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Next Tuesday, Guild Wars 2 will receive the eighth—and last—episode of the Living World: Season 2. Point of No Return launches on 13 January, and in preparation ArenaNet have released this here trailer.
As is the way of things, the first minute or so is footage of previously released episodes. The actual contents of episode eight are, as yet, unknown. The big, roaring plant dragon at the end is probably a good hint, however.
Here’s the way of things as they stand: Caithe has Glint’s dragon egg, the Pact are preparing an assault on Mordremoth, and the player has discovered a big ol’ ominous tomb. To summarise, things are pretty lore up ins.
At a guess, the dragon seen at the end of the video looks a lot like Shadow of the Dragon, who was last seen bothering the Pale Tree at the end of episode four. There’s every chance he’s a boss at the end of the story—it seems a bit soon to face Mordremoth himself. We do somewhat hope that he’s planned as another World Boss. We’ve not had a new one of them since Season One’s Triple Wurm and Twisted Marionette fights and things are getting a little boring.
ArenaNet will be revealing what comes after Season 2 later this month at PAX South. A presentation, titled Beyond The Point of No Return, is scheduled to take place on 24 January.
The new year may have just begun but already there is major news to announce for the Forza world: Forza Motorsport 6 is coming!
Today, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios officially announced Forza Motorsport 6, which is in development and will be arriving exclusively on Xbox One. The news came alongside the announcement of the worldwide debut of the all-new Ford GT, which will serve as the cover car for Forza Motorsport 6. In addition, Ford’s performance vehicle line-up will appear in Forza Motorsport 6. This includes the GT, Shelby GT350 Mustang, and the F-150 Raptor, debuted by Ford earlier today at the auto show. As First in Forza vehicles, Forza fans will have the opportunity to drive these cars when they debut in Forza 6.
“Just as Ford has pushed the boundaries of car technology in GT, Forza Motorsport 6 will embrace that spirit of innovation as our most technically advanced racing simulation to date, offering a fun and realistic automotive experience for both car lovers and gamers,” said Dan Greenawalt, creative director at Turn 10 Studios. “We’re excited to unveil gameplay at E3 in June.”
The announcement of Forza Motorsport 6 kicks off 2015 and the ten-year anniversary of the Forza Motorsport series. This year promises to be the busiest and biggest in Forza history and we’ll have much more to say about Forza 6 and more of our exciting plans in the future. Stay tuned to www.forzamotorsport.net and the official Forza Hub app on Xbox One for all the latest news!
Dataminers may have found evidence in the information for World of Warcraft’s upcoming Patch 6.1 that indicates the developers are planning for a new free-to-play option.
The recently discovered data files with references to a “Veteran Edition” are noted to resemble those for the already existing Trial Edition that allows everyone to play from level 1 to 20 for free. Like the Trial Edition, the Veteran appears to have limits as information in the files show a level cap, money cap and chat restrictions.
What all of this actually means is unknown at present, but Superior Realities suggests that it may be a system to allow subscribed players with lapsed accounts to continue playing with restrictions.
What do you think? Can you see WoW going free to play? If it does, what do you think non-subscribers would lose access to?
Australian retailer EB Games will remove The Elder Scrolls Online from its bricks and mortar shelves on January 13, a Kotaku AU source claims. If the report is true then it serves as fresh evidence that Bethesda intends to scrap the MMO’s monthly subscription fees in favour of a free-to-play model.
Both boxed copies of the game, as well as pre-paid subscription cards, will reportedly be discontinued.
The development follows news late last year that players can no longer purchase six-month subscriptions to the MMO, which was met with mixed reviews when it launched last year. While a moderator on an official French TESO forum claimed the six-month blocks were discontinued due to lack of demand (ie, customers prefer to buy shorter blocks), evidence is certainly mounting that a change is imminent.
We will keep you upto date on this story, as we’ve not reviewed the game since release, however if Free to Play does happen, we’ll have another look at the game which we were underwhelmed by during the betas
Colour me impressed. Hot on the heels of Samsung’s XP941 Solid State Drive – a drive similar in size to a large USB memory stick which was already capable of 1.4 gigabytes per second read speeds – the Korean company has now unveiled its successor which is even more mind-blowing. The new SM951 SSD not only manages to blow its predecessor out of the water with blazing fast speeds of 2.15GB/s read and 1.55GB/s write (tested on PCIe Gen 3 tech), but also consumes 50% less power during operation, thanks to utilising new 10-nanometer MLC flash tech. This same smaller, more power-efficient technology also means that the drive uses barely any power when idle – a mere 2 milliwatts, in fact. The SSDs will come in 128, 256 and 512GB sizes; and at first will be exclusive to major laptop manufacturers – but if it turns out to be a TRUE successor, expect to see it in laptop models from even lesser names soon enough.
