Girl receiving a Monsters Unleashed battle armor uniform.
“Everyone at Marvel is so excited to see the Fantastic Four, who many consider kicked off the ‘Marvel Age of Comics’ with their debut, added to Marvel Future Fight,” said Marvel Games executive creative director Bill Rosemann. “While they may have awesome powers and go on amazing journeys into the unknown, at their heart the Fantastic Four are a family who may argue and bicker from time to time, but who ultimately stand with each other to protect the world against the universe’s greatest sci-fi threats.”
Along with the new characters and uniforms, the update also introduces a new Epic Quest for Mr. Fantastic, new rank boards, new comic cards, new uniform collections, and more. Marvel Future Fight is available on iOS and Android.
Source: Netmarble Press Release
Hi-Rez Studios wants you to play Paladins, but they would also like you to watch Paladins. This month, Hi-Rez launched the Mixer store in Paladins that incentivizes players to watch game streams for rewards. By linking your Mixer account and watching Paladins streams, you’ll receive coins that can be redeemed for skins and other cosmetics.
Players who link their accounts will receive a quest for a limited Khan skin (as shown above). The mixer store is only around for a limited time, and points are obtained at a rate of 1 per 12 minutes.
Source: Paladins
The Division 2 is the latest title to be poached by Epic Games, as the news broke today that the title will not be released on Steam but will instead be exclusive to the Epic Store and Ubisoft’s own UPlay platform. Set for release on March 15, The Division 2 is the sequel to the title of the same name.
Epic Games fully launched its store just a few months back and is seeking to compete with Valve’s Steam platform through a combination of leveraging its massive userbase thanks to Fortnite, by offering competitive revenue sharing plans, and through securing exclusive titles from The Walking Dead: Final Season and now The Division 2.
Source: Ubisoft Press Release
Black Desert Online is officially available for pre-order on Xbox One ahead with developer Pearl Abyss revealing that the title will launch on March 4. Owners who pick up a founder’s package will be able to access the game early, with Ultimate Edition buyers gaining access on March 1. Ultimate edition copies grant the most in-game rewards and exclusive items, including pets, horse armor, costumes, currency, and more.
The final chapter of the Stormblood storyline hits Final Fantasy XIV today (January 8) with the launch of patch 4.5, A Requiem For Heroes. In the first part, players will have access to a wealth of new content leading into the next expansion, Shadowbringers, including the third and final chapter in the fan-favorite Return to Ivalice Alliance Raid series, new main scenario quests, challenging trials, and more.
Following today’s content drop is the blue mage job which hits live servers on January 15. As a limited job, the blue mage provides solo gameplay learning its abilities through fighting monsters and is available to all players who have achieved level 50 Disciple of War or Magic class/job and who have completed the main scenario for A Realm Reborn.
Fans can look forward to more information on the next FFXIV expansion at this year’s European Fan Festival on February 2, 2019.
Guild Wars 2 is always looking at ramping up the action and drama, and everything comes to a head on January 8 as Tyria’s finest finally take on the elder dragon Kralkatorrik.
In the culmination of the ongoing story started with Path of Fire, players will rally the forces of Tyria to defeat the crystal dragon before it can destroy the world as we know it. With Aurene’s vision of her own death at the hands of Kralkatorrik and the other struggles among the group, players are in a race against time to bring this powerful creature down once and for all.
In addition to the new storyline, All or Nothing introduces a number of features including:
All or Nothing launches Tuesday, January 8, and is free for all Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire owners.
In celebration of its eighteenth birthday, Jagex has overhauled two of its oldest skills this week as mining and smithing are updated to be more in line with the last decade of updates. Both skills have been optimized and made more user-friendly and useful with powerful new masterwork armors being made available.
David Osborne, lead designer, stated:
“Reaching our 18th anniversary is an incredible milestone and it’s apt two of the original skills that launched way back in 2001 have been given a new lease of life. The Mining & Smithing update has been a thoroughly collaborative effort with the community, with polls and beta tests providing invaluable input as we fine-tuned and polished the new mechanics and armour.”
An overhaul to mining and smithing has been voted among the most requested RuneScape updates for the past few years. More details on the update can be found at the main RuneScape website.
Source: RuneScape
RuneScape is officially 18 years old, old enough to vote and in many countries even drink, but Jagex today announced that its flagship title is entering adulthood at an all-time high. According to the Cambridge developer, RuneScape is enjoying its strongest year to date, with more than five million downloads on Old School RuneScape on iOS and Android since launch. In addition to this record, RuneScape is also enjoying the highest paid membership total over the Christmas period since 2008, while lifetime revenue for RuneScape surpassed $1 billion.
Jagex CEO Phil Mansell said:
“2018 was a fantastic year for our RuneScape games, which have truly come of age. The franchise has been growing consistently for five years, and we’ve seen a surge of further community growth with the move to mobile. Old School RuneScape’s successful mobile launch was made possible by our incredible team who’ve been able to make this classic game play smoothly in a mobile form-factor, and which allows players to enjoy the convenience of completely interoperable PC to mobile cross-play. This achievement showcases our living games philosophy; bringing deeply engaging community experiences to players wherever they are.”
Jagex has hired more than 100 new members to the team, while monthly active users have more than doubled over the year.
Source: Jagex Press Release
Today’s news comes to us from Japan, and if you thought the recent Korean law criminalizing paid boosting was an overreach, just wait until you see this.
Japanese lawmakers passed an amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention law that makes the modification of save game data illegal within the country. The law not only effects services that create tools to modify game saves but allegedly also includes individuals who make the modifications on their own games.
Guilty parties may be punished with forced payments to the game developer, as well as prison time of no more than five years and fines of no more than 5 million yen, possibly both.
Nintendo appears to be behind this new legislation.
Source: NintendoSoup
