Today’s video comes to us from Wild Terra 2: New Lands. The video shows off gameplay from the upcoming title kicking off with what else but a party killing big infectious rats, followed by skinning them for parts. Yummy.
Wild Terra 2 is currently in alpha testing. For more information, check out the Steam page. The current iteration of Wild Terra is free to play.
Source: Steam
I’ve written quite a bit in the past about how indie developers are indie because they aren’t corporate, and it would be unrealistic in many respects to expect the same level of emotionless professionalism that you might find out of a business with a PR department. Case in point: Divergence Online. Creator Ethan Casner is no stranger to using colorful language in his blog posts, including last week’s ultimatum against Youtubers demanding free keys and calling out reviewers attempting to extort developers by threatening them with bad reviews and refunds.
If you download the Divergence Online client and check the graphics options, you might be surprised by your choices. As you can see in the picture above, they range from the lowest being Smedley (a bit of snark towards Sony Online Entertainment) to the highest being Beyond the Beyond (an RPG for Playstation). In between are crap, good, and retarded. Divergence Online currently holds a ‘mostly positive’ 72% rating on Steam with no mention of the graphics setting titles in the forums, possibly because “bad words” are regarded as small potatoes in a game that allows you to murder and rob each other at will.
John Smedley has so far not commented.
Turbine may just be the master of aloof announcements. In a thread titled “Oh by the way…” Community Manager Frelorn simply had this to say:
“Guess what?”
followed by three pictures of an upcoming graphics update to the ten year old Asheron’s Call, one of which you see above.
An important note to remember is that the engine is not being changed, and a lot of limitations are still in place, namely the inability to have moving water (water will still be a static texture).
Turbine is aiming for before November for the update, before the big November update, with the idea that ‘sooner is better.’ Asheron’s Call continues to have a small, yet relatively healthy community, despite being one of the oldest MMOs still remaining on the market, and still receives regular large updates.
Despite its limitations, Asheron’s Call is still worth a look, and a two week trial can be enjoyed, with the client costing approximately ten dollars.
More on Asheron’s Call as it appears.
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