Daystar Burns Us!

Issue 129: The DAYSTAR Burns Us!! Just when you started to get a taste for mild temperatures, the DAYSTAR brings back the heat! (Well, that’s the case at my location, at least). Be that as it may, hot and muggy temperatures makes for great conditions to stay indoors and game! There isn’t to much going on. PAX Prime just ended and DragonCon is up next (starting on September 4th) down in Atlanta. 

There is some expansion talk in this issue and, believe it or not, it isn’t about WoW’s expansion. Guild Wars 2 and Destiny have some details regarding their respective expansions. Also, don’t forget, for you WoW players, that patch 6.2.2 went live this week and flying should now be enabled in Draenor (for those that completed the Pathfinder achievement). A StarCraft 2 announcement about … an announcement? Star Wars Battlefront news, and a few other things. The gaming news is a little slow lately. I think all the major stuff is kind of out there already now that we have had so many big conferences recently. The build-up to BlizzCon is next 🙂
KCGO

GW2 Expansion Release Date

Posted 8.28.15 – ArenaNet has given Guild Wars 2 players something to be excited about (thrown the proverbial bone). They have announced the official release date for the first expansion, titled Heart of Thorns. October 23rd (of this year). This is their big PAX Prime announcement and the post doesn’t have much else with the announcement, but there is a link you can check out regarding the details that were leaked just prior to PAX Prime.
Massively Overpowered post

WoW AddOn: “Storyline”

murlocPosted 8.31.15 – I don’t usually call out many addons because everyone has their favorite, and some don’t even use them at all. Either way I thought this one is kind of cool, especially if you are kind of into the lore/story of the expansion, like I am. It’s called “Storyline” and it changes the interaction between your character and the quest giver. Instead of the traditional “wall-o-text”, it breaks it down into more of a conversation type (not like SWTOR conversation, but more like Witcher 3).
Kotaku post

Destiny’s Expansion Update Is Huge!

Posted 8.31.15 – Destiny is having a rather large “patch” coming soon in anticipation of the upcoming expansion. It’s currently projected at about 20 gig so I hope you have some extra space on your console’s hard drive because you’re getting it whether you buy the expansion or not. I think its kind of a harsh penalty to force upon anyone that isn’t purchasing the game. If you have a lot of titles on your stock hard drives, time to start deleting some, or just delete Destiny 🙂
Massively Overpowered post

Guild Wars 2 Now F2P!

Posted 8.31.15 – ICYMI, ArenaNet’s president announced that Guild Wars 2 is now completely Free-2-Play. The base game at least. I haven’t been able to determine yet if the upcoming expansion will also be free or if its going to follow a model similar to The Secret World. The game had already dropped subscriptions but now you should be able to download the game for free and start playing, perhaps even level up far enough to be ready for “Heart of Thorns”. I tried GW2 when it had a couple of those free weeks back near its launch so I should still have an active account.
Digital Trends article

StarCraft 2 Announcement About And Announcement

Posted 9.1.15 – Blizzard is now just trolling us. They have graduated from outright teasing to just trolling. They announced that there will be an announcement regarding the final chapter in StarCraft 2. They will have a cinematic trailer for Legacy of the Void as well as an official release date. You will be able to learn all the details and see the trailer on their Twitch channel September 13th. Blizzard hires the most devious of marketing folks 🙂
Blizzard Watch post

The Star Wars Battlefront Beta

at-st-walkerPosted 9.1.15 – I sense a ripple in the Force, as if millions of geeks just cried out in exultation. EA has officially announced that the beta for Star Wars Battlefront will launch in October for X-Box One, PS4 and PC. Besides “it’s now live”, this is an announcement we have all been waiting for with bated breath. It seems there will be quite a bit you will be able to do in the beta and, from what I can glean, this is an open beta. I don’t see anywhere that indicates you have to sign up. It’s going to be a very exciting fall and winter for Star Wars fans!
Gamespot article

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