Skyforge: Next Update Detailed

In our next update, Relentless Onslaught, pantheons will be able to continue their battles against the Death Dealers in the D3 Distortion!

This time you’ll find yourself face to face with Melegh – an extremely powerful Reaper. Melegh is a dangerous opponent, requiring careful selection of classes for the adventure. Simply grouping up and devastating Melegh in a short time will not be possible as your opponent is invulnerable to attacks by characters not in the Divine Form and he can only be damaged when in a state of Rage.

During the battle with Melegh, two phases alternate, each repeating five times. This reaper can subjugate immortals to his will. What that means is, be prepared to fight your own allies or, more precisely, their enslaved bodies. After the boss accumulates 4 points of Rage, one member of the group can assume their Divine Form and fight Melegh one on one.

https://sf.my.com/us/news/announcements/relentless-onslaught-d3-distortion

Melegh’s Abilities

First Phase

• Subjugation
  Selects one opponent and divides their body and spirit. The enslaved body, subjugated to the will of the reaper, starts walking towards him obediently. If the body reaches Melegh, its spirit will be destroyed until the end of the battle, and the body will completely yield to the boss and attack its former allies. The spirit loses all its abilities, becomes the main target of the Test of Tenacity ability, and with a 2 second frequency, bursts of negative energy form in a 5-yard radius of it, inflicting damage to all characters in the area.
  Killing the enslaved body frees the spirit and gives the reaper one point of Rage. The death of the spirit takes one point of Rage away from the boss.

• Test of Tenacity
  If there are no other characters in a 10 yard radius of the spirit, Melegh only inflicts damage to the spirit itself. The longer Melegh attacks the spirit, the greater the damage it receives. If there is at least one character in a 10 yard radius of the spirit, Melegh will inflict the same damage to everyone within a 10 yard radius of the spirit. The longer Melegh attacks several characters around the spirit, the greater the damage to them.
  If the number of targets attacked at the same time changes (just spirit or spirit and allies), the boss loses 1 point of Rage.

• Otherworldly Pull (ability is used during the second cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Used if Melegh only attacks the spirit during the Test of Tenacity stage.
  A negative effect is applied to all characters for 2.5 seconds, after which they will be pulled towards the spirit. The effect is removed by dashing.

• Necrotic Aura (used in the second cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Used if Melegh attacks several characters at the same time during the Test of Tenacity stage.
  A negative effect from the aura is applied to all characters in a 10 yard radius, knocking other characters away. The effect is removed by the cleansing abilities of the support classes.

• Grave Bond (used in the third cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Melegh selects two characters and binds them with grave energy for 10 seconds. If the energy is red in color, the characters must stay close to each other, and if blue, they should be no closer than 10 yards away from each other.

• Disarmament (used in the fourth and fifth battle cycles)
  Melegh takes away the weapon from one of the characters and hides it in one of three ghostly orbs. The other two conceal his Vird minions.

World of Warcraft unlocks Demon Hunters on August 9

World of Warcraft unlocks Demon Hunters on August 9

 Demon Hunter Early Access begins August 9th! Pre-purchase #Legion now: http://blizz.ly/PrePurchaseLegion …

Star Wars: The Old Republic story brings The Battle for Odessen August 11th

Star Wars: The Old Republic story brings The Battle for Odessen August 11th

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire has been progressing its story gradually each month, leading to its final DLC chapter, The Battle for Odessen. Developer BioWare has revealed that this installment will hit on August 11.

 If you are eager to try the game, the first chapter The Hunt for free.

 

 

Guild Wars 2: Living World Season 3 Steps Out of the Shadows

Guild Wars 2: Living World Season 3 Steps Out of the Shadows 

The first episode of Living World Season 3 is here! Experience a new chapter of Guild Wars 2′s story, explore the wild Chaos Isles, survive a ghost ship’s vengeance, and enjoy new gameplay features and quality-of-life updates.

Out of the Shadows

In the aftermath of Mordremoth’s death, the Pact Commander and their allies celebrate their victories—and mourn their losses. But as an old threat emerges into the light, what comes next will cast doubt on everything Tyria’s heroes think they know.

 

 

Content Updates

New Fractal: Chaos Isles

The Fractals of the Mists are reawakening, and Dessa’s readings are off the charts! She isn’t sure what’s causing the surge, but a new and strange fractal has appeared, and she needs test subj—er, brave adventurers to help her investigate this anomalous landscape.

New PvP Map: Revenge of the Capricorn

Form up and scrabble for territory in this new competitive map. But keep a lookout for the dread ghost clipper, the Capricorn—she’s returned with guns ablaze and takes neither sides nor prisoners.

And More

PvP Updates and UI Improvements

We’ve got numerous updates for structured Player vs. Player in store, including team rollover, markers for quick communication, standard player models in unranked, and the ability to queue for PvP matches outside of the Mists.

Fractals of the Mists Polish

The Mists have shifted, bringing pacing and gameplay adjustments to the Snowblind and Swampland fractals.

Skills and Balance Updates

This update contains adjustments to professions and their skills, weapons, and traits to keep gameplay fresh and exciting.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-26-2016/ 

RUNEFEST 2016 JOURNEYS TO THE EASTERN ISLES AS TICKETS CLOSE TO SELLING OUT IN RECORD TIME

RUNEFEST 2016 JOURNEYS TO THE EASTERN ISLES AS TICKETS CLOSE TO SELLING OUT IN RECORD TIME

 RuneScape heads east with a new archipelago continent and a new venue for its annual community convention

 RuneScape is setting sail for a brand new continent this October – The Eastern Isles – and RuneFest 2016, the iconic game’s fan convention, is set to celebrate the upcoming Polynesian-inspired destination! Taking place on Saturday 17^th September at London’s Battersea Evolution, RuneFest 2016 will take attendees on an epic journey across the seas to the new oceanic land of islands. Demand for tickets, which went on sale a fortnight ago, has meant the community event is approaching selling out in record time.

An initial segment of the continent, The Arc, is now available and contains the islands of Whale's Maw, Waiko and Aminishi islands anchoring many other smaller islets. On these islands, the indigenous people have never heard of the player’s adventures, so gamers will have to start afresh, building back up their wealth and notoriety – even long-term players will be on a level playing field.

