Category: Game News

Minecraft 1.3 Out

Minecraft 1.3

Jeb tweeted earlier that 1.3.1 has gone live and is out. Loads of new features like single-player being a self-hosted server and allowing LAN friends join SP games, Adventure Mode which doesn’t allow building or setting things on fire, Villager trading, made enchanting easier, automatic downloading of texture packs from servers (standard size only), added a multiplayer hardcore mode wherein players are banned upon death, fixed the creative mode pick-block key, and lots and lots more. For a full changelist, read this Reddit Post. Your client should update on it’s own.

Server news: We’ll be updating the server today but we will be wiping the map clean when Bukkit comes out for 1.3 so don’t make yourself too permanent of a house… I’ll also be opening up the whitelist to allow anyone that wishes to join to do so.

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SWTOR To Go Free To Play

SWTOR Free to Play

SWTOR will be going free-to-play this coming fall. Players who opt to go the F2P route will have access to each class’s full storyline all the way up to Level 50, options such as race, warzones (PVP arenas), flashpoints (group dungeons), and space missions will be restricted – although not unavailable (not quite clear yet as to what this means). There still remains the $15 a month subscription that now comes with added benefits (actually not much added, basically remaining the same as they are now).  Check this chart out for a comparison. They will also be adding something called the Cartel Market that will allow people to buy vanity and convenience items with Cartel Coins – which will be purchasable with real life cash. The heads at Bioware are hoping that dropping the $15 a month it takes to play SWTOR might entice and hook new players to journey through the galaxy. Thanks to Morgan in the forums for the tip, more info about what exactly “limited access” means will be coming out soon, until then check the Press Release.

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Preorder Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2

You can now Preorder Borderlands 2 on Steam. Grab a copy of the anticipated sequel to the award winning cell-shaded space western FPS RPG. The original game has sold over 6 million units and the sequel is expected to one-up it. Among graphics improvements are 4 all new classes including the Siren, the Commando, the Gunzerker and the Assassin. In addition to new guns and classes, you can drool over procedurally generated shields, grenades, Relics, class mods and a bunch more. If you’ve never played the original Borderlands, now’s the time to so because Borderlands is free to play this weekend on Steam!

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