Everyone loves a bargain, especially me, that’s why I love sales. PayPal is now getting in on the action and for eight weeks they are running sales on games and prepaid cards at with their partners for the sale; G2A.com, Razer, Spotify, and Wargaming.net

Check out the sale here.

The sale started yesterday, take a look at some of  those available in the first week:
·         G2A gift cards:  Gift cards for G2A.COM with a 10% discount for the purchase of new games like the highly sought-after Diablo III add-on Reaper of Souls for just € 25.20/ ~ US-$ 35 or Dark Souls II for only € 20.61 / ~ US-$ 29
·         World of Tanks: 3 different bonus packages exclusively for PayPal users and tank loving gamers
·         iTunes prepaid card: 15% discount (US) / 10% discount (EU) on iTunes prepaid cards in values of € 25 / US-$ 25, € 50 / US-$ 50, or € 100 / US-$ 100
·         Worms Clan Wars: Cult Worms fun with clan function from Team17 with a hefty 66% discount
·         Race the Sun + Soundtrack: Kickstarter financed indie game from Flippfly, including soundtrack, with a 40% discount
·         Razer Game Booster: Download Razer Game Booster free to save games in the action week and win a Razer Blade Pro gaming laptop, for example
·         Imperia Online free bonus pack: Free bonus pack for the free-to-play medieval building strategy game with 200 diamonds, 1 silver chest, and 3 wooden chests with resources. In addition, players who make in-game purchases via PayPal will receive 70% more diamonds for the first purchase and 20% more diamonds for additional purchases during the action week.

The deals are going to be changing every Thursday, so keep an eye on it to find the deals you need.

Das Tal is a new upcoming open world MMORPG, it’s being produced by indie developers Fairytale Distillery and is still in early development. They have plenty of great features planned, with the focus of the game being on PvP. They will have a player driven economy, crafting and adventuring, as you would expect by today’s standards.

What does Limited grind mean?

It means that we’re planning to have a daily XP gain limit (cap). We feel that the current system of “farm as much as you want” often leads to unnecessary grind-to-the-level-cap races and that we’d rather have a little bit of progression every day instead. We’ll also have ways for clan members to help their mates by “donating” them XP so that everybody can focus on the main part of the game: PvP.

It sounds like it will really help keep the focus on the PvP, hopefully this will have a strong community because of it. A daily XP limit sounds like it could be a great idea if done right, let us know what you think, and I’ll keep you up to date with progress on the game.

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Steam Greenlight page.

CCP Games and Dark Horse have been releasing their graphic novel EVE: True Stories, online and for free. It’s based on the exploits of EVE Online players and has really great production value. Issue number three is out now and you can get it here.

Inspired by actual player events, issue #3 of EVE: True Stories “Thieves Among Us” is the continuation of one of the greatest gaming stories of the last decade and is available as a free download from Dark Horse Digital or via the Dark Horse Android and iOS apps.

Written by legendary writer Daniel Way (Wolverine: Origins, Deadpool), with artwork by Fredrico Dallocchio (Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Suicide Squad), and cover art from CCP Art Director Borkur Eiriksson, issue #3 is the penultimate chapter in the “Thieves Among Us” storyline.

The story builds to a crescendo with issue #4, due out on April 2, as another free download from Dark Horse Digital.

• Issue #1
• Issue #2
• Issue #3

Free To Play is a feature-length documentary brought to us by Valve. It’s really interesting and follows three lads from the Ukraine, Singapore, and the USA. They are professional gamers and the documentary follows them as they compete for a million dollar prize in the first Dota 2 International Tournament.

In recent years everybody has seen electronic sports grow massively. There are now multiple games boasting over a million dollars in prize money, it’s up for grabs for those elite players at the top of their craft. For the three young players nothing would ever be the same again. The film documents the challenges and sacrifices required of players to compete at the highest level.

It’s just over an hour long, let me know what you think. Have you ever played for money? What would you do if you won a sweet $1 million in a gaming tournament?

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Official site.

WildStar is the intense skill based combat MMO from NCSOFT® and Carbine Studios’. Unlike anything currently available, WildStar engages players with it’s own style, robust housing customisation and high-action combat that truly tests players’ skill with its combination of movement, aiming and ‘telegraphs’. WildStar’s innovative Path system rewards players for their individual style of play, while allowing you to explore in your own way.

The game is heavily based around the combat, from 1v1 all the way up to 40v40 battles and open world combat, this is sure to have a whole lot of fighting.

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WildStar officially launches on Tuesday, 3rd June 2014. But it is also available now for pre-order. Players who pre-order have early access to several closed and open beta events and will receive a variety of exclusive in-game items and perks, including:

•     Early game access beginning Saturday, 31st May (three days prior to the game’s official launch)
•     An exclusive Rocket House
•     A mini-ship housing decoration, which grants players additional rest experience points
•     A 10-slot storage bag to increase character inventory
•     The opportunity to reserve character and guild names prior to launch

Two versions of the game are available for pre-order: Standard and Deluxe, with the latter available digitally or at retail as a limited edition collectable. More information can be found at the official site.

Line of Defense is the new large scale MMOFPS coming to us from the developers 3000AD. They just released a bunch of screenshots that I’m going to share here with you. My first thought is that it does remind me of Planetside, but it will be great to have more competition in this genre (even if some of the visuals are similar for now).

Find out more and apply for the beta here.