In addition to sharing further information about The Eastern Isles, RuneFest 2016 will see a barrage of main stage announcements, covering the latest news and future plans for RuneScape, Old School RuneScape, Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, and more. Festooned in the finery of the Eastern Isles, RuneFest attendees can expect to participate in themed activities, including a cosplay parade, challenges, Q&A sessions with key developers, meet and greets, a huge after-party, and a raft of other distractions and diversions.

“We can’t wait to meet up with our fellow ‘Scapers at RuneFest 2016 as they join us for an intrepid celebration as RuneScape pushes new horizons. We’ll be showcasing the new frontiers of the Eastern Isles and announce some of new content heading to RuneScape in the year ahead,” said David Osborne, lead designer, RuneScape. “We’ll also be unveiling our plans for other games in the family, including Old School RuneScape and its ever growing popularity in the eSports sector, mobile versions of Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, and the upcoming 0.5-player game, RuneScape: Idle Adventures.”

Lucky RuneScapers – and those looking to secure their journey to the Eastern Lands – can find further information about RuneFest 2016 by visiting www.runescape.com/runefest .

Final Fantasy XIV: Free Login Campaign Comes to Eorzea!

Final Fantasy XIV: Free Login Campaign Comes to Eorzea!

Patch 3.3 has ushered in a multitude of new adventures in the realm of Eorzea. In the hope that would-be adventurers can experience all that FINAL FANTASY XIV has to offer, we are pleased to announce the upcoming Free Login Campaign! If you or any of your friends are currently taking a break from your adventures in Eorzea, you won't want to miss out on this limited-time event!

Free Login Campaign Overview

Users possessing a valid Square Enix account who meet the following conditions will be able to play FINAL FANTASY XIV free of charge during the Campaign:

Eligibility

Users who have previously purchased and registered FINAL FANTASY XIV.

All registered services accounts are set as inactive during the campaign period.

Registered service account must have been inactive for at least thirty days.

* Details of service accounts can be confirmed via the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station.

Campaign Schedule

From Monday, July 25, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. to Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (PDT)

Free Login Period

Five days including the day on which users first log in. This period ends on the fifth day at 11:59 p.m. (local time).

* Please note that a subscription to FFXIV is required to continue playing after the event period.

Client Download

If you have yet to install the game, please download the official client software.

(http://sqex.to/ffxiv_client_en)

If you or any of your friends are currently taking a break from your adventures in Eorzea, you won't want to miss out on this limited-time event!

REVELATION ONLINE TAKES TO THE SKIES

  REVELATION ONLINE TAKES TO THE SKIES

 All New Video Illustrates the Infinite Vastness of the World

 

 

 Revelation Online is a breathtaking Massively Online Multiplayer experience in which players will discover the lands of Nuanor. Explore a vibrant world of ancient mystery, and use the power of flight to experience absolute freedom. Spread your wings or master one of the many aerial mounts to soar through the sky. Dive into the waters or climb to the top of the world – in Revelation Online you can freely reach any place.

Sign up today at: ro.my.com/en/about

Key Features:

·Experience the absolute freedom to explore a gorgeous and endless open world. Discover hundreds of stunning locations with different settings and dynamically changing weather conditions
·Spread your wings and fly without any restrictions! Fly with your friends across the world and unleash the power of your wings in aerial combat.
·Enjoy hundreds of story driven adventures unfolding through spectacular cut scenes.
·Participate in raids with challenging bosses for up to 20 players
·Join intense PvP battles in numerous modes with hundreds of players simultaneously
·Enjoy the wide variety of character customization and progression
·Develop relationships with new allies using advanced socialization systems
·Elaborate guild system with personalized guild fortresses and cross server guild battles

To sign up for the Revelation Online Beta today, visit ro.my.com/en/about. For more information, ‘Like’ it on Facebook and follow the game’s development on Twitter @RevOnlineGame for all the latest developer updates and news.

ALBION ONLINE GETS WEALTH OF NEW ARTIFACTS IN THE FINAL BETA

ALBION ONLINE GETS WEALTH OF NEW ARTIFACTS IN THE FINAL BETA

 German Developer Sandbox Interactive is dedicated to giving players of the sandbox MMORPG Albion Online the best possible gaming experience. The addition of the new Artifact Items in the Final Beta is yet another proof. These special items give players a new type of powerful equipment – each with a distinctive look, unique abilities and spells embedded in them. That doesn’t just mean more valuable loot in the PvE zones. It means a whole new way to increase a player character’s power and versatility.

When the Final Beta goes online on August 1^st, 18 of these Artifact Items (10 weapons, 2 off-hands, 2 amor sets) will be available for players to craft. But Sandbox Interactive already has more in store for their players. As time goes by, the developer will stock up and give players a total of 81 Artifact Items.

For more about the Artifact Items coming to Albion Online in the Final Beta, watch this video:

 

 

Riders of Icarus – Blight of Frost Keep Update

Riders of Icarus – Blight of Frost Keep Update

 The first major update for Riders of Icarus is coming next week, bringing with it a level cap increase to 35 and a host of new content, including:

• Parna’s Coast: Enter the new snow-covered lands of Parna’s Coast to discover new dangers and new mounts as you explore this fascinating new high-level region

• The Frost Keep: Riders level 34 and above will find an icy challenge awaiting them in the new Frost Keep dungeon, where they can also add new ghostly mounts to their collection.

• Cavern of the Veil: More mysteries will be unearthed by Riders level 34 and above in the Cavern of the Veil, where they will face off against a variety of deadly bosses deep underground.

• New Mounts: Parna’s Coast has its own unique environment, and with it comes new mounts to capture and tame, including the Venomous Caspert, Karas and Terror Kerav

   

   

EXPLOSIVE ANIME ACTION RPG, HEROWARZ, OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES TODAY

EXPLOSIVE ANIME ACTION RPG, HEROWARZ, OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES TODAY

 

Featuring truly unique and immersive story-driven characters and abilities, HeroWarz takes players on a wild ride through an inimitable world that is delightfully comedic but with tear-jerking and horrifying twists at each new turn!  HeroWarz paves its way with a unique style all its own.

