The co-op PvPvE heist game is free today through April for PlayStation Plus subscribers
PARIS — April 5, 2022 — Hood: Outlaws & Legends, the co-op PvPvE heist game from Sumo Digital and Focus Entertainment, has just launched Season 3: Ostara, available today for PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC. Season 3: Ostara includes a fresh battle pass bursting with unique cosmetics, as well as a much-anticipated feature: full cross-platform invites and squadding, allowing players to group up before heists no matter where they play.
With the Season 3: Ostara battle pass, players can earn unique new cosmetics through matches and climbing the ranks. Over 100 epic cosmetics have arrived to bolster the game’s already-extensive collection of outfits, weapon skins, and banners, letting each player decide the look of their legend.
In addition, Hood: Outlaws & Legends is free starting today for all PlayStation Plus subscribers until the end of April.
Epic Games Store and Xbox Gold players can grab the base game of Hood: Outlaws & Legends for up to 50% off for a limited time. Players can also get the Season 3: Ostara Battle Pass + 25 Tiers Bundle to get a head start on their collection at a reduced price. For more on Hood, visit the official store page.
YOUR NOBLE FATES KINGDOM IS UNDER THREAT FROM BANDITS!
Choose The Fates of Sticky Fingered Bandits with a New Quest System, New Buildables, and More in Content Update! Steam Workshop Now Available!
SEATTLE, WA – April 4, 2022 – Xobermon LLC. has released its latest update for the fantasy kingdom building sim Noble Fates today. Dubbed “The Bandit Update”, it features nefarious Bandits who earn their living by robbing and stealing, a new quest system where Mortals ask for help, and Ramshackle Props – the new starter building tier, that offers quick and cheap shelter. The Bandit Update also brings fully implemented Steam Workshop, browse and subscribe to any of the 30+ mods available at launch – ranging from new races and buildables to alchemy. Mod makers can upload and update their mods from within the game!
To celebrate this ruthless update Noble Fates is discounted to an absolute steal at $19.99 on Steam (20% discount off the full retail price $24.99).
Watch the Noble Fates Bandit Update trailer HERE
Noble Fates Bandit Update Features:
Bandits – Some of the more nefarious Mortals have discovered that they can make a living by robbing and stealing. Keep them away from any loose belongings you may have. Give your visitors a safe place to sleep so they aren’t robbed.
Quests – Mortals accosted by the bandits can now ask for help through the new Quest System. Decide if they are worthy of your time and choose how to handle their requests – do you pay the Bandits to get the belongings back? Offer the Bandits something of value for trade? Or beat it out of them? Choose wisely – the consequences are part of the fun!
Ramshackle Props – The starter building tier is now Ramshackle. Offering quick and cheap shelter, Ramshackle Props are not worth much and may crumble from a dirty look by an enemy, but are useful in a pinch.
Crossbows! – Slow to fire but much more accurate than standard bows, these new ranged weapons make short work of your enemies!
Steam Workshop – Noble Fates Steam workshop is fully implemented! Browse and subscribe to the mods you are interested in right in Steam. Manage your mods in-game through the new Mod Management interface. Modders can upload and update mods easier with the in-game tools.
Steam Cloud Saves – Finally! Your kingdoms will come along with you to whatever PC you play on next!
Inspired by the depth and fun of Rimworld and the brutal clash of ambition, intrigue, and violence from Game of Thrones, Noble Fates charges players with building a kingdom worthy of lasting recognition. Build, craft, farm, mine, hunt, defend – even command from the sky, or take control in third person. Your story goes where the people, your actions, and their reactions take it.
ABOUT XOBERMON LLC Xobermon is a Seattle, WA-based development team founded by Chris Willoughby, former lead engineer of ARK: Survival Evolved and the State of Decay 1 and 2 team, and Matt Kaplan, whose work was featured in HoloLens and Forza, among others. Noble Fates is their first game on Steam PC.
EGG-static Trovians are welcome to PEEP this EGG-stra special holiday event that’s too HOP to EGG-nore!
