Wargaming.net has announced that the first closed beta phase for World of Tanks has ended. The second phase of the CBT is slated to begin tomorrow, Wednesday, September 1, 2010. In addition to those two announcements, Wargaming.net gave out a bunch of impressive stats about CBT1.
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Book 2 is almost here, so let's talk about crafting! This update brings improvements for two more crafting professions, revisions to many older reputation recipes, a bunch of new class item recipes for Tailors, and updates for crafted Athelas Essence and Celebrant Salve potions made by Scholars.
Read more in The Crafting Revision Developer Diary!
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In celebration of its first anniversary, Champions Online is going free-to-play for a week. From September 1-7, 2010, Champions Online is unrestricted and totally free to play. Players will also be treated to a special event taking place in Millenium City.
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Japan-based publisher and developer Atlus has been dissolved as an independent entity by its parent company.
Index Holdings said on its website (via Gamasutra) that it's streamlining its business to focus on "profitable core areas", and that as part of the process the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona publisher has been brought under its direct control.
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Thanks to intrepid forumite, Matheous, we have confirmed that the Final Fantasy XIV open beta scheduled to begin on September 1, 2010 has been delayed on European and North American servers. Developers are citing 'critical bugs' as the reason behind the delay.
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Nadirim developers have announced some of the systems to be featured in the web-based title based on the Arabian Nights. In addition to the features, devs have also profiled the Mountain of Bells zone and the Nomad, one of five classes included in the game. Nadirim is set to go into closed beta in October but devs are promising weekly game information releases.
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From a design perspective, ‘convergence’ is a dirty word. Convergence is a business concept that aims to bring about an overlap in otherwise diverse audiences by leveraging IP across games, film, toys, books and comics, TV or other forms of entertainment.
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Peter Moore explains the reasons behind EA's decision to bring Online Pass to its sports franchises, citing escalating costs and improved service.
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Peter Moore confirms that, while the publisher is interested in the technology, existing technical issues mean it won't be in any of its games yet.
EA sports president Peter Moore has clarified the company's position on 3D. Moore, who made the comments during an exclusive Edge interview, is cautious about rushing to use the technology for the sake of it.
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In a feature on EA in
issue 219 of Edge (available from UK newsagents today), we take an in-depth look at the company and how it has attempted to remodel itself to become a leaner, altogether more focussed operation.
Peter Moore, president of EA Sports, has been responsible for the sports division since 2007 which, under his guidance, has seen the
FIFA franchise steal
Pro Evo's crown and
NBA Live's reboot as
Elite among other things.
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