At a press event held at E3 today, Electronic Arts showed off a trailer for a new multiplayer-focused title it currently has in development. Titled Dawngate, the multiplayer online battle area (MOBA) promises players a “massive” story arc that will provide the characters who populate the game an immersing background story.
Dawngate will be directed at hardcore MOBA gamers — those who are intimately familiar with the DOTA franchise or League of Legends style games. In development from Waystone Games, Dawngate gameplay will feature two teams that consist of five Shapers, two lanes, and a jungle setting. Economic elements are also planned to be included in the game to increase strategic play styles. Players will grab loot drops. called Blessings, from friends and foes which will reward teamwork and solid sportsmanship.
Included in the Dawngate video was a section of the game’s universe that will consist of reference information, aimed toward “bookish nerds” who are interested in the back story and history of the characters and worlds. Each map will include its own story arc that players participate in. EA hopes that it will create a rich and dynamic game world.
No release date information was provided, but gamers can sign up at the Dawngate website to join in the beta experience.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.