Trion’s Rift will soon be releasing update 1.8. Included in this update will be quite a bit of new content, including a new 20 man raid where you can battle colossal foes inside a volcano. According to Trion, this is “the most advanced raid in Telara” so you can expect a massive challenge as you defeat Infernal Dawn’s seven bosses.
Video games have often been admonished for not having enough diversity; civil-rights activists have correctly noted that their protagonists tend to be caucasian heterosexual men. In recent years, developers have begun to correct this, offering minority protagonists, along with the option to choose your character’s sex, or have homosexual romantic subplots. Unfortunately, there is one minority group that has been consistently ignored or abused by the gaming industry; the Transgender. Yet, there have been more transgender characters than one might think, dating back decades.
We PC gamers can be smugly assured that we have the best hardware; our gigantic hard drives, state of the art graphics cards and laser-precise mice give us a clear edge over console gamers. But what about the games we play? Admit it, we all get console envy from time to time when some new game comes out only for Xbox or Playstation. Games like the visual novel and puzzle game Catherine.
The White house announced the creation of a new Department of the Federal Government to regulate video games and other forms of electronic entertainment, as well as provide a rating system that will assist parents in determining which games are suited for their children, and to assist the public in remaining abreast of video game news.
Bioware announced today in a press release that the original Mass Effect is on tap for a remake this year. Don’t expect the same game though, says Bioware, as they plan for a number of surprises, but some of those surprises were accidentaly revealed when Casey Hudson appeared on the French talk show “Le Jeux” this weekend.
So after watching ‘Jaws’ let’s admit: most of us were probably pretty terrified of going into the ocean, or coming into contact with a shark. They haunted us after we saw the film, and no doubt many of us, no matter our age, had nightmares about just that. So what if you could play as a shark, mangling your friends in an online gaming environment?
Tera takes the fight beyond your typical whack-a-mole monotony with enhanced aiming, dodging, and tactical timing to create intense and rewarding combat. Unlike other MMOs, you can use your controller or keyboard and mouse to control the action like never before. With all the depth you expect from a traditional MMO, plus the intense gratification of action combat, Tera changes all the rules.
