The First Ones, the architects of the Shadowlands and all within it, are inexplicably linked with Azeroth.
But who are they? How many teases have Blizz left for us in-game? Let's explore everything we know so far and who these mysterious figures could be.
Phew, finally getting back on track! Be sure to check out recent post for December. We’ve got all of the January loot on hand & will be shipping out immediately after Patreon clears the month.
2021-01-28 20:06:32 +0000 UTC View PostAMD's CEO Lisa Su revealed in their Q4 earnings call that supply constraints in semiconductors are liable to continue until the second half of this year. This means supply issues with the PS5 and Xbox consoles will continue, and the same for PC hardware in general. The entire industry can't yet make enough to keep up with the ever-growing demand from consumers.
Indie developer NOWWA have accused EA and Respawn of plagiarising their character design from upcoming title Bulletville. Their character 'Hunter' was shown to EA in early 2020 during publishing talks and in a playtest in October. Respawn's next Apex Legend, Fuse, shares a significant amount of design elements. There's almost no way to be certain, but NOWWA are mostly concerned their game will be labelled an Apex copycat.
An advertisement for an intern opening at WB claims that their new projects have a heavy focus on live service. Hogwarts Legacy, Suicide Squad and Back 4 Blood are the likely candidates for a live service focus among their offerings, while Gotham Knights has been confirmed by developers to be designed not as a live service game.
Rumour has it that a new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game is well on the way but without EA's involvement. This comes with a little tease: According to the source, we'll 'never guess' who the studio is. Alongside KOTOR from this mysterious group, Star Wars also has a 'smaller' game coming from EA. One of the games under development is a bounty hunter game, but it could be either EA's smaller game or Ubisoft's open-world one - we'll ha...
2021-01-25 16:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Shadowlands has been a smooth launch, although it did come after a major delay. What are Blizzard working on, and what should we expect next? Here's everything we know and what we think's coming up soon.
2021-01-23 09:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostIn Capcom's recent Resident Evil showcase, Village was given a release date of May 7th, a PS5-exclusive demo and pre-orders were opened - and the game is available for $60. Capcom also announced Re:Verse Resident Evil, a multiplayer shooter to celebrate the franchise's 25th Anniversary
The history of Azeroth is a rich one, but the vast majority of it has been war, eternal conflict for the soul of Azeroth herself. This video's a bit different - we've run through the history of Azeroth, primarily of Azeroth *the character*. She's been under siege for what could be hundreds of thousands of years from all sorts of cosmic forces, yet she still lives - and might be stronger for it.
We may have a follow-up on this discussing *who* or *what* Azeroth is...
A whopping $9.5m is being taken from 5 publishers and Valve for breaching EU anti-trust laws. Specifically, for engaging in 'geo-blocking' in the EU. German users forced to pay German prices for games, as an example, goes against the principle of the EU Digital Single Market.
The studio is hiring an art director for an unannounced title - rumored to be Cory Barlog's sci-fi game. It may be a revival of Internal-7, an old sci-fi project that Santa Monica cancelled after encountering issues with the PS4's capabilities. This new generation would be a good excuse to bring it back.
Denuvo's Anti-Cheat, not to be confused with the Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM, is now available to all Steamworks partners. Being included in Steamworks should mean it's free for use for effectively all games hosted on Steam.
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After more than three years of silence, series designer Hideki Kamiya has stated that he hopes to be able to give an update on the much-anticipated sequel later this year, and asked fans to "please keep an eye on us."
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We’ve had a slow start this year - entirely on me. I had a lot of knocks through 2020 in addition to the pandemic, and basically fell to pieces over the holidays.
I’m beginning to become myself again, so there’ll be more posts etc this week, as well as the news channel plan that Matt, myself, Adam and Conall have been working on.
I’d intended to hit the ground running for 2021, but as I’ve grown older, I’ve realised that doing so when ...
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The makeover's most significant changes will feel pretty familiar to anyone who has been running the Battle-net beta version recently - players can favourite and filter games however they want, and 2021-01-15 13:39:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Studio co-founder Marcin Iwiński this week released a video once again apologising for Cyberpunk 2077's launch state on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One - he also provided an updated roadmap for patches, DLC, and next-gen upgrades.
The newly reformed Lucasfilm Games will be working with the Wolfenstein devs on the game, which is an original adventure set at the height of Indy's career. Todd Howard is on the project as executive producer, so this is likely a huge project going forward.
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A Sony video presentation shown at CES 2021 on Monday concluded with a sizzle reel detailing release windows for several upcoming PS4 and PS5 titles - the big news is that Square Enix's Project Athia is coming in 2022, while Capcom's Pragmata has been pushed back to 2023.
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An official notice posted to the website informed fans that, going forward, the website will instead redirect visitors to the official PlayStation website. The notice also thanks fans for years of "enthusiasm and support" in a way that suggests we may never hear from Killzone again.
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In a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz Peter Moore, a former boss at EA Sports who oversaw the first iteration of FIFA Ultimate Team back in FIFA 09, likened FIFA loot boxes to collectible cigarette cards and blind ...
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This time courtesy of well-known dataminer SciresM, who has claimed that the Switch's most recent firmware upgrade references a new hardware - codenamed Aula.
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Microsoft have issued a customer experience survey to Xbox Series X|S owners to ask whether they would like to see any PlayStation-centric features on Xbox consoles - particularly the functionalities in Sony's much lauded gamepad.
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The $95m deal was first reported by the Triangle Business Journal and will give Epic the enormous 980K square foot Cary Towne Center in North Carolina - around two miles from Epic's current Cary HQ.
New year, same news delivery service! Here's hoping this is the year you finally make good progress on your backlog.
Despite hearing absolutely zero news for three years now, Hideki Kamiya has reassured fans that development of the Nintendo Switch-exclusive sequel is still "progressing smoothly."
Here we go, the final loot of the year!
As always, Patreon does not charge up-front. It charges for month A at the beginning of month B. So, November Patronage starts being charged on December 1st. It then takes Patreon a few days to get everyone charged & ping people if their cards decline. After that, Patreon gives us the final list of names and addresses. That's when we're able to pack, label & post everything. That usually takes 4-5 days.
Official postage times are 2 b...
2020-12-27 18:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you’re all doing well! We’ll be back on the saddle with content very soon - given how 2020 has been, I think we’ve all needed a few days off!
We’ll be kicking the year off with a bunch of newish indicative - essentially codifying experiments we ran around the same time as Shadowlands & CDPR! This should increase our lead times, increase early access content, and decrease stress on the team. All important things, especially the latter!
I’ll have a few posts her...
2020-12-26 20:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The Paladin is one of the best classes in the game. Here's why. (It's actually got loads of weaknesses, but those hardly matter in its majesty. If you basically enjoy being more than DPS, Healer or Tank at once, this is it.
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GTA Online's recent Cayo Perico Heist was a fresh approach to the game's heist design as it allowed players to complete it solo for the first time - and Rockstar say they'd like to do similar things in future.
The Hunter! How is it in Shadowlands? After a lot of dungeons, too much PvP, and a few nights in Nathria, here's the verdict.
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Mass Effect 4's project supervisor, Mike Gamble, introduced several new team members on Twitter and there are a good few returning names. Parrish Ley, the cinematic director for the Mass Effect Trilogy, is back on board as creative director.