Players can discover the all- new Venus Cash Shop; an amazing outlet that has empowered developer, A.Storm's art team to craft fashion and fantasy inspired works of in-game fashion that truly allows the player to customize their game experience, yet always feels a part of the immersive HeroWarz world. Inspired by actual high fantasy, high fashion and current/pop mainstream concepts, the possibilities are endless.

With the easy-to-use and learn, linear and progressive Skill Tree/skill acquisition system, players will have no trouble mastering their character.  Passive skills acquired by gear will provide and endless array of variable applications for attack and passive skill options that allow the player to make the game all their own!

The explosive, action RPG where players select and cultivate unique heroes into their personal assault force isn't just for RPG and action gamers, it's for everyone!

NARUTO ONLINE, FIRST MMORPG GAME FROM HIGHLY POPULAR ANIME SERIES, AVAILABLE NOW FOR PC AND MAC

NARUTO ONLINE, FIRST MMORPG GAME FROM HIGHLY POPULAR ANIME SERIES, AVAILABLE NOW FOR PC AND MAC

 For the First Time, Western Fans of the Popular NARUTO Manga Will be Able to Create their Own Online RPG Adventure in the Only Official Online RPG Game

 

NARUTO ONLINE is entirely set in the NARUTO universe, and faithfully follows the NARUTO story portrayed in the anime series.   NARUTO ONLINE adds five brand-new characters that represent the elements of earth, water, fire, wind and lightning. Players can choose to become one of these characters and start a new adventure, gaining experience in a variety of different types of quests and gameplay modes. Players can also recruit from 170 familiar ninjas from the series including Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura to build their own team.

“There has been a lot of fan demand, so we are extremely honored to publish NARUTO ONLINE in the West,” said Alen Wu, Business Director at Oasis Games. “This game offers a great – and authentic - experience with every detail included, including voice acting from the original series, so English-speaking fans will soon be able to easily jump into and engage in the world they love. Furthermore, we’ll be able to extend the NARUTO offering now that the manga has ended through player involvement and community building which creates a new kind of interactive experience which is exciting for us.”

At launch, players will be able to explore eight chapters from the NARUTO and NARUTO Shippuden storyline, including all the familiar locations such as the Village Hidden in the Sand and the Valley of the End. Features such as the original voices of the characters and in-game usage of the series’ scenes will make NARUTO fans instantly familiar with game, letting them interact with the environment they know so well. Players will be able to recruit their favorite ninjas and fight alongside them, matching ninjas through the NARUTO Bonds-system that can enhance the team’s fighting abilities and unleash awesome combos.

NARUTO ONLINE includes a single player mode, multiplayer dungeons and giant Worldboss battles, giving players tons of ways to gain experience, obtain new items and enhance their characters—and their outfits!

In partnership with BANDAI NAMCO and Tencent, NARUTO ONLINE is published by Oasis Games in North America. The game is free-to-play and browser-based, so requires a PC and Internet connection and will be available via the Oasis Games portal and Facebook. Additional English-speaking regions will follow in the coming weeks.

For more information on NARUTO ONLINE visit: naruto.oasgames.com. For the latest updates follow: facebook.com/Naruto.en and twitter.com/NarutoOnline_en.

Neverwinter’s Storm King’s Thunder expansion arrives August 16

“Similar to the Storm King’s Thunder adventure coming to Dungeons & Dragons later this year, Neverwinter’s new expansion sees giants invade Neverwinter. Adventurers will travel north to Bryn Shander – the heart of the Ten Towns – to investigate the sudden presence of Frost Giants in the region. In order to fight off these colossal invaders, players must team up with popular characters from Dungeons & Dragons lore, including Catti-brie, Wulfgar and Harshnag. In addition to the new Frost Giants story content, Storm King’s Thunder also introduces a brand new end-game campaign and new adventure zones for high-level players, including Bryn Shander, Cold Run and The Lonelywood. The expansion also marks the debut of a new dungeon tier with the addition of the new Tier 3 dungeon, Fangbreaker Island. With the release of Storm King’s Thunder, adventurers will also be able to score new high-level equipment to equip their characters with the latest gear.”

 

 

FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS] COMES TO MABINOGI

FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS] COMES TO MABINOGI

  Now through August 16, 2016, fans of popular anime “Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]” can step into the fantasy world in a new collaboration with Mabinogi, the world’s most expressive MMORPG. Players can don the attire of their favorite “Fate/stay night [UBW]” characters, including hardworking student Shirou Emiya, the mysterious Rin Tohsaka, or cheerful but callous Illyasviel von Einzbern, and become true Masters of magic as they battle for the Holy Grail in this new, limited-time, collaborative event.

In “Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]”, Fuyuki City, Japan is in the midst of the Fifth Holy Grail War; a secret magical tournament in which seven Masters chosen from the populace must fight alongside seven reincarnated legendary heroes in a battle to the death to claim the powerful magical artifact known as the Holy Grail. Mabinogi players will be able to recreate this epic battle through several in-game events including:

·         Fate/ Servants Event: Manifest the powerful skills used by the Servants, in the Jousting Arena of Tara. Prove your strength and earn rewards such as Saber’s Excalibur, Archer Bage, Saber Figure and many more!
·         Dice of Fate Event: Challenge Fate and compete against opponents by rolling the dice and  defeating monsters. Win the competition and earn rewards including Archer’s Bow, Rin Tohsaka Bag, Illyasviel Figure and more!
·         Find the Suspect Event: Earn Fate-themed assets and create your own “Mabinovel”, a new system that enables players to use in-game art assets to create their own user-generated stories to share with other players. For a limited time, participants can receive the “Fate/stay night [UBW]” Collection Book with favorite characters from the anime to create their own Mabinovel.
·         In-Game Cosplay: For a limited time, players can collect outfits and “Fate/stay night [UBW]” weapons to cosplay as their favorite characters from the anime. Fight the Holy Grail war as a Master or unleash your skills as a powerful Servant by collecting special boxes containing new items, outfits and powerful support puppets throughout the event. Additionally, limited edition Doll Bags featuring adorable dolls of “Fate/stay night [UBW]” characters Archer, Saber, Rin Tohsaka and Illyasviel will be available.