Hamburg, April 05, 2022 – gamigo is HOP-py to announce the return of the BUNNY-est event in its voxel-based MMORPG, Trove. Bunfest 2022 kicks off today until April 18 and requires Trovians to complete quests for new NPCs, uncover hidden eggs of all shapes and sizes, and fight off shadow bunnies. Completing quests will give players the opportunity to earn new banners, mounts, allies, and even bomb styles for Bomber Royale.
For this year’s Bunfest, Trovians can enjoy a BUN-ch of new content that includes a 6-step quest chain, Bunnies finding their way into the Forbidden Spires, and plenty of eggs that were created by other players! Collecting these new eggs may drop mounts – such as the new Easter Basket mount – that will hop when they encounter a decorated egg and very rarely may drop the new Bard Bunny costume.
Returning are the Egg dungeons and Easter Eggs from previous Bunfest events, daily quests from last year’s Bunfest, and access to the Buntopia Delve. The delve now has a new boss adorable bunnies and equally adorable Trovians may want to avoid: the Bunsmasher Giant. Players that don’t heed our warning may receive drops for the Bunster Blaster mount, the Baby Bunsmasher ally, or new Bomber Royale Bomb styles.
About gamigo group The gamigo group is one of the leading publishers of online and mobile games in Europe and North America. The group’s diverse game portfolio includes free-to-play titles such as Fiesta Online, Trove and Aura Kingdom and mobile games like Fantasy Town and Heroes of Twilight. Counting more than 400 employees, gamigo group is one of the largest players in the gaming industry. Besides its German locations in Hamburg (HQ), Berlin and Darmstadt, the gamigo group also has branches in Austin and Bellevue (US), and in Seoul (South Korea). In addition to gamigo AG, the group includes the subsidiaries gamigo Inc. operating as “WildTangent”, gamigo US Inc., gamigo Publishing GmbH, and KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. The gamigo group strives to grow organically as well as through acquisitions. Since 2013, it has made more than 25 acquisitions, including titles, gaming and technology companies as well as individual game assets. The gamigo group is part of Media and Games Invest (MGI).
With voiceover judgement from Dead Ringers and Spitting Image actor, Jan Ravens
Bristol UK – 5th April 2022. Trolley Problem, Inc., a darkly comedic philosophical adventure which judges players on their awful choices, will be launching onto PC on 21April 2022.
Described by Forbes as “2022’s most important game…” Trolley Problem, Inc. is a deeply thoughtful and thoroughly awful narrative game which pressures players into making decisions based on genuine philosophical problems and then judges them – and the world.
See the Trolley Problem, Inc. launch datetrailer here:
With scenarios that challenge opinions on vaccinations, war, immigration, corporate espionage, religion… even the nature of decision making itself, Trolley Problem, Inc. will take players on a journey that could ultimately change how they view the world, themselves and ultimately the concept of free will.
Players are initially assessed as new recruits to Trolley Problem, Inc. – their suitability for employment determined through some initial introductory problem solving which only affects the lives of a few people and a dog. Two choices are offered – then a countdown begins. Pick the option you feel is right – but justifying your decisions to any family or friends watching you? Well, that’s your problem.
Oh, and Dead Ringers, SpittingImage and Skins actor Jan Ravens will be the one questioning all your choices by the way. No pressure.
“Everything is awful at the moment,” says Samuel Read-Graves, developer of Trolley Problem, Inc. “so what better way to take your mind off that fact by playing something which will make you feel worse? Trolley Problem, Inc. presents some genuinely testing and morally challenging scenarios based on philosophical problems and has been designed to spark debate in a format only possible through videogames. The journey isn’t entirely bleak – there are moments that I hope will make players laugh out loud – but ultimately, it’s a game about making hard choices and discovering more about yourself and how your moral compass compares with the rest of the world.”
Trolley Problem, Inc. features:
55 intensely thought-provoking multiple-choice questions across a 90-minute playtime
Streamer mode allows content creators to engage with a live viewing audience
Multiple profiles allow local players to compare and discuss their choice – whilst global statistics reflect the choices players across the world have made
References to the original philosophical papers
A host of unlockables to discover throughout the game
The strangest ‘Achievements’ ever featured in a video game
Voice acting by Dead Ringers, Spitting Image and Skins actor, Jan Ravens
Support in 10 different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic
Trolley Problem, Inc. can be wishlisted on Steam now and is currently part of the London Games Festival, listed under ‘Games Are Good for You’.
