Let me just pull up Steam and…wait, what? Yes, it appears Rage 2 might be joining Fallout 76 on the “Exclusive to ” bandwagon. Speaking of which, preorders for Rage 2 went live this week. There’s a big ol’ patch note dump at Bethesda’s site but those are the highlights. If you’ve been chafing at the 100-player limit of most battle royale games, Planetside Arena promises 150-person matches for solo and squad play, as well as a 250 versus 250 mode called Massive Clash.įallout 76 has had a rough month but Bethesda got around this week to adding some of the features that were obviously missing at release, such as patching in an FOV slider, a push-to-talk button, and ultrawide support to the PC version of the game. Arriving in January, Arena will merge elements of Daybreak’s MMO first-person shooter Planetside with the battle royale genre. But there’s more pleasant news this week, or at least more optimistic news, as Daybreak announces Planetside Arena. ![]() MMOBRĭaybreak, makers of Everquest and H1Z1, just suffered a round of layoffs last week. Blizzard’s sure making some…interesting moves these days. I’m anticipating the same here.Ĭondolences to all the current and hypothetical Heroes of the Storm pros who just found this out right before the holidays, and to any developers potentially affected. ![]() After all, Diablo III still receives “updates” every once in a while but I wouldn’t call that a living game anymore. The official blog post claims Blizzard will “continue actively supporting the game with new heroes, themed events, and other content” at a slower pace, but while that’s the official line I’d guess the end days are in sight. Blizzard announced this week that it’s actively moving developers off Heroes of the Storm and withdrawing official support for the Heroes of the Storm esports scene from here on out. Sure, League of Legends and Dota 2 will continue on apace for countless years, but the gold rush has ended-or at least moved on to newer genres, with all those MOBA companies now building battle royale games.Įven the bronze medalist is stepping out. ![]() The era of the MOBA is truly over, I think.
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