For the latest news and information on Mabinogi and to download and play for free, visit mabinogi.nexon.net.

H1Z1: On Death You Will Now Rise as a Zombie

H1Z1: On Death You Will Now Rise as a Zombie

Hey everyone!

It’s been a while since I posted one of these. Although I do apologize for the extended dry period, I do want to clarify my update cadence going forward. As you noticed last update, our current build was on the Test Server for a good amount of time. This supports our general philosophy that publishes remain on test until they reach a quality level we are comfortable with. I know some of you are thinking, “Yea, there were still bugs in that publish”.  Fact is, H1Z1 has been receiving a lot of changes under the hood and we just adopted some of the combat improvements from KOTK which we feel are relevant to JS. This includes many bug fixes and performance adjustments.  As much as we would love to avoid a single issue, as soon as we publish an update to the masses, issues tend to show themselves more rapidly. We are happy that we could turn a lot of these around quickly and we want to thank all of you who helped us out by reporting issues.

Moving forward, you can expect an official updated from me AFTER we do a live publish. This way, you get the new stuff and you see what’s coming next. Pretty straightforward! 

So, what’s happen in development?

As usual, no guarantees for release date of the following topics. They’ll go live when they’re ready and they will hit the Test Server first!

Weapon enhancement recipes

You’ll now be able to kill rare zombies to find prototype weapon parts.  You’ll combine these prototype parts with normal weapons to discover a recipe.  The newly crafted weapon will have special abilities and stats. They will also have finite lifetime and cannot be repaired.  So, save these for a “Special” occasion.

Here’s an example of what you can expect:

 

Upon death

You player will now rise as a zombie. So you or your friends will have to….um….kill you again to get your stuff back. Should be fun!

Boss zombie experimentation

I don’t want to spill the beans too much on this one. As we continue growing Just Survive, we’re always looking for ways to introduce new play loops into the game.  Having boss encounters plays well with many of the things we want to do going forward. So, don’t be surprised if you run across a more vicious situation sometime soon.  And you thought bears were scary! Hah!

Survival Score Servers:

We’re putting together another server ruleset. This one is designed around the notion of “How well did I survive?”

It’s going to work something like this:

A few designated servers will be on an auto wipe system. Every XX weeks (1, 2 or 3 possibly) the world will end. The server will wipe itself and give a final score to each player. This score is accumulated and displayed in the UI as you are playing. You’ll get points for things like zombie kills, recipe discovery... Etc.  Think of it as a more advanced version of the death screen when it presents your end stats.  Past scores will be available for some undetermined length of time also.

We are still designing and working out the kinks with this one and you can expect to play it on the Test Server first to provide your own feedback. Expect to hear more about this in the future.

Limited Base Building

Couple fixes:

The Villas are being opened for base building

Campfires, torches and flares are no longer restricted from the rule

Sorry Krakow players….we missed you in the rule update. You are getting the rule also. 

Exploiters

We are fully aware of the current exploits going on. We do not speak publically regarding steps being taken when dealing with this sort of thing.  But I will say, if you are caught exploiting, you will be banned. Please pass it along.

Loot

For a long time now, loot has been in a state which wasn’t on par with a survival experience. We’ve read all your posts; we’ve gone invisible and observed many players.  We’ve checked high, low and medium pop servers. We spoke to many players live in chat.

I’m sorry if we’ve given you the easy life in the past but times need to change a bit. In a nutshell, the current loot drop rates are intended.  Building a base was never intended to be a simple task btw…

That’s all I have for now.

Peace out and see you all in game!

RPG Files: The Streets of Prague Gameplay - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne confirmed for this fall

SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne confirmed for this fall

 

New Expansion Revealed: Knights of the Eternal Throne!

Today, during an EA Star Wars™ “Meet the Makers” panel at Star Wars Celebration in London, James Ohlen, Director of Design for BioWare helped celebrate the game's upcoming 5-year anniversary, revealing a brand new digital expansion coming this fall, Knights of the Eternal Throne. The all new expansion adds more of BioWare's trademark cinematic storytelling, as well as exciting new game features in one of the largest updates the team has made since the game launched 5 years ago in 2011!

BioWare also announced that beginning today, all players can prepare for the new expansion by playing Chapter 1 of the prequel story in Knights of the Fallen Empire, now for free: www.swtor.com/fallen-empire/free-trial.

Finally, the team released an infographic, compiling some of the community's most impressive feats over the last five years as well as a new 5-year Celebration trailer here: www.swtor.com/swtor5.

Stay tuned for more details about Knights of the Eternal Throne: www.swtor.com/eternal-throne.

World of Warcraft preps Legion pre-patch for July 19, previews transmog 2.0

World of Warcraft preps Legion pre-patch for July 19, previews transmog 2.0

 

Atlantica Online Shutting Down Will Reopen Under New Management

Atlantica Online Service Transfer Notice

• Announce

• Jul. 13 2016

Atlantians,

After nearly ten years of traveling the globe to battle the corruption of Oriharukon, we regret to inform you Nexon America, NDOORS and Daum have arrived at the difficult decision to discontinue our service of Atlantica Online. Publishing rights will be transferred to VALOFE Global Ltd, an online and mobile game developer and subsidiary of VALOFE.

We've enjoyed our time with the Atlantica Online community, and all of the memorable experiences we shared. We've done our best to provide you with a robust and enjoyable experience, but unfortunately we've been unable to maintain our player base and have seen the community dwindle.

For those of you who have stayed and wish to continue playing Atlantica Online, you will be able to transfer your account and characters to the VALOFE service once it begins, and we will announce a service transfer schedule and other details soon.

We'd like to thank all of our players for their support throughout the years; we could not have accomplished all we did without you, and we hope you will join us in a new adventure soon. Stay tuned for invites and opportunities to join the community of other Nexon America titles.

