The developer of Spellbreak, a magic-based battle royale which recently announced it would be shutting down next year, will be acquired by Blizzard. Venturebeat (opens in new tab) reports that the Boston-based developer Proletariat will be folded into Blizzard, with its 100-person team set to aid production on World of …
Read More »FFXIV players have found spectacular and deranged outfits for Ameliance
Final Fantasy 14 finally has its Ameliance Custom Delivery option, and players have wasted no time dressing her up in spectacular outfits. As of earlier today, Final Fantasy 14 players have finally unlocked Ameliance Leveilleur as a Custom Delivery option, and her associated quest line in the MMO. As you …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republics exploding barrels are filled with shrunken invisible people
Developers are taking to social media to share bizarre anecdotes about how certain in-game mechanics work behind the scenes, including former BioWare developer Georg Zoeller. In the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, “exploding barrels are filled with shrunken invisible people, as only people are a valid damage source,” Zoeller …
Read More »WoW Classic is dropping its “no changes” philosophy for Wrath of the Lich King
Blizzard has announced some additional changes coming for Wrath of the Lich King in World of Warcraft Classic, and the community largely seems pleased with what will be different from the original release. As WoW Classic continues to evolve with further expansion packs, Blizzard says in a blog post (opens …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches this year, Blizzard says
Pre-orders for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight went live today with a promise that the expansion will launch sometime this year. Blizzard’s store page (opens in new tab) for Dragonflight says that “World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be available on or before December 31, 2022.” The developer had not previously announced …
Read More »FFXIV finally gets Data Center Travel in two weeks
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.18 will launch on July 5, with both the long-promised Data Center Travel option and a bunch of new servers. Patch 6.18 introduces the long-awaited Data Center Travel option, which will finally allow players to visit different Data Centers within their …
Read More »Stranger Things star David Harbour says he was “wildly addicted” to World of Warcraft
Stranger Things star David Harbour has revealed that he was once “wildly addicted” to World of Warcraft. Not only are games no longer seen as a pastime for only the nerdiest among us, but more and more, we see celebrities from film and TV declaring their love for the virtual …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14s Crystalline Conflict mode was originally a battle royale
Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has revealed a battle royale mode was originally planned for the MMO. Speaking to Japanese publication gamer.ne (opens in new tab) (and translated via Reddit (opens in new tab)), Final Fantasy 14’s Naoki Yoshida revealed several interesting nuggets of information surrounding the relatively recent …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 players are going buck wild over Ameliance
Final Fantasy 14 fans are going borderline feral over Ameliance Leveilleur, the next custom delivery character to grace the MMO. We knew previously that mother Leveilleur would be available as a custom delivery character back when patch 6.1 and its following roadmap for Final Fantasy 14 were unveiled earlier this …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 director roped into Eorzea D&D session, stays for eight hours
Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida was brought in to play a special homebrew Dungeons and Dragons session set in Eorzea, and ended up staying – quite enthusiastically – until nearly 4am. The session was hosted by NGC, a Japanese streaming studio that typically plays games like Elden …
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