Tera beginner’s guide

Amid the summer MMO releases, Tera presents a unique angle that makes it worth checking out: action combat. This simple change makes a world of difference in a genre still wrapped in archaic trappings. While Tera does employ some traditional MMO mechanics, there’s a lot hidden under the hood that any MMO player--veteran or noob--will want  to read up on before committing the cash and time to a never-ending story. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of everything you’ll want to know about the mechanics and classes of Tera. 

Level Progression

Combat and Character Customization

Classes

PvP

Professions and Crafting

Social Features

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Help sick kids in League of Legends

This is one trend we never get tired of hearing about. Nearly a year after the heartbreaking/warming story of young Owain Weinert who visited PopCap Games to make his own video game in April 2011, Riot alerted us to a little story of their own.

They invited a League of Legends player, who they're calling "Joe" (Not sure if that's a psuedonym, or just his first name) out to their headquarters in Santa Monica, California to hang out with the crew at Riot, and play a few rounds of LoL.

As nice as that little story is, it's not over yet. Riot also announced that from now until May 18, all sales of Joe's favorite champion, Jax, and the "Jaximus" character skin will go straight to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

So if you haven't already purchased the champion, head on over to LeagueofLegends.com, give the game a try, and consider spending a few bucks on Jax. It's for a good cause. 

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Diablo 3 to offer global play

Diablo 3's servers will be region free, allowing players to create alliances with no borders in what Blizzard has dubbed 'Global Play'. 

While the Diablo 3 servers have been split up into three regions - Americas (also including Australia and New Zealand), Asia and Europe - players will not be region-locked into their zone.

Regardless of the region a player resides in, players will be able to play with friends across territories. While Blizzard will allow players to experience 'global play', there are still restrictions on how the function will work. For starters it won't be 100% region free, as each region will require you to play as a separate character.

Likewise, to play in a region other than your own, you'll need to recreate friends lists, characters and items from scratch.

Unfortunately, the restrictions don't end there. When participating in auction house, normal gold auctions will apply regardless of what region you are in, however if you want to participate in real world money auctions, they must be accessed by characters in your home region.

Perhaps the term 'global play' may be used a tad loosely here, but at least you can team up with people from different parts of the world.

What are your thoughts on Diablo 3's region free servers? Is it worth recreating characters, friends lists and items, or is it just easier to stick with your home region? Let us know if you think Blizzard dropped the ball on 'Global Play' in the comment section below.

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E3 rumors: Dead Space 3 to appear at E3 and a release within a year? Quite probably. Here's why

So EA is in the mood for discussing money and plans. And while corporate investors' calls are generally about as exciting a concept as a rollercoaster without dips, bends or wheels, in the video game world they do occasionally throw out delightful little nuggets of information long before the official PR schedule is ready to go. Investors are more important than the petty foibles of marketing men. That simple. Hurrah!

The upshot of today's flagrant disregard for official announcements and reveals? The news that we're hitting "another year of blockbuster brands: Madden NFL, FIFA, Sim City, Medal of Honor, Dead Space, and Need for Speed as well as mobile hits like The Simpsons Tapped Out, and Bejeweled"

Sim City and Medal of Honor we knew about. Madden, NFL, FIFA and Need For Speed we can assume will be along every year. But more Dead Space? Oh goody gumdrops, what exciting news that is. 

Above: A logo we just made up. Explanation below

Even better news? This financial year runs until the end of March 2013. Which means that Dead Space 3 (provided this reference does indeed make reference to referring to Dead Space 3, and not some spin-off) has to be released within a year. Which means that surely, surely we're in for a big reveal at E3 2012, which kicks off in just under a month on the 5th of June. Given that EA has enigmatically greeted requests for more information by non-specifically asking us to "watch for several big product announcements from EA at E3 in June", I'd say that clinches it.

What do we know about Dead Space 3? Other than that it probably exists and will probably have a '3' in the title (probably at the end), pretty much sod-all. We have however, heard via rumour that it will eschew the series' traditional gloomy ship and station-based environs for the whited-out wastes of an ice planet, with blizzards being just as responsible as shadows for the inconvenient hiding of drooling, toothy, broken-limbed abominations with a taste for space engineer. 

And if that's true, then personally I reckon it means that Dead Space 3 is going to be even more like a thinly-disguised remake of John Carpenter's The Thing that ever before. And believe me friends, when I say that I am totally down with that.

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The Walking Dead

Out of the Frying Pan (10 points)
Complete chapter 1 of episode 1.

Adventures in Babysitting (10 points)
Complete chapter 2 of episode 1.

In Your Charge (10 points)
Complete chapter 3 of episode 1.

Rock and a Hard Place (10 points)
Complete chapter 4 of episode 1.

It's Just One Bullet (10 points)
Complete chapter 5 of episode 1.

Hey, Bud (10 points)
Complete chapter 6 of episode 1.

Two Enter, One Leaves (15 points)
Complete chapter 7 of episode 1.

Everything's Going to be Okay (25 points)
Complete Episode 1: A New Day.

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