The North American Autumn finals for the rather popular mobile MOBA title Vainglory took place last weekend, with a prize pool for the season of over $200,000 up for grabs. Taking place at the eSports Arena in Santa Ana, California, Liberation X battled through three days of matches, ending up in a showdown on the final day against Nemesis Hydra. Eventually Liberation X would defeat Nemesis Hydra and take home a cool $10,000.
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Released by Plarium, has announced that Nords: Heroes of the North is now out for Android. Set in the world of Shingård players will need to defend their land against the evil Ice Queen. You will be looking to match the Ice Queen, army for army, with hers being comprised of undead that are bent on conquest. Your army will be containing the disparate Elves, Dragons, Northmen and Orcs, who are only united to stop the Ice Queen.
Albion Online’s newest closed beta has begun, complete with all the new additional content as well
The newest closed beta for the cross-platform MMORPG called Albion Online has officially begun this morning. This closed beta also comes with all the additional content that had been added since the previous alpha testing phase. If you have any of the three Founder’s Pack, you will be able to access this closed beta. Before now, you had to have either the Epic or Legendary Founder’s Pack to participate in any of the closed alpha testing phases.
Based on the board game created by Uwe Rosenberg Le Havre: The Inland Port is a digital port that’s now out for Android. Like the board game, this is a two player game where both players are competing to create the richest port in Le Havre. Players will look to build structures that can either be sold off, or retained in order to monetize its special ability. Players can use their opponent’s building by paying for them.
Absorb Reality has released their first Android game today called Kiai Resonance. This is a pretty interesting brawler-style game because it is all about samurai-style combat. So it is one-on-one combat with traditional style samurai warriors fighting it out for glory.
Ubisoft releases a mobile spin-off for their new Anno game for PC called Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner
The latest installment into the Anno franchise from Ubisoft was released a couple of days ago for PC called Anno 2205. Well the company has also released a mobile spin-off of Anno 2205 which is called Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner. This particular game has nothing to do with building your own futuristic city or anything like that though.
Albion Online gets a new video showcasing the new Laborers feature. Less than 3 weeks till next closed beta.
One thing the upcoming cross-platform sandbox MMORPG likes to do is have closed beta testing phases. So far we have had three of them so far and the next one will be starting up in less than three weeks. In the meantime, the developers have released a new video that previews the resource gatherers players can hire called “Laborers”.
It’s not often when we get to write about a new game development engine becoming available, it’s a hard market to break into. There are the juggernaut engines out there right now that dominate developers and their time, like Unreal Engine 4 and Unity3D for example. However today is a day we do get to write about a new game engine, and this one is called MaxPlay.
One of the biggest unsung heroes in any RPG title is the shopkeeper. He is always there when you need him, usually fully stocked with everything you could need to successfully complete the journey you’re on. It’s a lot of work and usually he is there giving you a good deal on his goods as well. When was the last time you thanks your local shopkeeper in that RPG you’re playing?
Sandbox Interactive releases a developer diary blog entry going over map design for Albion Online
With the official beta arriving this November, the developers behind the cross-platform sandbox MMORPG called Albion Online are starting to release more details about what goes into making this game, including taking into consideration the fact that users can play on both PC, Mac and mobile devices.