Blizzard's Korean Hearthstone ad wants you to join their "revolutionary fun creation"
Blizzard and Korea love their games. Forged from this undying love is a video advertisement for Blizzard’s online CCG: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
It’s rather mad. Trying to explain it would be as difficult as trying to explain the concept of Valve Time, so it’s probably best you just watch it for yourself.
League of Legends tribunal study reveals 92.7% of summoners are punished
Riot don’t like mean League of Legend players; only just this week they’ve threatened to permaban those who show “extreme toxicity”. A redditor has compiled the last 100,000 tribunals to see how reported players were being dealt with.
Over 90% of the most recent 100,000 tribunals result in a punishment.
DayZ update introduces loot persistence and improved cows
DayZ has just received a very important update to its experimental servers, impacting loot in a significant way. Loot will now independently respawn without having to restart the server. It’s also persistent: if you drop an item on the ground, it’ll remain there even after a server restart.
Previously all servers would restart every 2-3 hours to make sure that Chernarus wasn’t picked clean, which also forced most servers to be constantly set in daytime hours.
Telltale confirms that there'll be a third season of The Walking Dead
At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, Telltale Games have announced that a third season of the popular adventure series, The Walking Dead, is on the way.
Not much information was released on the plot, but that's probably because we're still one episode away form the finale of season two.
New Mass Effect details revealed at Comic-Con; Mako gets a facelift
Some tidbits on the next Mass Effect game have surfaced from the San Diego Comic-Con during the Bioware panel. The information was sparse, but a couple of noble live-tweeters were on hand to gather up the details.
First off, it’s not Mass Effect 4.
Elite: Dangerous standard beta begins next week; last chance to grab lifetime expansion pack
Elite: Dangerous has been in premium beta for a while now, offering dedicated backers access to the game for a hefty price tag. From July 29th, the beta will be available for a lower entry fee of $75, down from $150. It will also be the day that the lifetime expansion pass will be withdrawn from sale. Current expansion plans include new planets, boarding other ships and star port combat.
Payday: The Heist will be free on October 18th during Crimefest
To celebrate Payday’s third year anniversary, Overkill Software are holding Crimefest: an event with multiple reward milestones dictated by the amount of members from the Payday 2 Steam group. Today Overkill announced that they just hit over 1,050,000 members, and in doing so will be giving away the original Payday for free on October 18th.
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