Trolley Problem, Inc. will be available on PC on 21 April 2022 priced at £8.99 / $10.99 / €10.99. It has been developed by ReadGraves and will be published by Yogscast Games.
About ReadGraves Samuel Read-Graves is a solo developer based in Bury St Edmunds. While he’s best known as executive producer on Gang Beasts, he has previously written Dream and Mainlining. He is keen to focus on smaller, unique interactive experiences letting players and streamers experience and share more novel and offbeat adventures.
About Yogscast Games Yogscast Games is the independent publisher dedicated to independent developers, founded in 2017 by The Yogscast
Kickstarter hit puts player focused RPG on track for 2023 launch
Berlin, Germany, 5th April 2022: Developer Twin Drums recently entered the closed alpha test phase for its Afro-Fantasy, Role Playing focused MMORPG, The Wagadu Chronicles.
Inspired by the popularity explosion in tabletop gaming – and further validated by the difficulties faced trying to bring together a party during the pandemic – The Wagadu Chronicles presets a strictly “role-play first” focus to create a welcoming space for role-players and those who are learning role-play by way of proactive, thought-through moderation.
The Wagadu Chronicles – the Role-Play-first Afrofantasy MMORPG brings back the “role-play” to the genre. A magnificent African-inspired RPG where NPC’s are actually other players, The Wagadu Chronicles invites players to immerse themselves in a unique fantasy setting where every character from sorcerer to sailor is invested in their character and acts accordingly to the lore of their people and craft. Explore and participate in an ever-changing world, where land and status will evolve and change over time. Adapt and develop alongside the world and its inhabitants in an MMORPG experience with uniquely developed skill trees, village management and craft systems built to create rich characters full of memories and quirks which can impact the world and ecosystem in little and large ways.
With its roots in the mythology, peoples and geology of the African continent, drawing references from many African nations including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Mali, Congo and Kenya the game sets out to not only create a safe-space away from the aggressive, combat focus of many player driven MMORPG worlds but also to address an imbalance the developers saw in a genre over-saturated with Euro and Asian-centric fantasy.
“We wish there wasn’t something special about the Wagadu Chronicles, but unfortunately in this world there is” commented Allan Cudicio, founder of Twin Drums and the game’s Lead Designer. “Wagadu’s fantasy world is influenced by African pre-colonial cultures. It’s definitely a pan-African game, with a strong focus on sub-saharan Africa and significant influences from diasporas. Our thought process was similar to Tolkien when he created Middle Earth: we delved deep into many, many cultures around the continent and blended it with fairy-tale & fantasy elements. This enabled us to create a world that we see as truly unique in games today.”
Diversity and moving away from the ethnonationalism typical to many MMORPG titles is key to the philosophy behind The Wagadu Chronicles – a player’s culture and, to a degree, their role-play priorities aren’t tied to their physical appearance. A horned “Swala” woman, rather than belonging to a stereotypical Herder culture, might belong to a death-worshiping Lunar culture – the only way to know is to role-play and ask! Players can freely match any lineage with any culture, coming up with a vast array of interesting role-playing combinations.
This high degree of customisation also gives the freedom for characters to not be strictly divided in classes but rather created from a variety of skills that can be leveled up individually. Do you want to be a swashbuckling fisher or a wizard-smith-farmer? You got it!
The Wagadu Chronicles was successfully funded on Kickstarter back in 2019 as well as attracting attention, and investment, from Riot Games as part of their Underrepresented Founders Program.
