I remember a time when gaming was ridiculously difficult. There was no hand-holding or tutorials or any of that stuff. Just you, the manual, the game and your notebook - for taking notes, of course.
Well, that time has come again, because somehow GOG got the rights to the old gold box games - an AD&D standard from years gone by that is - since it was made in the 80's - sometimes ridiculously difficult. Read more
Prepare your wallet for August 24. The Grand Tournament is finally arriving! Read more
10-year-old PlayStation 2 platformer Legend of Kay has come to the Steam Store this week. Nordic Games has rereleased the game for modern platforms as a remastered anniversary edition. For those unaware, Legend of Kay is a martial arts themed action adventure game that takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals.
Also out this week, the video game adaptation of a terrible 49-year-old B movie (developed by the same studio that made Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures), a Steam port of a 15-year-old PlayStation 1/PC World War I game in which anthropomorphic pigs take turns battling it out, and a brand-new shoot 'em up game with a puzzle twist. Everything old is new again. Proceed further to see more of this week's new releases. Read more
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Andrew J Amideo |
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Also, also released this week, the popular sequel to a PlayStation-only soccer game with cars, a very cool-looking and original Japanese fighting game that was supposedly inspired by Street Fighter III, and a pair of classic, futuristic real-time tactics games. Bring a sword to an arcade fight, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
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Wizards of the Coast are trying much the same monetization formula as Hearthstone using daily and weekly quests to gate how much in-game currency you can get out of the system. This means that every day, if you do the daily quest, you will get a little amount of gold that you can eventually use to purchase six-card booster packs.
These six cards are – obviously – slanted to the more common side of the card pool. However, unlike Hearthstone, there is no crafting, instead, once you’ve hit the maximum of four [for a common] you will simply no longer see that card ever again if you open a booster.
Naturally, as per their free to play offering, you can also earn coin through PVP – each win netting you some gold. If you don’t want to battle against live players, you can always turn to the AI which generates decks on the fly and has three modes: Easy, Normal and Hard. Each tier offers slightly better gold rewards and you can play as many games as you like, eking out as many wins as you like [for coin] in a day – unlike the Hearthstone model.
The final piece of this puzzle is that there are little stories interwoven into the game that also offer a small amount of gold for completion.
Packs in the store can be acquired by using the gold that you’ve gotten in-game or can be bought through actual money.
So, now that you know the monetization model – possibly the most important thing to know about a game like this – how can you get your hands on it?
Well, for the moment [in a move I find somewhat bizarre from Wizards] the game is only available for iDevices. You’ll need 1.02GB free on your device of choice, running iOS 7 or later and any more-or-less modern Apple tablet or phone.
You can snag the game from here if you’re so inclined.
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Source: Apple Store Release PageImages courtesy of Pixabay: Pixabay
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