Another week has soared by, the kids are back in school, and gaming trailers keep on rolling out! This week check out the latest from ArcheAge, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Final Fantasy V, Grand Theft Auto Online, Might & Magic Heroes VII, Rogue Invader, SOMA, and Total War: Attila.
Gamescom Day 2 has come and gone, and while the biggest reveal of the day was Blizzard's World of Warcraft expansion (read more here), other developers had plenty to share as well! In today's recap we've gathered the latest images and flicks from Defiance, Battleborn, RIFT, HEX: Shards of Fate, ArcheAge, The Technomancer, and Trove.
This week we've collected some awesome reveal trailers, launch announcements and more in Film Friday! Flicks include ArcheAge, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Just Cause 3, Land of Britain, No Pineapple Left Behind, Project CARS, Shadowrun Chronicles, Tinertia and Triad Wars.
ZAM had a great time at PAX East, and now that we've wrapped up all our content, we got a full article recap for you. We went hands-on, snagged some interviews, took a lot of pictures and jotted down some big announcements.
Secrets of Ayanad—the name given to the final 1.2 Korean version of ArcheAge—was launched by Trion Worlds this past Tuesday. We spoke to the newest and very passionate producer on the team, Merv Lee Kwai, about the update what it brings to the players.
"You know, I think it was our best launch to-date for ArcheAge! It was smooth, servers have been stable the entire time and we're really proud of the content we pushed out." Merv explained that one reason the team thinks that the update was such a success is thanks to two weeks of live player data collected on the test realm.
Secrets of Ayanad increased the level cap by five, so players can now go from 50 to 55 on all ten possible classes. There are five new skill points (one for each new level) available—raising the cap to 28—giving better flexibility in your class builds, and each class gets a new skill at 55.
Diamond Shores is the new zone introduced in this update, found to the northwest on the continent of Auroria and is part of the war cycle. The zone has a new housing area, "about 200 houses, only on the west coast."
ArcheAge fully launched in North America last year with its fair share of triumphs and problems. Merv Lee Kwai, a newer producer on the team, took to the forums last week to give a rundown on what players can expect this year.
ArcheAge players can enjoy their first in-game event: Hallowtide! Running through Tuesday, November 4th, the festival features decorated towns, a daily quest and cosmetic items.
Trion Worlds is dutifully hard at work on all its various projects. What are they up to lately?
First up is a short Producer Letter from Bill Fisher, Execute Producer on RIFT. The upcoming Nightmare Tide expansion was meant to launch this Wednesday. Instead, they've extended the beta and delayed the launch:
ArcheAge, the new MMO published by Trion Worlds, is already one week past launch. The big story? Queue times. From 40 minutes to 4 hours, thousands were stuck in wait-screen limbo.
Trion has sprung into action to address the issue. Here's the latest:
Lindsay "geektr0n" Ferguson hosts ZAM's latest installment of Friday Update Arcade! Topics discussed are:
