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Moar WildStar

Boxes and boxes of mounts and outfits - retail box codes giving mounts and an outfit.

Speaking of in-game items, Left Shark is going to be a BATTLE PET in WoW
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/04/23/7430485.aspx (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/04/23/7430485.aspx)

Steam gets community Steamed.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/24/valves-launch-of-paid-mods-faces-backlash-from-community/ (http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/24/valves-launch-of-paid-mods-faces-backlash-from-community/)

And then Valve opens up… “We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing,”
http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-removed-paid-mods-functionality-from-steam-workshop/ (http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-removed-paid-mods-functionality-from-steam-workshop/)

New Daybreak Games (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) site
https://www.daybreakgames.com/home (https://www.daybreakgames.com/home)

Also, Daybreak aren’t dummies - they get community management.
http://massivelyop.net/2015/04/29/everquest-emulator-group-gets-a-written-agreement-with-daybreak/ (http://massivelyop.net/2015/04/29/everquest-emulator-group-gets-a-written-agreement-with-daybreak/)

The natural next question? Will a SWGemu agreement be in the works? No. Definitely not. Not their IP, for starters.  Lucasarts / Disney own the rights. Only one AAA MMO with the Star Wars IP allowed… that’s why SWG shut down rights as SWTOR launched. Zero overlap.

Loads of Black Desert News ahead of Japanese Open Beta
http://my.mmosite.com/2939211/blog/item/beta_date_for_black_desert_onlinejp_information_about_the_future_content.html (http://my.mmosite.com/2939211/blog/item/beta_date_for_black_desert_onlinejp_information_about_the_future_content.html)

* New Class: Valkyrie:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-04-22/preview_black_desert_krs_new_class_valkyrie_gameplay_video.shtml (http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-04-22/preview_black_desert_krs_new_class_valkyrie_gameplay_video.shtml)
* new character Plum and new Class, Wizard:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-04-26/black_desert_new_character_plum_and_new_class_wizard_revealed.shtml (http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-04-26/black_desert_new_character_plum_and_new_class_wizard_revealed.shtml)
* NA/US plans revealed:
http://black-desert.com/interviews/black-desert-revelation-an-honest-to-god-interview-with-pearl-abyss-on-the-status-quo-of-black-desert/ (http://black-desert.com/interviews/black-desert-revelation-an-honest-to-god-interview-with-pearl-abyss-on-the-status-quo-of-black-desert/)

World of Tanks - Possible new MOBA style gameplay?
http://www.mmobomb.com/news/wargaming-teases-new-world-tanks-game-mode/ (http://www.mmobomb.com/news/wargaming-teases-new-world-tanks-game-mode/)

Aion - Expansion due soon!
http://www.mmobomb.com/news/aions-next-free-expansion-upheaval-coming-spring/ (http://www.mmobomb.com/news/aions-next-free-expansion-upheaval-coming-spring/)

The meaty meaty center of tonight’s episodes:
SWTOR 3.2 is live. Kind of.
http://www.swtor.com/gameupdates/rise-of-the-emperor (http://www.swtor.com/gameupdates/rise-of-the-emperor)
Class changes
Outfit Designer
Rise of the Emperor Content and the SWTORGATE
BANS!!!!! MOAR BANS!!!! 204 Main hand? You killed a WHAT?

 

MMO Community

Elio cars
https://youtu.be/_JHEm9YYIjU (https://youtu.be/_JHEm9YYIjU)

Empress of the Pagodas (performed by Christopher Parkening)
https://youtu.be/ggoMl7pUQC4 (https://youtu.be/ggoMl7pUQC4)

 

If I Were a Dev

Engine Update!

.Net Core released for Linux and Mac. Not enough to build a game engine on, but it won’t be long… a truly cross-platform system. Woot.

 

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