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First Footage of Guild Wars 2
The first teaser for Guild Wars 2 with ingame footage has been released, and I have to say: it's looking pretty damn exciting.
Guild Wars 2 is the successor to the 2005 pseudo-MMO, and features a new graphics engine, new playable races (Asura, Charr, Human, Norn, and Sylvari), and takes place ~250 years after the events of the Eye of the North expansion.
Sith Warrior class coming to SWTOR
GameSpot has the scoop on the latest Old Republic class announced: the Sith Warrior.
Emmanuel Lusinchi: The Sith Warrior is a frontline fighter who aggressively uses the Force to augment his destructive power. As such, the character does have elements in common with melee-centric classes from the two Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games. Depending on whether players develop their characters toward pure damage or toward a balanced offense and defense, a warrior can go toe-to-toe against the strongest enemy in the room or take apart a whole mob of lesser foes.
Head on over to Gamespot for their extensive Q&A with BioWare on the new class.
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer expansion announced
For the 42 of you still playing Age of Conan, rejoice! Funcom's got some new content heading your way with Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer. Announced today, the new (commercial) expansion will add a 5-zone, Asian themed region to explore, a playable Khitan faction, and the usual assortment of new spells and abilities. Reportedly, an alternative character advancement system will be introduced as well.
More information and screenshots available at riseofthegodslayer.com.
CCP unveils new console MMOFPS, DUST 514
This morning during his keynote presentation at GDC Europe, CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson announced the EVE Online developer's first console MMO DUST 514. The game takes place in the EVE Online universe, but from a decidedly different perspective: on the ground. Players will fight for control of planets of New Eden.
"The primary gameplay of DUST 514 features brutal ground combat that takes place on the surface of planets from EVE, delivering the visceral, adrenaline-fueled experience of futuristic firefights. Developed for the current generation of consoles, DUST 514 combines equal parts battlefield reflexes and strategic planning, giving commanders and ground infantry real-time configurable weapons and modular vehicles to manage dynamic battlefield conditions."
DUST 514 doesn't just take place in the EVE storyline, it takes place in the actual universe, in real time. EVE players will be able to hire DUST 514 mercenaries and send them on missions.
"DUST battlefields will dictate who control specific planets inside the EVE MMO. If a player contracts a DUST mercenary team to go and conquer this district of a planet. Then ultimately he will be able to control the planet, and therefore the solar system, and therefore the constellation, and the region.
You will increasingly have to fight with your fleet [in EVE Online] but you will also have to contract people who play DUST, the console MMO, which then feeds into the sovereignty control system of EVE. Then EVE feeds back into that again by funding the mercenaries, giving them goals." In a nod to Starship Troopers, he said, "The fleet does the flying, the infantry does the dying.
We'll update you as details on this exciting new title develop.