To join the Wagadu community & take part in future testing phases, click HERE, and for more information on Twin Drums and The Wagadu Chronicles, please check out the links below:
About Twin Drums:
Founded in 2019 by African-European Allan Cudicio, Twin Drums is the game development studio behind “The Wagadu Chronicles”: a role-play focused, afro-fantasy sandbox MMORPG. Our mission is to bring African inspired content into videogames and to balance what makes old classics engaging with the innovations of our industry. To achieve this, our work-philosophy revolves around having diverse people in the team, providing a flexible work environment and rigorous planning that allows us to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We are in for the long term and we are excited about the future of games. Renaissance PR for Twin Drums
Over the past weeks, Wargaming has been conducting a strategic review of business operations worldwide. The company has decided it will not own or operate any businesses in Russia and Belarus and will leave both countries.
Effective March 31 the company transferred its live games business in Russia and Belarus to local management of Lesta Studio that is no longer affiliated with Wargaming. The company will not profit from this process either today or going forward. Much to the contrary we expect to suffer substantial losses as a direct result of this decision.
We will be completing the operational transition with all due speed while remaining in full compliance with all laws and ensuring the ongoing safety and support of our employees. During the transition period the live products will remain available in Russia and Belarus and will be operated by the new owner.
Wargaming has also started the process of closing its studio in Minsk, Belarus.
We will be providing as much severance and support as possible to our employees affected by the change.
Despite the magnitude of this decision, we as a company are confident in the future of our business and are committed to delivering quality games to our players.
Including a 48-hour All-Access LAN ticket for the most dedicated DreamHack fans
Melbourne, Australia – Tuesday, April 5 — Today ESL Australia has announced that tickets to DreamHack Melbourne, Australia’s first DreamHack festival, to be held at Melbourne & Olympic Parks across September 2-4, will be made available to purchase on 10AM AEST THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 7 via Ticketek. Prior to general on-sale, existing fans subscribed to the DreamHack Melbourne newsletter will receive an invite to a 24-hour fan-only pre-sale starting from 10AM AEST (7AM AWST, 12PM NZDT) on Wednesday, April 6. Fans invited to the pre-sale will have the first chance to purchase limited tickets, including the BYOC LAN Pass and DreamHack Melbourne Founders Pass. DreamHack Melbourne is presented with the support of the Victorian Government via its tourism and major events agency Visit Victoria.
Attendees at the festival will be able to experience everything a classic DreamHack has to offer, including a BYOC LAN tournament in Tennis HQ, multiple esports finals including the LCO – League of Legends Circuit Oceania finals and Halo Championship Series: ANZ, held in Margaret Court Arena, ESL Challenger #50 CS:GO, held in Rod Laver Arena, and a number of other on-site gaming activities across the precinct, featuring everything from tabletop games to local independent game studios.
“We can’t wait to showcase everything DreamHack has to offer to our Australian community – to be able to bring this storied festival to life in Melbourne for the first time later this year is a unique opportunity. We’ve already heard how excited fans are to attend our BYOC LAN at DreamHack Melbourne, and would encourage everyone interested in attending to secure their ticket as soon as possible, as spots are limited.”
“With the DreamHack Melbourne Founders Pass, we wanted to give the most passionate members of the DreamHack community in Australia the chance to get hands-on with our take on a limited edition collectible well before the event. It’s something fans can cherish in years to come having been there with us from the beginning of this journey.” said Brad Baldwin, Project Manager at ESL Australia.
TICKET INFORMATION A day pass offers a single day of entertainment, with a festival pass granting access to all three days of the event.
ADULT (15+) DAY PASS – $50
CHILD (7 – 14) FESTIVAL PASS – $65
ADULT (15+) FESTIVAL PASS – $109
BYOC FESTIVAL PASS – $155
BYOC pass holders will be able to access all areas of DreamHack Melbourne, including overnight access to the DreamHack Melbourne LAN from Friday through Sunday.
Children 6 years of age or under gain free access to the festival, when accompanied by a parent or guardian who has their own valid ticket. Tickets can be purchased at https://esl.gg/dreamhackmelbtickets
FOUNDERS PASS To celebrate the first year of DreamHack in Australia, a DreamHack Melbourne Founders Pass ($50) will be available in limited quantity as an add-on to Festival Pass ticket purchasers. The DreamHack Melbourne Founders Pass will contain a unique, locally produced DreamHack Melbourne VFT, or Very Fungible Token; a gold-plated pin that will only be available to Founders Pass ticketholders. The DreamHack Melbourne VFT will be shipped in a commemorative box with a personalised note from the DreamHack Melbourne team in the months prior to the event.
