Category: News

Marvel Heroes Hits Playstation 4, Xbox One Coming Later


Marvel Heroes has officially hit ground on the Playstation 4, launching its closed beta for those who purchase founder’s packs available on the Playstation Store. Founders packs start at $19.99 for the Spiderman or Deadpool packs, and go up to $59.99 for the Avengers pack. Every founders pack comes with bonus G’s (cash shop currency), heroes, costumes, boosts, and more. In addition, all players will receive a Daredevil hero at a later date regardless of buying a founder’s pack.

“There’s never been a better time to be a Marvel fan,” said David Von Dorman, CEO at Gazillion. “With so many exciting films, television shows, and comics coming soon, we’re beyond excited to be able to bring the characters, costumes, and adventures of the Marvel Universe to life in living rooms around the world. Marvel Heroes Omegahas been a true passion project and labor of love for everyone here at Gazillion — and we can’t wait for players to experience it for the first time themselves on consoles.”

(Source: Marvel Heroes)

The Exiled Makes Season 3 Free For All


Sandbox MMO The Exiled this week announced that Season 3 will be available for free, temporarily removing the seven day trial and allowing all players to play for the entirety of the month, regardless of if they’ve purchased the client. Seasons in The Exiled run for one month, after which progress is wiped and players start anew.

Unlimited Free Trial during Season #3: In order to make it easier for new players to get into The Exiled we have decided to get rid of the 7-day trial period during Season #3. Yes, that means that you and all of your friends can play The Exiled for free for the coming four weeks. Just start the game and you’re in. You can (and should) still buy a Supporter Pack to unlock more character slots and get unique visuals for your character but it is not required anymore to play the game

Check out The Exiled on Steam.

New Everquest Server Will Never Catch Up


Everquest pumps out progression servers on a pretty regular basis, but have you ever looked at them and wondered what life would be like if the community never voted to progress past Planes of Power, aka when the game stopped being good (your words, not mine). Well consider that thirst quenched, as Daybreak Game Company has announced that the next progression server will do just that.

When server Agnarr launches on May 24, it will unlock new expansions every 12 weeks, without interference or vote, until finally Planes of Power unlocks. After that, nothing more. The server is true box, meaning one client per computer. As always, All Access membership will be required.

More details can be found at the FAQ below.

(Source: Everquest)

Star Trek Online: Season 12 Hits Consoles


Perfect World Entertainment has released Season 12 of Star Trek Online: Reckoning for Xbox One and Playstation 4. The update introduces players to a dangerous new race, the Tzenkethi.

Season 12 – Reckoning continues the mission from the last major expansion to release on consoles, Agents of Yesterday. Captains have discovered an abandoned space station from Star Trek: The Original Series next to a remote planet in the Alpha Quadrant. Upon further investigation they learn the planet’s entire life force has been wiped out by a protomatter bomb. All signs point to the Tzenkethi as the culprit, a powerful and highly intelligent warp-capable species. Captains must now team up with the Lukari and a Klingon contingent led by General Rodek (voiced by actor Tony Todd) to stop the Tzenkethi forces from carrying out another cataclysmic attack.

Reckoning introduces a brand new feature episode, Of Signs and Portents, as well as a new crafting school, space queues, and reputation with the Lukari Restoration Initiative. With this update, console players will be back up to date with PC players.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release)

Tencent Prepares To Take On Steam


Tencent appears to be aiming at PC juggernaut Valve by globalizing its own Steam-esque platform and rebranding as WeGame. Already massive in comparison to Steam, 200 million users in China compared to Steam’s 125 million worldwide, Tencent’s website indicates that the new WeGame platform will support global players on one client, expanding westward and introducing millions more to its ever expanding control of the market. The news comes from a splash page on Tencent’s website, translated and discussed by Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad.

For those vaguely familiar with Tencent’s name, the company owns League of Legends developer Riot Games and Clash of Clans developer Supercell. Its stock is currently worth around $30 USD, putting its value around the level of Sony ($31.79) and Nintendo ($30.41). Last month Tencent released its December quarter earnings, boasting 43.9 billion Yuan, $6.3 billion USD. If anyone has the finances to get a foot in the west and put the fear of God in Valve, it is probably Tencent.

