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TERA’s Godfall Update Will Add Apex Skills To 7 Classes & Major Story Quest On April 17th

April 12, 2018 Nocturne Leave a comment

TERA‘s PC version has received constant updates since its launch in 2012 and now another major update is on its way. On Tuesday, April 17th, TERA players will face dragon-fire and their inner demons with the new Godsfall update. New story elements are coming along with the addition of the Apex Skills for seven classes; Berserker, Brawler, Lancer, Warrior, Mystic, Priest, and Slayer. Apex Skills will be applied to more classes in future updates later this year.

Black Desert Online Reveals 2018 Global Costume Design Contest Winner

April 11, 2018 Nocturne 3 comments

Last month, fans and players from all across the globe had a chance to vote on the Global Top 10 designs for Black Desert Online‘s Costume Design Contest. The top #1 spot is claimed by an entry from Thailand called “JUNGLE TERROR” for the Berserker character.

The artist behind the entry will be receiving the grand-prize of $10,000 USD. Their design will also be made into an actual in-game costume in the Black Desert universe in the future. Of course, the developers will not take the exact design of the winning artist and make alterations to fit Black Desert’s aesthetics.

Dauntless Will Launch Open Beta On May 24 With 700,000+ Already Pre-registered

April 11, 2018 Nocturne 2 comments

Phoenix Labs announced that Dauntless, the upcoming multiplayer co-op monster hunting game will head into open beta on May 24th of this year. The Vancouver based indie developer has got their hands full at the moment showcasing Dauntless to gamers in Boston for PAX East 2018.

The studio states that over 100,000 players have already participated in the game’s closed beta and an additional 700,000 players are pre-registered in preparation for the open beta. The game’s open beta was previously expected to come in the later part of 2017, so it’s had time to build up a nice list of players excited to slice tails off of giant lizard beasts.

Black Desert Online Fairy System Will Help Players See In The Dark & Auto-Pot

April 10, 2018 Nocturne 2 comments

Laila the Fairy is coming to the Western version of Black Desert Online very soon after this week’s maintenance! The Fairy System is an assistance-based companion system that players will be able to obtain by completing a recurring quest. They can provide a variety of useful skills for traversing the world such as their ability to light dark areas as a functional lantern, auto-purification of water consumption, instant resurrection of a player without penalties and automatically using a potion on a character when HP is low.

Laila has 4 tiers and after every 10 levels, she gains a random new skill. To level her up, players must feed her equipment like Rocaba and Grunil or Sweet Honey Wine.

Worlds Adrift Will Have Steam Early Access On May 17

April 10, 2018 Nocturne Leave a comment

Worlds Adrift, the open-world sandbox “Community-Crafted MMO” by Bossa Studios will be available on Steam on May 17, 2018. This will be an early access version and access to the game will cost $25. The game offers a world where players can explore and design their surroundings and scour through floating islands by building skyships and competing for resources.

Much has changed since the game underwent a closed beta back in May of last year. The development team has worked on lots of major features like new climbing move-sets that do not kill players which apparently took three to four months to complete. You can read all about what the developers’ plans for the game now, before it leaves early access and further down the line in Worlds Adrift’s roadmap.

Ashes of Creation Shows Off Level 3 Village, Questing & Dungeon Gameplay At PAX East 2018

April 9, 2018 Nocturne 4 comments

Intrepid Studio’s Ashes of Creation shared a showcase video of the guided gameplay that players at PAX East 2018 are able to experience. This time, the developers have control of the five characters in the party. Watch Steven Sharif, Intrepid Studios’ CEO and Creative Director forget to take his quest and shoot ice bolts at decaying monsters.

Tree of Savior Shows Off Client Optimization Progress To Fix Lag & Frame Rate Issues

April 8, 2018 Nocturne 2 comments

Perhaps the most criticized issue that can be found in Tree of Savior is the often times frustrating client optimization that causes drastic and dreadful lag issues and dropped frame rates. In the game’s latest Developer’s Blog, the staff presented the results of their Client Performance Optimization efforts so far.

They recorded densely populated maps in three different variations comparing before and after the Client Performance Optimization patch. The difference is almost night and day.

Crowfall 5.5 Sparks Player Driven Economy With Vendor Stalls, Female Centaur & New Map Added

April 7, 2018 Nocturne Leave a comment

ArtCraft is showing off lots of new exciting features and content for Crowfall focused on exploring the newly finished map, Wrath. Wrath’s landscape is diverse and is the first map to feature new PvE areas called “Adventure Zones” like the Spider Canyon where players can hunt giant spiders and face a world boss for valuable loot.

A new system for player death and recovery was put in place. If a vessel’s health reaches zero, it is knocked unconscious. Players can be resurrected by a Cleric, Druid or Templar or be finished off with a killing blow.