About DreamHack DreamHack is an immersive, gaming lifestyle experience where the community comes to life. Millions of fans tune in to DreamHack broadcasts each year, and the 24 hour-a-day festival weekends feature everything gaming under one roof. Attendees experience professional esports tournaments, amateur and varsity gaming tournaments, world-famous bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) LAN party, cosplay championship, panels, art, activities, expo, screenings, live music and more. The DreamHack brand is a part of ESL Gaming, the world’s leading esports company.
ESL Gaming is part of MTG, the leading international digital entertainment group. More information is available atdreamhack.com and about.eslgaming.com.
ABOUT ESL GAMING ESL Gaming is the world’s largest esports and gaming lifestyle company. Since 1994, the company has been shaping the industry and leading esports and gaming innovation on a global scale across the most popular video games with numerous online and offline esports competitions, and through premier gaming lifestyle festivals. The company operates high-profile, branded international leagues and tournaments under the ESL Pro Tour, including ESL One, Intel® Extreme Masters, DreamHack Masters, ESL Pro League, and other preeminent, stadium-size tournaments. ESL Gaming also produces and hosts DreamHack Open tournaments, ESL National Championships, grassroots amateur cups, matchmaking systems, and DreamHack’s gaming lifestyle festivals — which feature everything gaming under one roof. ESL Gaming is part of MTG, the leading international digital entertainment group. More information is available at http://about.eslgaming.com/esl-australia
ABOUT TEG LIVE TEG Live is wholly owned by TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading ticketing, live entertainment and data analytics company. TEG Live is a dynamic and diverse promoter of live content in music, sport, family entertainment, esports and exhibitions. TEG Live connects millions of fans every year with unique live experiences and adds value to events with hospitality and sponsorship services. For more information, visit: http://www.teglive.com.au
ABOUT VISIT VICTORIA Visit Victoria is the state’s tourism, business and major events company, inspiring people to visit Melbourne and Victoria through creative story-telling and enriching events.
MELBOURNE – April 4, 2022 –Riftbound, the fantasy lane defense game developed by Barrel Smash Studios, wages an epic war of good versus evil on PC via Steam beginning Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Peace reigns in the enchanted realm until the nefarious Necromancer, doomed to spend eternity in the Dark Rift, breaks free of his otherworldly prison and threatens to spread his malicious influence across the land. Only a young spellcaster, with the counsel of the Great Oak and help of powerful elementals, can restore harmony and banish the magical menace once and for all.
Face waves of heinous foes in real-time combat, strategically attacking the ranks of Skeletons, Spearblasters, Berserkers, and other deadly adversaries. Lead a heroic army to confront wicked bosses such as the Giant Troll before meeting with the Necromancer himself. Learn each elemental’s characteristics and evolve these mythical beings into their ultimate forms from one of the five schools of magic.
Choose from more than 40 spells, evolutions, and combos to unleash devastating destruction upon the Necromancer’s villainous army by burning, zapping, freezing, and exploding the enemy legion. Evolve elementals in battle to raise defense levels and boost attacking tactics. Stun, block, and push enemy lines while taking the control of lanes to ultimately seal the Dark Rift prison.
Conquer rewarding side quests to unlock extraordinary spells, evolutions, and battle-changing upgrades to bolster strategy and tactics, exploring the best defense against the incoming undead army. Meet new allies throughout more than 50 levels and multiple difficulties while venturing across the Deep Woods, Snowcap Mountains, and Blighted Forest.
Riftbound’s legendary quest was developed with a wide range of accessibility options, offering an innovative dyslexia text feature allowing wizards to change between fonts, letters, characters, and line spacing to improve readability.
“We’ve developed an epic adventure full of magic and intrigue, with fable-like creatures in a high-fantasy setting,” said James Thomas, Co-Founder and Lead Programmer, Barrel Smash Studios. “We hope players will have as much fun immersing themselves in the Riftbound world as we did while creating it!”