(Source: Twitter)

Microsoft Adopts Valve Policy: Self-Service Refunds Coming


Those of you who game on consoles know one truth to be self evident: No refunds. Game comes out that is broken, missing features, or effectively sold on lies and fraud? In that last case, Sony did at least refund No Man’s Sky buyers. Otherwise, you’re out of luck if the game runs horribly or just plain sucks. At least until now, as Microsoft is expected to add a refund system to Xbox One and Windows 10. Discovered recently in the Xbox Preview Program, Microsoft’s refund policy matches that of Steam’s to a T, offering self-service refunds for games with less than two hours played within 14 days of purchase.

Simple as that. As we said, the policy is virtually identical to Steam, as in DLC and season passes are not eligible for refunds, with some extras. You’ll need to wait at least one day post launch for a refund request, and you have to actually have downloaded and launched the app in order to request a refund. Additionally, Microsoft reserves the right to shut down refund access to those who “abuse” the system, with no direct explanation of what constitutes abuse.

(Source: Eurogamer)

Twitch Prime Offers RuneScape Goodies For April


Amazon Prime subscribers, among their other perks, enjoy access to Twitch Prime, a service that offers free channel subscriptions in addition to other monthly goods. This month, Twitch has partnered with Jagex to hand out a month of free membership and a few other bonuses. Log in to Twitch between April 11th and May 8th to claim your code and redeem a month of membership, 200 RuneCoins, 15 treasure hunter keys, and a Prime Colossus Legendary Pet.

The code itself needs to be redeemed by June 9th, with certain items (Treasure Hunter keys) not available for Ironman RuneScape accounts. Check out the instructions on the Twitch page for more details.

(Source: Twitch)

Perfect World Announces Driftwood Tavern Livestreams


Perfect World Entertainment has announced a new fireside chat for Neverwinter called the Driftwood Tavern. Set to stream every two weeks on Friday, the first stream will be live on Twitch on April 14th to discuss updates, hand out prizes, and more. The developers over at Perfect World Entertainment regularly publish developer blogs on various subjects, and this latest announcement appears to be pushing communication with the community even further.

  • Providing news for the next two weeks
  • Updating everyone on any developer activity on the Preview forums you may have missed
  • Gathering feedback from the community
  • Spotlighting the community (fan art, videos, etc.)
  • Having a place for the community to get together
  • …and of course, winning prizes, like the Roccat Kone EMP mouse below!

(Source: Neverwinter)

G2A Blames Gearbox Backlash On “Lack of Knowledge”


G2A.com is hitting back against Gearbox and critics after Gearbox Software pulled its partnership in response to consumer backlash over a publishing partnership between Gearbox and G2A.

“Some developers,” said the company, “and a few influential YouTubers (with John Bain at the forefront) would like to spread an image of G2A.COM as a place which exists from being an intermediary in selling illegally acquired keys. This depiction is far removed from reality.”

As for Gearbox’s demands, well G2A had some words for them. The company refuses to change G2A shield, a security measure that has been criticized as both G2A profiting off of the use of its system for fraud and simultaneously giving the company less reason to combat said fraud, to become a free rather than a paid service. In response to Gearbox’s demand that G2A provide an API where developers can flag stolen keys, the company also refused unless the developers are ready to pay handsomely for such protection. As for throttling non-certified users to prevent mass key flipping, the answer was also no. And finally, in response to demands that G2A make its systems more transparent with less hidden charges, in regards to its system which seems designed to trick customers into buying into the monthly subscription service G2A Shield, the company also said no.

G2A has received heavy criticism in the past over its marketplace, with claims that the company does not do enough to prevent its market from being used for fraudulent activity. Developers from Ubisoft, Origin, Zenimax, and more have deactivated keys in large quantities that were purchased and sold on stores like G2A and Kinguin with stolen credit cards. G2A claims that they are working on improving their systems.

(Source: Vice)