The Borderlands have fallen, the populace slaughtered, enslaved, or conscripted into a dreadful regime spearheaded by a monstrous tyrant. The new Season offers generals to raise a rebellion to liberate the Borderlands in a new Seasonal Campaign and stop the world from falling into tyranny in climactic Territory Wars at the end of the Season.

For the first time, users are able to pre-order Seasonal Units in-game and via MY.GAMES Market before the launch of Season IX to prepare for new battles and adventures. The Battle Pass is a key to unlocking over 100 levels of rewards throughout Season IX. Rebels can earn all-new and exclusive cosmetics, Emotes, currency to exchange for new weapon skins and receive an exclusive set of Hero Attire straight away when they activate Battle Pass on September 28.

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The Open Beta Announcement trailer can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r73-9dWGVt4&feature=youtu.be

With over five years of empire building, political intrigue and galactic warfare under its belt, Starborne is about to enter the next exciting stage of its development cycle including a brand new game map based on the lessons learnt from past Alphas, as well as dedicated safer starting zones and higher resource yielding areas that will incentivise expansion and make the game more dynamic.

For the first time ever, there will be three unique ways to win a game of Starborne; Military conquest deep in the galaxy, industrial superiority, or domain by controlling the most amount of space. Additionally a core focus has been put on making the game more robust and new player friendly.

Speaking about the Open Beta launch, Stefán Gunnarsson, co-founder and CEO of Solid Clouds said, “I’m so proud of the new map design. It really manages to condense all the lessons we’ve learned over the past 5 years. With it, we are both catering to more play styles and also able to supercharge the deeply player-driven political side of the game.“

The key features and additions being introduced for the Starborne Open Beta:

• A new map with zones that encourage expansion and empire building
• Three distinct victory conditions catering to different play style – Military, Industrial and Domain
• Improved game performance and stability
• Improved game pace and increase to a 10 week game round
• Alliance size reduced to 15
• For the very first time, an in-game Tutorial
• An android Companion App preview
• Mysterious alien artefacts, vortexes and broken planets are now on the frontier
• Badges to commemorate your progress and your achievements on the frontier
• Brand new Empire Skins and Map Pins make the map come alive

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If for whatever reason you have not played Starcraft II yet, the chance to dive in for free is coming real soon. Blizzard announced over the weekend that its leading real time strategy game is going free to play on the 14th of November.

The free to play release is in conjunction with the arrival of a new update, Legacy of the Void. Both new and existing players can then play a bunch of things for absolutely no charge. This includes the Wings of Liberty campaign, competitive multiplayer modes and the co-op mode. The latter will also provide a few Commanders for players at the cost of nothing.

For players wishing to experience later chapters, Heart of the Swarm, Nova Covert Ops and the latest Legacy of the Void update can be purchased separately. They will cost roughly $14.99 each.

As a thank-you to the dedicated StarCraft II player community there are rewards too. Current owners of StarCraft II prior to October 31, 2017 will receive a special Eidolon Ghost skin and three founder’s portraits. The goodies will arrive on November 14th as well.

“We’re excited to give even more people around the world a chance to find out why it has inspired such a passionate global community” – Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard

It’s fantastic news and RTS players will definitely appreciate it going free to play. SC2 is still a great game even after 5 years, and players still play it competitively. If you have not heard of it, you can watch a variety of esports matches involving the game. That should give you some idea of what to expect.

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Well, this isn’t a shock anymore. 65% of American households contain at least one person who play video games for at least 3 hours a day, According to the ESA (Entertainment Software Association). Gaming is one of the most growing industries in the world. The top companies have quadrupled their value in the last 5 years and video games are becoming more and more expensive to make. These are all good news for us gamers. Games haven’t become more expensive to buy but DLC packages prices are skyrocketing.

Some people connect between video games and violence and claim that the raise in violence is because of the raise in video game usage. I have addressed these claims earlier and i reject them. However, the average american is sitting in front of the TV for 5 and half hours a day. Therefore, I don’t see a big difference between playing games or watching a TV show. Furthermore, I think that gaming is much better then just watching TV. When you play you are doing something active and when you just watch TV you aren’t.

Hence, it’s not surprising that so many households have a gaming console or a PC for gaming. In my opinion, these numbers are going to scale in the next few years. Virtual Reality is still very primal and lots of PC games haven’t transitioned well to mobile. Therefore, I think that the gaming industry is about to get bigger and the consumption of games will increase as well.

What do you think?

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If you have not played the original Star Craft made over a decade a go, you are probably too young. Fret not, young padawans. Way back in March, Blizzard announced that they will be remastering Star Craft. To celebrate the reintroduction of this brilliant RTS game, they also plan to give the base game and its expansion Brood War for free.

That has finally happened this week. All players can get both the base game and Brood War for free as a download right now. This game has so much nostalgia value not only for me, but everyone who grew up with the genre. Alongside games like Red Alert, C&C and Warcraft, there was not a whole lot of great RTS games.

Not only can we fire it up for multiple sessions of nostalgia fulfillment, but there are new features added too. For starters, the free version has been updated to include better compatibility with modern day computers. That means you can play it in both fullscreen and windowed modes. Players with higher end monitors running 4K or 144op might struggle, but at least the remastered version is around the corner.

Besides that, a new Observer mode is included too. This allows players to stream and watch matches being played live. It’s very much a modern feature that most competitive games have these days, so it’s a cool addition.

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