[PAX East 2020] Marvel and Netmarble Announce Marvel Future Revolution

[PAX East 2020] Marvel and Netmarble Announce Marvel Future Revolution

The resulting experience is the open-world RPG Marvel Future Revolution. The basic premise is a sort of mash-up of worlds called the Convergence where the heroes from each reality will be teaming up to save them all in conjunction with Omega Flight. The panel revealed expansive landscapes pasted onto our world that featured Sakaar from World War Hulk and Xandar from the Nova books, as well as mentioning a New Stark City where the heroes had Iron Man-ized costumes.

Holly Longdale to Depart Darkpaw Games

Holly Longdale to Depart Darkpaw Games

In a heartfelt March Producer’s Letter on both the EverQuest and EverQuest 2 sites, Executive Producer Holly ‘The Windstalker’ Longdale announced her departure from both games’ leadership for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’.  She named Franchise Technical Director Jennifer Chan as her replacement and stated she would remain involved in the games as a player going forward.

[PAX East 2020] Big News at the Standing Stone PAX East Meetup

[PAX East 2020] Big News at the Standing Stone PAX East Meetup

Standing Stone Games and their players raided the Adventure Pub in Arlington, MA on Friday night at PAX East 2020. It coincided with the 14th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the big news was the announcements from DDO and Lord of the Rings Online’s Executive Producer Rob ‘Severlin’ Ciccolini, including an explanation why the LotRO Producer’s Letter is still pending.

Perfect World Entertainment Announces Star Trek Online: Legacy

Perfect World Entertainment Announces Star Trek Online: Legacy

This time, the update includes an homage to Original Series episode ‘The Savage Curtain’, returning players to the planet Excalbia in a two-part episode to pit them against villains from previous game content updates. They will have the benefit of some of Starfleet’s finest at their side, such as Seven (voiced by Jeri Ryan of Voyager and Picard) and Michael Burnham (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green from Discovery).

Tencent Seeks to Fully Acquire Funcom

Tencent Seeks to Fully Acquire Funcom

In a press release on Funcom’s website, the Norwegian-based company running Conan Exiles and working on the upcoming Dune survival MMO announced that the tech investment company Tencent was in the market to acquire full controlling interest via purchasing all other stockholders’ shares. 

Daybreak Spins Off Game Franchises

Daybreak Spins Off Game Franchises

Daybreak Games announced on Tuesday that they were spinning off three of their four game franchises into separate studios. Last year, eagle-eyed Twitter user MSandersonD had scoped out some new trademarks being registered by Daybreak, setting off speculation of this very action coming.

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