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[PAX East 2018] Guild Wars 2 Keeps Up the Friendships
Back in February, we covered an initiative from ArenaNet that focused on the friendships and relationships that have sprung up between their players over the years. Since they were visiting PAX East with a great big griffin mount display, it seemed logical to reach...
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[PAX East 2018] A Side Quest into Hearthstone
While card games aren’t normally within our oeuvre here at MMO Central, we don’t like to say no when companies such as Blizzard offer us interviews with folks like Ben Brode, the larger-than-life Game Director for Hearthstone. He was at PAX East to promote their current expansion to the four-year-old card game, Witchwood.
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[PAX East 2018] First Look at WoW’s Island Expeditions
At PAX East, Blizzard brought World of Warcraft back to the show floor for the first time since Legion debuted. As expected, they had their game systems set up for a specific demonstration, a new feature coming in the next expansion, Battle for Azeroth, namely Island Expeditions.
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[PAX East 2018] Ashes of Creation Interview and Panel
PAX East had a larger than expected MMO turnout this year. While there were a handful of newer MMOs that also had booths on the show floor, none of them had as much real estate and presence as Ashes of Creation. The Intrepid Studios game is still in alpha, having completed one of the most successful gaming Kickstarters in recent history.
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[PAX East 2018] Interviewing LotRO’s Rob ‘Severlin’ Ciccolini
Visiting a game studio is always a special occasion, whether it be as press or as a player, and getting to visit the PAX East-adjacent Standing Stone Games is no exception. Thanks to the team there, I was able to sit down with the Executive Producer, Rob ‘Severlin’ Ciccolini, to conduct an interview regarding Lord of the Rings Online, one of the two games currently run by SSG.
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Pokemon GO Introduces Daily Quests and a Hunt for Mew!
I’m just going to put this here and let the shock speak for itself, having Pokemon GO daily quests is just an amazing addition and add in a possible Mew catch, there are just no words.
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Defiance 2050 Closed Beta Test Underway from April
The team at Trion Worlds have shared some additional details as well as a date for the redesigned Defiance 2050, bringing the news that the closed beta test will run the weekend of April 20 – 22.
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Star Trek Online Announces New Expansion, Returning TV Cast
Star Trek Online’s fourth major expansion, Victory is Life, will launch on June 2018 paying homage to the classic TV series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a new Jem’Hadar playable faction six new episodes, and featuring the original TV actors.
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Exclusive Neverwinter Teal-Dusted Axebeak Mount Giveaway
With Neverwinter’s Lost City of Omu expansion launched on PC, we once again have an opportunity to team up with Perfect World and Cryptic Studios to bring you another mount – exclusively for PC players.
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Identity Shares Latest Dev Blog, Town Square Delayed
The team at Asylum Entertainment have shared a new dev blog, bring us up to date on the latest with Identity’s development – bringing us to to date on development of the Town Square.
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Em8er Shares their First Video Update
Today is a big day for Firefall fans, with Mark Kern, Creative Director of Crixa Labs sharing the first video update for Em8er – the crowd-funded spiritual successor to the now shuttered title.
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Ashes of Creation Previews the Dungeon of Dünheim
The team at Intrepid Studios has shared some new lore for Ashes of Creation, focusing on the dwarven city of Dünheim and it’s fall into darkness from the point of view of a dwarf named Dillia.
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