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We have a release date for World of Warcraft: Legion–August 30th, 2016.
Legion includes powerful world-drop Legendary items, a new transmog system, the new Demon Hunter class, Class Halls, and a major profession revamp.
You can prepurchase Legion for $49.99 (£34.99) for a Level 100 Character Boost and early access to Demon Hunters, or prepurchase the Digital Deluxe Collectors Edition for $69.99 (£49.99) to get Reins of the Illidari Felstalker and Nibbles, as well as some perks for other Blizzard games.
Defenders of the Alliance and the Horde—a great and ancient enemy has set its sights on Azeroth once more, and soon the land will be consumed in a storm of fel fire. On August 30, kingdoms will burn, heroes will fall, and the world will stand on the precipice of destruction with the launch of World of Warcraft: Legion!
All hellfire is about to break loose, so steel yourself for the return of the Burning Legion by pre-purchasing World of Warcraft: Legion digitally at www.wowlegion.com. Players who pre-purchase will receive an instant level-100 character boost, as well as unlock early access to the new Demon Hunter hero class prior to the expansion’s release.
The Warlords digital deluxe items ( Reins of the Dread Raven and Dread Hatchling) will not be available to purchase when the prepatch hits. These items are currently available for $20 (£15) on the Blizzard Shop.
The Division just keeps causing issues for players doesn’t it?
Recently the game recieved its first big piece of major end game content, in the form of Incursions: super-challenging missions with a very good payout in terms of gear. However, a pretty game-breaking glitch has been discovered in one of the missions and the knowledge got out pretty quickly.
The Falcon Lost Incursion mission should only be playable once a week, keeping track of which accounts have and have not claimed the end-game loot at the end. However, players have realised that if you use the portable cover skill just right to slide through a wall, you’re able to skip a large chunk of the mission and gain access to the loot. What’s more, because you haven’t run the sequence of events needed to advance the mission, the game doesn’t register that you have claimed the loot – so doesn’t stop you from re-entering the mission right away to do it all over again.
It’s so bad that the community seems split into two groups – those using the exploit and those who wish to play it straight. The problem is, the first group is now on an entirely new power level to the second one and some ‘straight’ players have reported being kicked out of groups because they refused to use the exploit to cheat the system. That’s made some throw up their hands and say “Fuck it!”, adding to the numbers of people cheating.
On the subject The Division’s community manager Natchi posted: “Obviously it is against our Code of Conduct. The team is looking into what can be done in terms of punishment for those who have exploited.”
Quite how they plan to punish the cheaters though is up for debate. Simply rolling back the game would punish those who have managed to complete the mission legitimately and it seems that a great number of people are using the exploit, including those who tried to play fair and just ended up getting frustrated by being kicked out of groups or destroyed in the PvP Dark Zone by people who had used the exploit repeatedly to get much better gear quicker than they should.
Keep your eyes on this one, I doubt that The Division’s free from problems just yet…
Right now the Apple App Store are running a special campaign in partnership with the WWF to help raise funds for conservation efforts. It’s called “Apps for Earth” and a number of games and apps are offering special things in-game for purchase. This includes Hearthstone it seems.
Blizzard have just announced another alternate Mage Hero to use in game, and this time it’s the one-time apprentice of Medivh – Archmage Khadgar.
He’ll be available to purchase in the game of Hearthstone from now until April 24th as a Hero; but only if you’re using the iOS version of the game to make the purchase. Spend €4.99 / £3.99 to unlock him and you’ll have this playable Hero available for use on all the platforms you use to play Hearthstone upon.
It’s worth a reminder that the alternate Heroes don’t change anything in the game, besides your character portrait, the six dialogue options and the animations upon entry of a match. However, Khadgar is being offered at a lower price than previous alternate Heroes and it’s for a good cause, so it’s worth consideration.
If you want more information about the Apps for Earth campaign, track the tag #AppsforEarth on Twitter!
If you’re in the mood for a new multiplayer sandbox survival game (and you might be), good news! One is about to enter Early Access with a decent amount of playable content already!
Set in medieval times, The Black Death sees you trying to survive by picking up work and supplies while hopefully not falling prey to the titual disease that wiped out a quarter of the population back in the 14th Century.
While it won’t be 100% finished (hence Early Access), it will be launching with some of the map, three playable classes, improved combat and a city arena where you can fight to the death if you should choose to. It’s nice that they’ve set aside an area for the murder that’s inevitably going to happen anyway in a big multiplayer survival game like this. When it is done, the game hopes to offer an eight-square-kilometer map to explore and survive in.
Pre-orders are already up on Green Man Gaming and the Humble Store for £14.99. Otherwise expect to see it on Early Access on April 19th.
It’s time for the weekly update of Kickstarter gaming campaigns!
A brief update on previously covered campaigns to start – many of last week’s campaigns are at the 20 day mark, with none having made any extraordinary progress although most are progressing nicely. GAME OVER however has finished and fell way short of its $1,145 target. There haven’t been any updates to the campaign since the beginning of March though, so communication and a lack of it might have not helped its chances.
I’ve previously covered Ghost Theory when the studio ran their first Kickstarter campaign a little while ago. We were informed that they were about to try again, and so they have. The campaign’s already off to a great start and the idea of exploring a haunted location to discover the story behind it before the ghostly residents scare you to death is still a good one.
Ghost Theory has a goal of £50,000 and it has made £15,157 so far with 25 days to go.
Next up we have a tabletop game set in the 1920s and taking many cues from Lovecraftian lore.
In an alternate reality where a lot of humanity have turned to insane cults and are waging war, you play as either someone on the side of humanity or as part of one of the cult factions fighting for supremacy while attempting to keep your sanity enough to control your actions. There are also a few different methods of play, including role play sessions.
Mythos has 27 days to go and has made £6,507 of its£10,000goal.
Next up is a card game about getting to know each other.
Vulnerability is a card game which challenges you to answer questions drawn from one of three comfort level decks, either using a Free Pass card to avoid answering a question or giving your answer. The action card deck then determines whose turn it is next, and other players can use core value cards to reward answers from you or any other player. This is basically a game about telling stories and building connections. Lovely.
Vulnerability is Sexy has a target of $20,000 and 57 days to go. It has made $2,140 so far.
Finally we have a tycoon game, and I’m including this because I like tycoon games. Hey, it’s my article.
Rock God Tycoon starts you off as an aspiring rock star fresh out of school. You need to record songs, customise a character, book gigs and build your way up to fame and fortune. As you go along you can spend money on new instruments and accessories to help your image, and there’s even rhythm-based game sections ala Guitar Hero to affect how well you play a show.
Rock God Tycoon has 27 days to go to make an $8,000 target, of which it has made $525 so far.