-The Atlantica Online Team

http://atlantica.nexon.net/News/Detail?boardNo=201&contentNo=00IxH 

New Kingdom Come: Deliverance Features

New Kingdom Come: Deliverance Features

 Warhorse Studios happily presents new features in the development of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. In this new video, the developers delve into the extensive RPG System, the sophisticated armor layering system and introduces the item quality and survival elements.

 

 

 

 RPG System
Shape your character and level your skills. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an open world RPG and allows you to freely choose your playstyle: a diplomatic way using your speech skills, a sneaky way using your stealth skills, or a violent way with your weapon ready. You will only become better by actively using your skills or by visiting different trainers. But be careful, everything you do in Kingdom Come: Deliverance will affect your reputation and you’ll have to face the consequences.

Armor layer system
Kingdom Come: Deliverance offers you a 16 slot armor layering system (+4 weapon slots) which allows you to fully customize your character.
·         6 body slots (cloth, chainmail, plate, sleeves, gloves, coat/hood)
·         4 leg slots (trousers, chainmail, armor, boots)
·         4 head slots (coif, chainmail, helmet, necklace)
·         2 jewelry slots (ring, spur)
(Weapon slots contain: weapon, shield, bow, arrow)

Layer different types of armor over each other to prepare for the next battle. From a soft linen shirt to massive full plate armor, every material is good against different types of attacks such as slashes, stabs and blunt hits. Combine different materials to use their benefits and negate their weak spots. A sophisticated physical collision system calculates the exact position of each strike. Due to the collision system, armor pieces only protect particular spots on your body, but the more hits you receive the more your armor is weakened. Keeping armor clean and in good shape is crucial; dirty, bloody or destroyed armor has a direct influence on the effectiveness, your appearance and your reputation. This could result in quests becoming easier or harder, trades cheaper or more expensive, or people might greet you warmly or attack you on sight.
A wisely chosen piece of armor might make the difference between survival and death.
Survival and item quality
Your weapons and armor can be destroyed, which will drastically decrease its quality and effectiveness. Bring your armor to the local smith or use a grind stone to keep your gear in good condition.

Wounds can only be treated with medicine, bandages, food and sleep. But food can spoil so choose wisely what to bring on your next quest. A lack of food or sleep will harm you and affect your overall vitality, combat strength and can eventually lead to death.
Beta Access to Kingdom Come: Deliverance
On March 3, 2016, Warhorse Studios released the tech Beta of Kingdom Come: Deliverance for Windows PC. This release includes a part of the game’s main storyline, multiple quests, new combat systems, weaponry and the first large-scale battle.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Beta Access is available for everyone supporting the game through our official website: www.KingdomComeRPG.com

Shards Online News!

Major Release Brings Necromancy, Player Shops & More

Greetings Citizens of Aria,

The release of our most recent patch marks one of the largest in Shards Online to date since the release of Pre-Alpha 3 in December. If you are an alpha supporter and it's been a while since you've logged in, there's no better time than now! We will also be reactivating trial codes on Thursday for the rest of the week.

Our release delivers new content for adventurers, new abilities and skills, new tameable creatures, an improved new player experience and a wealth of quality of life improvements to our user interface. With the introduction of new resources and improved craftables, our new hireable player vendors allow Citizens of Aria to take part in a true player crafted item economy.

We also have exciting news to share with you regarding our Steam Greenlight, our new Immortal program, and upcoming in-game events!

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We've Been Greenlit!

 

We are happy to announce that Shards Online was successfully greenlit on the Steam platform in only 16 days! Thanks to everyone who supported us in our Greenlight campaign and for the overwhelming support we received during this period. We still have much to do to be ready for Steam, but expect to launch on Steam in Q4 of this year.

 

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Trial Weekend

To celebrate our patch release and greenlight, we would like to invite former trial players back for another week in Shards Online. Trial accounts will reactivate Thursday, July 14th and players will have an excellent opportunity to explore our new content and participate in our Sunday event!

 

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New Features

 

Lower Levels and Death's Lair

Explore the new depths of our raid dungeon The Catacombs, encountering new monsters, new mini-bosses and the final boss Death! New quests have been added along with many new weapons and items to be looted.

 

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Crafting & Player Vendors

  Citizens of Aria may now hire merchants, turning their homes into player run shops! Our in depth decoration and storage system allows for endless options in customising your shop front to suit your customers.

Crafting resources have also been expanded, allowing 12 new rare resources to be gathered and used to create advanced weapons and armour.

 

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Master the Dark Arts of Necromancy

Master the necromantic arts with new spells including Void Blast, Soul Drain, Reanimate Skeleton, Summon Imp, and Grim Aura.

A combination of direct damage and summoned minions makes any master of this skill a force to be reckoned with. The higher your skill, the more minions you can control at one time (up to 3).

 

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Tame a Young Dragon!

Become a master of a Young Dragon, the strongest tameable creature to be found in Aria.

 

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And more!

• Improved New Player Experience

• Recruits of The Order - New Player Guild

• Redesign of the ability/skill interface

• Fully responsive UI functionality

• Improved character movement and collision

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July Community Roundtable

  Check out this week’s Community Roundtable as Supreem joined members of the Shards Online Community in showcasing some of our recent changes:

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Immortal Program

 

Immortal player characters now inhabit the Shards of Aria. Immortals are GM and player characters who have achieved the Immortal status, dedicating their lives to the community and supporting new and current players. Immortals will be working closely with the Recruits of the Order new player system, our upcoming events and will be a source of information and guidance for players.

 

You will find Immortals regularly available in the Eldeir Village. Recruits of the Order may contact them via guild chat.

 

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In-Game Events

Coinciding with our latest release, we will be starting regular In-Game Events on the Shards of Aria server. We’re excited to start showcasing the dungeon mastering potential of Shards Online; roleplay nights, monster hunts, PvP events, dungeon crawls and more!

Our first event will be Sunday, July 17th at 3pm EST! We will be meeting at The Golden Lion and then heading into the Level 2 Catacombs!

Tuesday, July 19th 4pm EST - RP Night - The Golden Lion

Thursday, July 21st 7pm EST - PvP Competition - The Arena

 

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You can see the full patch notes here: Patch Notes 0.3.4

 

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That's all for now, but it's back to work on the next patch to bring more exciting features to Shards Online.