Riftbound lands on Steam for Windows PC on Thursday, May 12, 2022 for USD $19.99. It will support English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Europe), Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
Based out of Melbourne, Barrel Smash is a two-person studio founded by James and Louisa Thomas. Besides their shared love for smashing barrels in games, the couple focuses on creating accessible and inclusive gaming experiences for everyone to enjoy. Riftbound is their first title.
Free Playable Steam Demo Available Now and New Kickstarter Stretch Goals to be Revealed
BEIJING, CHINA – APRIL 4, 2022 – Developer Aurogon Shanghai announced today that its hand-drawn, 2D-animated action-adventure game Afterimage is now 100% fully funded on Kickstarter, with a free playable demo now available on Steam. Surpassing the initial funding target in just 40 hours, the Afterimage Kickstarter campaign is now over 260% funded with more than 1,100 backers in one week. With the Kickstarter campaign ending on April 21, new stretch goals will continue to be revealed adding more content and features to the project, assuring the Kickstarter community that Afterimage reaches its full potential when launching this Winter on PC and consoles.
Watch the Afterimage Kickstarter trailer
Explore the dazzling mystical worlds of Afterimage.
Inspired by legendary Metroidvania games like Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night and Ori and the Blind Forest, Afterimage takes place in the imaginative world of Engardin. Once a magnificent realm of magical life and fantastic beasts, the land has been ravaged by the folly of human ambition and warfare. A calamitous event has ruined the land, corrupting the souls and behavior of native species and humans alike.
Embark on a journey as Renee, a girl who lost her memory during the great catastrophe, as she retraces her steps to uncover past memories. Explore vast interconnected areas, traverse complex platform puzzles and encounter amusing characters that may help or hinder Renee’s journey. Discover a hauntingly beautiful yet dangerous world using Renee’s graceful weapon attacks and magic spells to defeat menacing and bizarre enemies.
Renee demonstrates power and grace with her attacks in Afterimage.
As Renee recovers lost memories and delves deeper into this hauntingly beautiful hand-drawn world, new weapons, skills, and magic spells will be learned. Customize the talent tree to upgrade Renee’s attributes, utilize passive abilities to bolster fighting techniques, and switch weapons on-the-fly during challenging boss fights. Gather tons of collectible loot and look out for lost recipes – give these to wandering chefs and they’ll make mouth-watering dishes with unique buffs!
Afterimage is available to back on Kickstarter until April 21. The playable demo is now available on Steam. Afterimage is coming Winter 2022 to Windows PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Media interested in learning more about Afterimage can contact Danitra Alomia ([email protected]). For more information, please visit the game’s Kickstarter page.
ABOUT AUROGON INFO & TECH (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.: We are a small indie team formed by Metroidvania lovers from a studio called Aurogon Shanghai. Some of us have been working on Aurogon’s previous titles including the Swords of Legends franchise. Aurogon Info&Tech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a game development company formed by veterans in the game industry and was officially established in 2007, as a subsidiary to Netera. Netera (Beijing Wangyuanshengtang Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd.) was founded in July 2009, in vision to promote Chinese culture in a comprehensive entertainment method.
FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE REVEALSPATCH 6.1 TRAILER AND 12th APRIL RELEASE DATE
The Return of the GARO Collaboration, New THE PRIMALS Album and Endwalker Art Book Announced During Latest Letter from the Producer LIVE Broadcast
During the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast, SQUARE ENIX® today revealed that Patch 6.1 for the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY® XIV: Endwalker™will release on 12th April. The broadcast showcased further details for Patch 6.1 content, titled “Newfound Adventure,” including a new trailer, live gameplay and more. Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida shared various details for the new Main Scenario Quests, “Tataru’s Grand Endeavor” Side Quest, extra story content for Role Quests and more coming to the Patch 6.1x series.
Patch 6.1 will also mark the first implementation of the new Duty Support System for A Realm Reborn™(2.0) content. With this new system, all 4-player main scenario dungeons and trials will be able to be played solo alongside a party of NPCs. Major revisions to Cape Westwind and later duties are also planned to further support an accessible, solo-play experience. The Duty Support System will also be expanded in future updates to support Patch 2.x content, as well as Heavensward™ expansion content and beyond.
