Jul 16, 2024

Neverwinter - alexander.mcisaac

We are excited to announce that Neverwinter’s new module, Mountain of Flame is available now on PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles. This major update for the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG brings back the Mount Hotenow Adventure Zone – originally introduced when Neverwinter launched in 2013. With the return of this adventure zone, adventurers will discover the zone has been completely revamped and re-populated, making Mount Hotenow bigger and better than ever before. This re-imagined zone brings back a classic dungeon, the “Lair of the Mad Dragon”, in a whole new way as all the monsters and bosses within the dungeon have been reworked. Additionally, the module brings quality of life improvements, most notably, a new battle pass that lets players earn rewards, such as a new companion, “Eric the Cavalier”, based on the character from the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons cartoon TV series, Dungeons & Dragons.

In the Mountain of Flame module, the smoking volcano, Mount Hotenow, is rumbling once again and threatening to erupt. The mighty fire giant Gommoth, who lives deep within the mountain, plans to use the growing magma to free the sleeping Primordial within the volcano. Adventurers must band together to do quell the flames and battle against Gommoth and his forces before the powers of the primordial destroy all of the Sword Coast!

Heroes who take on this blazing adventure will find plenty of new content in Neverwinter, including:
• Unvaulted Adventure Zone – Mount Hotenow
o Prepare to quell the flames as the Mount Hotenow adventure zone is now unvaulted, re-worked and re-populated in this new module! In addition to dangerous lava flows and ashen geysers, Gommoth’s elemental forces have overrun Mount Hotenow. Adventurers will encounter fire archons, twisted cultists, and other fire foes as they explore the craggy terrain.
 Reforged and Reborn Adventure Zone
 Reworked and re-populated, Mount Hotenow burns like never before for an entirely new experience on the Sword Coast.
 Veteran players will find the adventure zone has major visual and layout changes compared to when the zone was originally introduced.
 Players must sassist the dwarven expedition and strike at Gommoth’s forces in the very heart of Mount Hotenow.
 Fire Giant Lockdowns
 Gommoth’s forces patrol the mountain, looking for intruders.
 When adventurers inflict enough destruction on Gommoth’s forces, he will unleash his mighty lieutenants, towering giants bent on your fiery doom.
• Unvaulted Dungeon – Lair of the Mad Dragon
o Under the guidance of prophet Rohini, Ashmadi cultists have overrun Helm’s Hold for the Hex Locus, an artifact with the power to piece realities and warp the nature of beings. Rohini has warped the mind of a green dragon Chartilifax to guard the Hex Locus. Convinced his true form is a green elf and subservient to Rohini’s wishes, Chartilifax stands guard over the Hex Locus and will devour any who come to claim the artifact.
o Improved Dungeon – Lair of the Mad Dragon
 The classic dungeon is back, with a complete rework of all monsters and bosses.
 Battle your way through Rohini’s demonic forces and defeat the twisted dragon Chartilifax.
o Three Difficulty Tiers
 Normal difficulty for random queues.
 Advanced difficulty for organized groups seeking a challenge.
 Master difficulty for guilds seeking the ultimate test of coordination.
o New Rewards
 Rewards unique for each difficulty, with the best rewards from our challenging Master version.
• Quality of Life Improvements
o Guild Management Updates
 The Guild Log now tracks more information about what guild members are doing.
 Guild and Alliances can now be easily renamed.
 The Coffer now supports bulk donations, allowing you to mass-donate multiple item types at once.
o New Battle Pass with Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Companion Reward
 As players venture into the fiery depths of Mount Hotenow, a new Battle Pass will provide them with much needed aid. Players are able to progress the Battle Pass and earn rewards by completing Random Queues and by participating in Lockdown encounters within Mount Hotenow.
 By completing challenges through the Premium Track, players can earn a new companion, Eric the Cavalier, based on the character from the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons cartoon TV series, Dungeons & Dragons.
o Companion Updates
 From the Neverwinter heroes of Celeste and Makos to longtime stalwarts like the Siege Master, many fan-favorite companions have been updated and improved.

Can you save the Sword Coast once again or will the flames of Mount Hotenow consume you?

Jul 16, 2024

Pulling Down The Mask 💥 Limited Time Event #3 Highlights

Among Us 3D: VR - akuta

No more mystery. No more shadows. It’s time to pull down the mask, beans.