We hope to see you in Aria soon!

A Short,Beautiful Video about A Boy, A Father and a Racing Game

A Short,Beautiful Video about A Boy, A Father and a Racing Game

Asta’s next update includes a new battleground, more difficult raids, and a new world boss

Asta’s next update includes a new battleground, more difficult raids, and a new world boss

 

Today, we are announcing a new Content Update for Asta, you will probably start to see the information on your favorite MMO websites! Let's have a loot at the new features you can expect!

New difficulty in raid dungeons

When the new raids of the Montain of Trials appeared, we are pretty sure some you were sad to see only a normal difficulty. You are hardcore players, and you always want to face the biggest challenges. The wait is nearly over, you will soon be able to venture in the raids in Hard Mode. As you know from our previous raids, this means much stronger bosses, and no resurrection options appart from the skill of your healers, you will have to take care of them.

The Very Hard dungeons can be entered once per day, but you can do some more by spending a few soul stones. The daily reset takes place on both servers, at 5:00 AM UTC.

Such a challenge should be rewarded accordingly, you will have access to stronger Artifact and Unique equipment, the Genuine weapons. They share a lot with the existing level 55 weapons you know and love, but they have better stats.

New battleground

You might be thinking that, if you had an apportunity, you would show your enemies the smart general you would be, organising your troops, giving the assault at the best time, or finding the best defense strategy. Dreamworld, our new battleground will will you this chance. 2 teams will have to attack a fortified place and conquer the Sword of Prophecy. Once you demonstrated how good of an attacked you are, there will be a second round, to prove you also know how to defend.

Dreamworld

Organize your assault, Deploy the siege machines to breach in the fort, no door, bridge or opponent shall slow you down. As a defender, you'll have to contain the constant attacks of the enemy. Your strong troops shall resist that siege.
The team that is the fastest to conquer the Sword will be the only winner!

“This is the battlefield where Arita's dream of the Sword of PRophecy was first realized. Seekers compete to overcome obstacles blocking te path to enlightenment and reach the Stone Chamber where the Sword of Prophecy is located.”

But these are not the only changes that this content update will bring.

Are you looking for a fearsome enemy?

This new content update is bringing a new world boss, Usata. This gigantic creature in roming on the Western part of Wado. Asu and Ora will have to leave their differences aside if they want to take down the giant. Only the best will be able to gain the precious loot, Unique and Artifact-grade armor pieces.

 

We are very excited to let you discover this new part of Myth I. As we want everyone to enjoy this content as fast as possible, we have a small event that should help you catch up faster with your friends.

Gloria Victis has sold 30,000 copies in early access

Gloria Victis has sold 30,000 copies in early access

 An entire month passed since Gloria Victis has been released on Steam Early Access! Though these 30 days were full of intensive work and offered very little sleep for Black Eye Games team, we are proud of this accomplishment and look enthusiastic into the future of development of Gloria Victis.

Over these 30 days, 10 regular patches and many more minor updates have been applied. Among the others, servers’ performance and stability, combat balance, gameplay mechanics and anti-cheat security were greatly improved. Thanks to this effort over 30.000 copies were sold within these 30 days – this income boost will allow us to expand the development team and therefore to work faster on implementing new features and polishing existing systems. We have also established our office – so far we have been working remotely – which allows us to increase our efficiency.

Our plans for future development include:

– Replacing the character’s model and hiring a motion capture studio to rework animations, particular for combat
– Implementation of playable female characters
– Continuously increasing the servers capability, until there is only a single server per supported region of the world (until then you can freely switch between current servers)
– Implementation of siege engines
– Implementations of sailing and naval combat
– Implementation of mounts and mounted combat
– Implementation of the housing system
– Implementation of dynamic events dynamically changing the world according to the players’ actions
– Implementation of new playable factions
– Expanding the available world – right now you have access to a large archipelago but the lands will be expanded with an entire mainland
– Numerous minor features, including fishing, gambling and emotes

Thank you for your awesome support and see you in battle! 

 http://gloriavictisgame.com/news/12540

AION Free-to-Play: release date for Update 5.0 announced

AION Free-to-Play: release date for Update 5.0 announced

 Play ‘Lost Memories’ on European servers from August 10th 

 Fans won’t have to wait much longer for the hotly anticipated Update 5.0 of fantasy MMO AION Free-to-Play: Gameforge is releasing the game’s newest enhancement to European servers on Wednesday, 10th August – where players will complete numerous quests in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish or Polish on their way up to the new maximum level of 75.

Adventurous heroes can also expect to level up to a High Daeva, travel into new areas Nosra and Esterra, complete challenges in four new instances, as well as enjoy reworked animation and new character creation options.
Check out the trailer to get a visual preview on Update 5.0

 

Blade & Soul’s Shadows of the Innocents Update Adds 24-Person Twisted Grimhorn Wilds Dungeon

Blade & Soul’s Shadows of the Innocents Update Adds 24-Person Twisted Grimhorn Wilds Dungeon

The Free to Play MMO, Blade & Soul’s next content update, Shadows of the Innocents, is set to go live on July 20th. This new update will continue the MMO’s story, bringing with it Acts 5 & 6 of the Blade & Soul saga.

 

On top of that, three new heroic dungeons will be added. Players can choose to challenge the Gloomdross Incursion in either a 4-person or 6-person mode, as well as test their skills in the new Twisted Grimhorn Wilds 24-person instanced dungeon.

To learn more about Blade & Soul’s upcoming update, you can check out its official website.

Diablo 3: Season 6 Ending Soon

Diablo 3: Season 6 Ending Soon

Season 6 Ending Soon

Here we are again, nephalem. As we prepare to close out another Season in Diablo III, it's time to take a moment to remember what you have achieved and ensure you're ready for the transition to a new Season.

If you haven't experienced the end of a Season, there's a lot to know about what happens to your gear, progress, and characters. Don't fret! We're here to give you a full overview of what to expect when the current Season ends and the next one begins.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/20167107

Season 6 End & Season 7 Start Dates:

You’ll be able to sort through your rollover rewards and review your progress on the Leaderboards between Seasons. It’s a great time to reflect on the accomplishments you’ve made and enjoy the culmination of your pre- and post-Season loot hunts!