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Wargaming have shared additional information about their Wargaming.net Grand Finals, taking place April 4 – 6 at the Multikino Zlote Tarasy in Warsaw, Poland, including details on the $300,000 prize pool up for grabs by the competitors.

“Events like this help build the popularity of cybersports by not only providing players with incentive to participate but also quality entertainment for the spectators,” said Jonghyuk Baak, Global eSports Director at Wargaming. “We want to thank all of the players, teams, and partners involved in the Grand Finals for their generosity in assisting us in organizing a world class event that will turn Warsaw into the eSports capital of the world this April.”

I completely agree with Jonghyuk Baak, putting this kind of money up for tournaments is always going to raise the bar. I grew up playing online tournaments when there were only bragging rights. It’s great to see more and more games with cash to win at high level play.

The seeding ceremony will be held on March 24, 2014 at ESL studio in Cologne, Germany. To maximize geographic separation, 14 teams will be drawn into two groups using a “controlled random” system. On March 25, ESL will broadcast the video on the Wargaming.net League EU twitch channel at 19:00 CET. Then, the video will be uploaded on YouTube, news portals, and to social networks.

Following the festive Opening Ceremony, set to take place at 12:00 CET on April 4, these 14 best performing tank squads from all over the globe will play a series of matches, spread over three days. Except for the first day, tournaments will start at 9:00 CET and end at around 19:00 CET, with the Winners Ceremony slated to take place at 19:00 CET on April 6. All games will be streamed live on the Wargaming.net League Twitch channels:

·        Europe, North America
·        Asia
·        South Korea
·        Poland

The international eSports celebration will be free to the public, with a variety of prizes for spectators including stage giveaways, invite and bonus codes for World of Tanks, as well as exclusive goodie bags for the most avid spectators. Live stream viewers will be able to win invite and bonus codes as well, during the many hours of match streaming.

The World of Tanks player community will be able to partake in a creative “Cheerleading Madness Contest” by creating a short video that shows their support for one of the eSports teams participating in the Grand Finals.
The sponsors of the tournament are Razer, PayPal, Alienware, and the City of Warsaw.

“PayPal is proud to be associated with World of Tanks, Wargaming.net League Grand Finals and Wargaming in general to help them reach out to millions of consumers globally,” said Gaël Jouaillec, Head of Digital Goods at PayPal.

“Supporting the Grand Finals in this amazing town of Warsaw demonstrates our willingness to be close to gamers thanks to our fundamental ability of making payments simple, easy and secure. May the best team win!”

“eSports are among fastest-growing trends in gaming, and Poland boasts one of Europe’s largest World of Tanks communities, with lots of players from Warsaw,” said vice president of Warsaw Michał Olszewski. “We are delighted to host this year’s Grand Finals and show our city to the international guests.”

Get more details at the official website.

If you don’t know yet, Trials of Ascension is an upcoming MMORPG that will feature perma-death. I’m an old school gamer and I weep at how “easy” most MMO’s have become. With perma-death you actually care about the fights you get into. So far it sounds great, there is no intention to spoon feed everything to new players, you will have to explore and find out about the game by…. playing the game! An old concept but it seems oddly fresh in this world of auto-help easy mode MMO’s.

The team over at Forged Chaos have released this game play video as a celebration after hitting their $24k crowd funding goal. They still have $16 to go to hit their 100% goal, I have no doubt they will reach it.

Let us know what you think, post your thoughts in the comments on Facebook.

Enjoy a first look at the world of TerVarus, and how you will be interacting with it. Find out more at the official site.

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Project Velyria is the dungeon crawling MMO brought to us by MADSOFT Games. It’s browser based and quite interesting if you are looking for something a little different mixed with an old school feel.

The most recent update to Project Velyria is adding professions to the game. They weren’t planned at launch but as the game has rapidly grown it was seen as a wise move to improve the game play.

We hadn’t anticipated including professions at launch, but as we built the in-game trading system, we found that crafting would play a vital role in the evolution of Velyria’s economy. Knowing that they were essential, we put our nose to the grindstone and finalized the details for the professions.

The professions are all based around the in game economy, they add the all important crafting elements. As expected, each profession will focus on certain types of weapons and items. With each class divided into sub tiers of experience, lower levels will be crafting the materials needed by the higher level crafters.

Find out more and play for free at the official site.

It’s the final weekend of the New Eden Open, one of the flagship tournaments in EVE Online. The tournament offers players the chance to win real life cash prizes by being the best fighter pilots in New Eden. This year the second annual New Eden Open features the premiere PVP experts putting their skills to the test in an 8 v 8 death matches.

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This weekend’s schedule is here, with the finals and some special in-studio activities to be streamed before today’s finals. See the rest at www.twitch.tv/ccp

You can see everything that’s happened so far on these handy playlists;

•     Day 1
•     Day 2
•     Day 3
•     Day 4

Rubicon update 1.3 is also now live.

For a quick glance at what’s arrived to EVE, stop by the newly-updated EVE Online: Rubicon feature page.

Rubicon 1.3 includes:

• Long-awaited customization options come with the “Ship Painting Pilot Program”
• Easier to obtain Sisters of EVE faction ships.
• A balancing pass on Tech 1 frigates and cruisers, remote sensor dampeners, corporation size, drone assist and more.
• Significant lighting and UI improvements, aimed to make pilot’s lives easier and more beautiful.

Full patch notes.