Random Wednesdays
Neverwinter continues to rake in the reviews, which for the most part are positive. The Foundry feature, while not up to the standard of Neverwinter Nights’ Aurora toolset, earns no small amount of praise for what it allows players and would-be content creators to achieve.
It would appear that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition was yanked from Beamdog and the iOS App Store at Atari’s request, which also explains why the (Atari-released) Steam version of the game is still available. Trent Oster isn’t hugely optimistic about the prognosis that his team will be able to resume work on the game. Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition is on hold for the indefinite future, as is Overhaul’s planned Baldur’s Gate 3.
The exact nature of the “contractual issues” that exist between Overhaul Games and Atari are still a mystery.
Path of Exile is moving into its third season, and will be releasing new league scenarios, events, and prizes for it.
ArcheAge is going to allow player-made factions in the near future. The game’s Korean free-to-play model has also been detailed somewhat.
Warhorse Studios has also resurfaced to let us know what they’ve been up to of late. The long and short of it is that they’ve been shopping their in-development historical RPG around to various publishers, so as to secure the necessary funding to finish the work. Which, as this video demonstrates, already looks pretty cool.
Oh, and you can pick up the Columbia’s Finest DLC for BioShock Infinite on Steam for $4.99. This package is mostly a cosmetic one, adding some new gear and weapons to the game.
Other DLC for Infinite is being worked on, of course, but there isn’t a release timetable for those as yet.