Season 6 will be ending on the following dates and times:

    North America: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. PDT

    Europe: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST

    Asia: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. KST

Season 7 will begin about two weeks afterwards on these dates:

    North America: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. PDT

    Europe: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST

    Asia: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. KST

TERA – Update Adds New Battleground, Reworked Instances and Wardrobe to Arborea

TERA – Update Adds New Battleground, Reworked Instances and Wardrobe to Arborea

 Gameforge and developers Bluehole are releasing a new update for TERA which introduces a raft of new contents. Brand-new storage space is available in the form of the Wardrobe, giving players a place to store costumes and accessories they don’t currently need. A new madcap battleground, Kumas Royale, is making an appearance, while more dungeons such as Manglemire and the returning Dreadspire will put five heroes through their paces.

Using the code Crazy2016 there’s also a special bonus bundle available containing various items, including the permanent White Afro Duck mount.

 

 

 

The Adventure Begins – Sandpit Battleground and More Dungeons

In the PvP battleground Kumas Royale, players slip into the role of baby kumases, one of Arborea’s larger-boned races. The teams must attempt to earn victory over three rounds by hunting down and eliminating their opponents’ Boss Kumas, similarly controlled by a player. Players have a wide variety of tongue-in-cheek skills at their command, such as the Rage-Flop which deals damage to all enemies within a certain range.

Players pining for more PvE action will find what they’re looking for in the two reworked challenge dungeons Golden Labyrinth and Akasha's Hideout. When entering these level 65 solo instances, players can choose one or two modes in the form of specific challenges which add a special twist.

Heroes who prefer more cooperative play are sure to find something to satisfy them in Manglemire or the newly reintroduced Dreadspire. In Manglemire everything revolves around truth and lies in the battle against the clown Manglemore; only players who are able to see through his lies will live to tell the tale. Meanwhile, things get increasingly serious ascending the Dreadspire, as the difficulty ramps up with each and every one of its 22 floors. The closer players get to the top of the tower, the more challenging the bosses become.

The Wardrobe – Fashion Storage

The range of fashion options in TERA is virtually limitless. But what do you do with all those accessories you don’t need right now? That’s where the new Wardrobe, accessible via the banker, comes to the fore. This latest addition offers 72 slots for head, face, back and hair accessories, as well as costumes and weapon skins. To make it easier to find the manager, symbols which were previously only used on the world map to indicate NPC professions can be found floating directly above NPCs’ heads with the new patch.

Blade & Soul Shadows of the Innocents Update July 20th

Blade & Soul Shadows of the Innocents Update July 20th

NCSoft today revealed details of the continuation of Blade & Soul‘s storyline after hinting at just that in our E3 2016 meeting. Shadows of the Innocents enters the player into Act 4 and 5 of the tale.

Following the failed invasion of the Dark Lord, a new cult has arisen from the ashes. Enter the Ebondrake Cult, who would like nothing more than to see the Hongmoon School ground into dust once again!

Three new heroic dungeons are set to arrive alongside the Shadows of the Innocents update. Parties of four-six can take part in a naval battle to save Admiral Haemujin. Then once you’re warmed up, enter the Gloomdross Incursion to face the demonic hordes!

Finally players can join the 24 martial artist raid of Twisted Grimhorn Wilds.

http://www.bladeandsoul.com/en/game/shadows-of-the-innocents/ 

Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine hit with more layoffs

 

"Turbine is transitioning into a free-to-play, mobile development studio, and as a result we are eliminating some positions. The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online games will continue to operate as they do now. Re-focusing and reducing the studio size was a difficult decision for the company, and we are grateful to all of the Turbine staff for their considerable contributions."

The statement doesn't mention what might happen to Turbine's other online RPG, Asheron's Call, which it launched back in 1999 and has been running ever since, after buying it back from original publisher Microsoft.

 http://www.turbine.com/

H1Z1 Patch Buffs Combat and More

Combat Update Notes:

For those that don’t know me, my name is bronstahd (Garrett Fern), and I’m a combat and gameplay designer working on H1Z1: King of the Kill. Tomorrow we are releasing an update we’ve internally termed “the combat update” which is the result of a focused push toward improving combat and related gameplay systems. I wanted to spend some time talking about several of these changes in greater detail to give some insight into what’s changed and why we’re excited about this update’s release.

Shotgun

We’ve continued working to improve the consistency of the shotgun. Our goal is that the shotgun should be a powerful, up close threat. This update further tightens the shotgun’s spread of fire, making it more powerful up close. In addition, the shotgun’s damage will fall off over distance, so it isn’t too powerful at range. The feedback we’ve seen has been positive so far, so we’re really looking forward to seeing these changes on the live servers.

Cone of Fire

Recently, we added Cone of Fire adjustments based on your character's movement state. We did this because, put simply, guns were performing far too accurately when running and jumping. Philosophically, our belief has always been that aiming down sight should be the most accurate method of aiming; this change made sure that's the case.

However, it was also possible to aim down sight while jumping, which also allowed for tremendous accuracy in a way that didn't make sense. This update addresses that issue by preventing ADS while jumping or falling. This has also allowed us to ease up on some previous combat restrictions around movement and it will now be possible to shoot and ADS directly from sprint. You'll no longer have to wait for your character to slow down and suffer a delay when trying to shoot.

General Weapon Polish

This update also contains a lot of general weapon polish. In no particular order, here's what you should expect to see:

• Historically, melee weapons have been underwhelming and of little use. As a first step toward addressing this, we've increased melee weapon damage across the board. This won't entirely fix melee weapons, but it should be a noticeable improvement:

• Fists: 4.5 damage -> 9 damage

• Combat Knife: 10 damage -> 21 damage

• Machete: 12 damage -> 25 damage

• Wood Axe: 16.5 damage -> 34 damage

• Since our last change to the AK-47 we've been listening to the community and the feedback has been pretty clear: it's not powerful enough when compared to the AR15.

We've been internally testing a faster fire rate for the AK-47 which we'll be rolling out with this update. Here's what you should expect to see:

• The AK-47 should be faster than AR15 in full auto fire, but more difficult to control.