Now that the dust has settled from the 💥 Vigilante’s DUM Justice, we’re here to break down and kick out some numbers for you! ⚖️

Let’s start with the obvious — you all love the Vigilante bean. 💙 And, let’s be real… who wouldn’t?

Throughout the duration of the Limited Time Event — DUM Justice, the Vigilante Hat ranked within the Top 13 Most Used Hats. It even peaked in the Top Five on June 15, beat only by the Trapp’d, Greh, Safety Second, and (of course) Fedora! 🏆

The Vigilante love showed its face in terms of gameplay win ratios, as well. 📈 A majority of games won in the event’s DUM Justice mode were won by eliminating all Impostors. 🥊 Now, we know that not ALL Impostor kills were done by the Vigilante (ejections are still a thing! ☄️), but… we suspect you Vigilantes simply enjoyed having the Kill power in your little bean hands.

This is even MORE evident with the fact that the average lifespan of a bean during the DUM Justice event was between thirty seconds to a minute! ☠️

Red continued to dominate the color competition. 🥇 However, we did see Grey and Purple knock down Blue and Green respectively when comparing to our previous Limited Time Event — Infection. 🌯

The bottom six colors remain the same as before, so we continue to root for our Yellow, Lime, and Brown underdog beans.

Now that we’ve put the Vigilante hood away and our Limited Time Event — DUM Justice has served its time… it’s time to look forward. 👀 We simply cannot contain our excitement to share the next event with you very soon! 🚨

Stay suspicious, beans!

Jul 16, 2024

Full Crossplay at Launch

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - NBG_DW

Two things we have consistently heard from our community since launch have been:

It's a blast to play to play with my friends

“Started a new game to play with my son after the update. We're having a blast - it feels like a completely refreshed & polished game!”
“The quality time spent is worth any penny. Its a rly nice koop game to play with my gf not too hard but not too easy as well.”

I wish I could play with my friend/sibling/partner/kid who has the game on a different platform.

“I'd love to play this game with my wife but she's on PC I'm on PS5 lol”
“Any chance we will get crossplay in the future? Really want to play with some of my friends who sadly doesn't play on the same platform.”

That's why this fall, when Return to Moria arrives on Steam, it will come with a major new addition: Crossplay.

Any player on Steam, Xbox, PS5 or the Epic Game Store will be able to host their games to be joined by any other player. Just like non-crossplay games, Steam players will be able to host 8-player games, regardless of what platform the joining players are on. Just share the same code! Once everyone joins the game there will be no difference between them.

Keep an eye out for details on ship date as well as more blogs and livestreams in the coming weeks and check out our latest Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGM1ogjam3w
Note: hosts on Xbox and PS5 will have different limitations.

Jul 16, 2024

Update notes 07-16-2024.1

K!ll All Litterbugs - Headbox

Performance update: NPC models have been simplified or replaced to improve performance. Previous character models had complex hair and skeletons that were bogging the game down. AMD FidelityFX has been added to improve FPS on all video cards.

Enemy update: Enemy AI has been improved to include an alert system. Litterbugs will spot you and take a moment to decide if you’re a threat. If you leave or hide, they will ignore you. If alerted, they will chase. If they lose sight, they will go to your last seen location and look around.

Quests system: Quest progress is now saved. When you reach a checkpoint sign, your location, inventory, and quest progress is saved. Dialog is now triggered by the NPC and not location based. Close-up camera shots have been removed until future updates with face/mouth animation. There are some camera / UI bugs still being worked out

Sasquatch has been spotted!

Vehicle Gamepad control update from earlier:

Right trigger = gas
left trigger = brake
Right bumper = fire vehicle weapon (if available)
Left bumper = Handbrake
[color=blue]A[/color] = start engine
[color=red][/color]B = enter / exit vehicle
[color=yellow]Y[/color] = get unstuck.
[color=red]B[/color] = exit vehicle

Player Gamepad control update:
X = use equipped item (bandage)

Vehicles update: Vehicles now spawn with engine off. Press F or Gamepad A to start engine. Vehicles will now move more smoothly and resist flipping over. Vehicles start with engines off to save cpu resources calculating physics