PAX East Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Panel

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 Open with Heavensward trailer.

Ishgard in a battle against the dragons - The Dragonsong war

More details to come on the cinematic after Patch 2.5 (Before the fall Part 2) 

Included in Heavensward are Massive New Areas, the floating continent will be part of the realm. Areas high up in the land, some are obstacles. In order to traverse players will take to the skies with new flying mounts; including flying Chocobo's and a new dragon mount. Players will also be able to use a single pilot airship. 

New Alexander raid will have two tiers of difficulty, with a new refresh to the loot system. The set up of the large primal entail players to go inside and battle Alexander's body parts. 

A new race the Au Ra are being introduced with the expansion and are completely original to the Final Fantasy series. Sometime in April a benchmark will be released for the expansion.

Three new jobs being added, a tank, dps, and healer. The tank will be the Dark Knight and will utilise MP to use dark attacks to control the battle. The healer role; Astrologian wields the starglobe and divining cards that can switch between two stances. The Machinist dps role is the gunning class and not only uses a gun but also has an array of gadgets to help push dps or support allies. 

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How does the development team choose the new jobs?

  Before choosing a specific job they have to think about how it will play in parties and consider gameplay. First this decide on the role, then it takes one year to add one new job to the game. 

The second step allows the dev team to look at the role and how the new one will differentiate to the other roles in the class. 

For step three they consider player feedback, for example when choosing the Dark Knight the dev team were stuck between choosing Dark Knight or Samurai, in the end the Dark Knight was most wanted. 

Step four sees all the devs review the job actions, by playing around with them in game and determine whether it will work with the rest of the jobs. 

Step five is all about deciding which weapon the job will use; for example the weapon has to look good during combat and action while also looking practical while sheathed. 

Also shown off, were some early concepts for the weapons that will be utilised by the new jobs in Heavensward.

Not only are new jobs being added, but older jobs are getting a level cap increase from 50 to 60, because of this new actions and abilities will be added for both deciples of land and hand. A new system for hand being implemented called the specialist. 

Three editions of Heavenwards to be released, a collectors edition, a standard edition, and an all/in-one that bundles both A Realm Reborn and Hevensward together. Pre-orders being on March 16, 2015. 

Final Fantasy XIV will be coming to Mac, with a release coinciding with the Heavensward release. 

Final Fantasy XIV Heavesnward to be released on June 23 

Early access June 19 

Dying Light Launching Across Platforms Earlier Than Expected - September 11, 2014

Dying Light, the upcoming parkour zombie game will be getting a release earlier than expected as it was revealed today. News comes from developer Techland and also the publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment who confirmed that the game will be launching on January 27. The game will be several days earlier than the planned February release.

Dying Light was originally expected this year but like some games that players are anticipating, it got a delayed release for February 2015; due to the developer needing more time to polish several unknown elements of the game’s natural movement. The delay was first announced in May and was disappointing to all fans who were excited for a fall release.

The delay has no doubt made the game run much better as well as giving the developer more time to polish everything that needs ironing out. For now at least players can enjoy the game somewhat earlier expected. Dying Light will launch on Windows PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 and will surely change how zombie games are played.

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Meet the Villains in Warlords of Draenor - September 5, 2014

Blizzard has started a new five-part blog series which introduces some of the major enemies players will face in a Warlords of Draenor, the first part introduced the sadistic Kargath Bladefist, leader of the Shattered Hand. Today we are introduced to the mighty Grommash Hellscream, chieftain of the Warsong clan.

We also get a lovely trailer focusing on the orc brute; which highlights Grommash’s indomitable will and how he went from a weak orc to become the relentless force which he now strikes fear into the minds of his foes.

To learn more about the chieftain, you can head to the new character page where Blizzard has posted the video or you can click here. You can find out about the legacy and his role to come in the events leading up to and into Warlords of Draenor, meanwhile keep an eye on worldofwarcraft.com in the coming weeks for more episodes of the Lords of War that will be released up to the November 11 launch of Warlords of Draenor.

 

 

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