• The AK-47 should be closer in speed to the AR15 when tapping.

• Specifically, the delay between shots has been reduced from 160 ms -> 145 ms.

We think this change will create nice some trade-offs between the weapons and make the AK-47 a compelling choice once again.

• Increased the damage of the R380 from 15 -> 17 to reduce the number of shots required to kill with it by one.

• Decreased the damage of the M9 from 19 -> 18 to allow time to apply healing after taking five shots. Previously it wasn't possible to apply any type of healing before bleeding to death.

• We've made some adjustments to the M47 Gas Grenade that should make them far more viable as a thrown weapon option:

• Damage increased from 1/tick-> 3/tick.

• Duration reduced from 60 seconds -> 20 seconds.

• Depending on the weapon, it used to take anywhere between 0.5 seconds to 1 second to change from one weapon to another. This time has been reduced to 0.15 seconds for all weapons.

• Weapon slots will always be assigned the same number, regardless of whether or not there are weapons in other slots.

Damage Log

We believe that when a player dies it should be very clear to them what killed them. That’s not always the case currently. As a first step towards remedying this, we’ve added a damage log to the death screen that will display how much damage the attack that killed you did and whether or not it was a headshot. Moving forward, the plan is to re-work the death screen so we can display even more information about cause of death.

Body Armor

EDITS MADE

We've also made some changes to the way Armor works that should improve the reliability of body armor:

• The entire body (chest, arms, and legs) is protected by Body Armor.

• Helmets still protect the head.

Hit Reactions

Hit reaction animations would cause the other character's head moved, often preventing a quick follow-up shot from registering as a headshot when it should. Other characters will no longer flinch out of the way when shot.

Camera & Reticle Improvements

We've made a couple of improvements to the reticle.

• We’ve added a new element to the reticle that increases in size to display Cone of Fire information based on player movement.

• Improved color saturation and added clearer outline which should make seeing the reticle, even small reticles, much easier.

• In most cases, projectiles now originate from the camera rather than the weapon model. This change significantly reduces projectile collisions with medium-height cover like fences, rocks, cars, and similar objects and also improves projectile performance when fighting uphill or against players on top of buildings.

In some cases, it was possible for one player to have clear line of sight on another player, due to the camera being offset above their head, while actually being obscured from the other player’s view. We felt this would be unfair, and in these cases (generally, when your character is very close to medium-height cover) projectiles will still originate from the weapon model. We’ve added feedback to the reticle to make it clear when this is happening.

General Gameplay

KotK Crafting

In this update we're also adding some new crafting recipes to King of the Kill.

Makeshift Armor

We're pretty happy with the current scarcity of Body Armor, and like that finding it feels special. However, the changes to Body Armor outlined above meant that players without Body Armor would be at an even bigger disadvantage than before when fighting against an armored player. For that reason, we've added a new crafted armor, Makeshift Armor, which will block one shot and can be worn as a fall-back to Body Armor.

• Components: Components: 1 Duct Tape, 2 Armor Scraps, and 4 Composite Fabric

• Motorcycle helmets can be “shredded” to provide armor scrap

• Military Backpacks can be “shredded” to provide composite fabric

Procoagulant

• Procoagulant is a quick-use item that can be used to quickly stop bleeding without any additional healing effects.

• Components: 10 Field Bandages, 1 Tactical First Aid Kit.

5x Explosive Tipped Arrow

• Obviously, explosive arrows are very powerful, so we'll be keeping a close eye on feedback for this recipe and monitoring its impact on game balance.

• Components: 5 M67 Frag Grenades, 5 Wooden Arrows, 1 Duct Tape, 5 12 Gauge Buckshot Shells.

• There are some small item spawn changes that support the additions to crafting:

• Duct Tape now spawns on the map for use in some of the new crafting recipes.

• Explosive Tipped and Flaming Arrows no longer spawn on the map.

Footwear Changes

With these changes we wanted to create some more interesting choice when selecting footwear. To accomplish this, we're introducing a new type of footwear and making some tweaks to the existing options.

Stealthy Shoes (New!)

• Replaces boots as new starting shoes.

• Similar in volume to bare feet.

• 2% faster than bare feet.

• Reduce falling damage by 5%.

Heavy Shoes (boots & variants)

• Loudest shoes.

• 7% faster than bare feet.

• Reduce falling damage by 40%

Speedy Shoes (conveys & variants)

• Louder than stealthy shoes, quieter than heavy shoes.

• 16% faster than bare feet.

• Reduce falling damage by 15%.

Interaction Responsiveness

We’ve long had problems with delays in picking up items. It isn’t really a combat related thing, but it was a big enough deal that we wanted to pursue a fix for this update. The time it takes to pick up items, open doors, and perform other interactions has been greatly improved and is now nearly instantaneous.

Additional Patch Notes:

• Items should be more consistently highlighted during looting

• Removed dynamic weapon slot numbers from the UI

• The team auto-fill button is back and should behave correctly

• Fixed a bug where hit-markers would occasionally get stuck on

• Fixed a bug where players could not melee others on ATVs

• Fixed a bug where explosions could damage players through structures

• Fixed a bug where the Molotov’s fire effect would sometimes be invisible

• Corrected Molotov behavior so that they damage vehicles but do not cause them to burn

• Fixed an issue where players would render incorrectly if they exit a vehicle at certain distances

• Fixed a bug where thrown grenades could go through players

• Fixed a bug where equipping a weapon while inventory is full could cause the player to lose the weapon

• Fixed an exploit where swapping backpacks a specific way could create infinite bag space

• Fixed a bug where the UI would make it appear that multiple hits were registering at once

• Fixed a bug where character would appear to be falling when strafing against concrete barriers

• Fixed a bug where the reloading the AK-47 while firing could prevent the reload animation from playing

KNOWN ISSUES:

• There is a bug where Bundles of Arrows cannot be picked up using “E.” However, they can be picked up using Proximity (done by opening your Inventory / Tab Key).

• There is a bug where the pickup truck moves slower than usual in Reverse.

• The Auto-Fill button does not appear to be working as intended. We are investigating the issue.