You can view the new Patch 6.1 trailer below:
In addition to the trailer, Yoshida unveiled further details on some of the content players will experience in the Patch 6.1x series, such as:
· New Main Scenario Quests – Patch 6.1 will mark the start of a new chapter for Warriors of Light.
· New 24-Player Alliance Raid – The first part of an all-new original alliance raid series, Myths of the Realm: Aglaia will challenge players as they learn more about the divinities known as the Twelve.
· New Tribal Quests – Starting with Patch 6.15, players will be able to experience new Arkasodara tribe quests for battle classes and jobs.
· New Residential Area – Plots in Empyreum, the new Ishgardian residential district, will become available for purchase.An overview of the plot purchase system as well as an initial schedule for lottery system sales were presented.
· New Trial: The Minstrel’s Ballad: Endsinger’s Aria – Players can experience a new challenge with a new Extreme Trial, The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger’s Aria.
· Adventurer Plates (Beta Version) – The new Adventurer Plates feature was showcased in detail. Player portraits can be customised to include lighting, animation, and camera angles using a character’s current appearance, and multiple portraits can be saved for future use. The character profiles can include information such as favourite job and title, playstyle preference, active play times, and more.
· PvP Updates – Additional details on the new small scale PvP content known as Crystalline Conflict were revealed, including the new rewards system and PvP schedule.
· Additional content including job adjustments, the ability to try on gear available on the FFXIV Online Store, system updates, and more.
SQUARE ENIX also announced that PvP gear inspired by the hit Japanese TV show GARO will return with Patch 6.1. Players will be able to earn special mounts and gear modeled after the show designed by legendary character designer Keita Amemiya. New jobs introduced in Shadowbringers™ and Endwalker will now be able to equip this collaboration gear.
Patch 6.1 will also launch with a new dungeon and Unreal trial, Ultima’s Bane (Unreal), as well as the new Unending Codex, an assortment of information on characters and terms added to your Collection which will be updated as you progress through the 6.1 main scenario.
Patch 6.11 is set to bring a new Ultimate Duty – Dragonsong’s Reprise, while players can also look forward to the “Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures” sidequest and new Custom Deliveries launching in Patch 6.15. Data Center Travel will be added in Patch 6.18.
For more details and the latest updates, visit the official Patch 6.1 promotional website at: https://sqex.to/WNmob
Fans of THE PRIMALS, the official FFXIV band led by Sound Director Masayoshi Soken, can also look forward to their new album, THE PRIMALS – Beyond the Shadow launching globally on May 25, 2022. This new album is available for pre-order at the SQUARE ENIX Store: https://sqex.to/r59q4
Finally, the latest FINAL FANTASY XIV art book, titled FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker – The Art of Resurrection -Among the Stars-, was announced. This oversized full-colour art book contains artwork created during the development of Endwalker, featuring illustrations of the new jobs, sage and reaper, as well as new locations including Old Sharlayan and Radz-at-Han, dungeons, trials, equipment and more. This volumeoffers concept art, reference images and messages from the artists to commemorate the conclusion of the Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga. Physical art books will also include an exclusive Wind-up Ragnarok minion item code.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker – The Art of Resurrection -Among the Stars- is scheduled for release on Sept. 13, 2022, and is now available for pre-order at the SQUARE ENIX store with pre-orders at other major booksellers beginning from April 2. Visit the SQUARE ENIX Store at: https://sqex.to/f0Jjb
The full Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast can be viewed at: https://sqex.to/DWWb9
With more than 25 million total registered players, there has never been a better time for newcomers to begin their adventures in the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY XIV Online saga. The expanded Free Trial now includes all content from A Realm Reborn and the Heavensward expansion (and updates through Patch 3.56), as well as an additional playable race (Au Ra), and three additional playable jobs (Dark Knight, Astrologian, and Machinist). Free Trial players can enjoy hundreds of hours of award-winning gameplay and story experiences equivalent to two full FINAL FANTASY titles, without limit on playtime. More information is available here: http://sqex.to/FFXIVFreeTrial
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