Summary: <p></p> <br> <p>Chris, Bill, and Harry convene under the auspice of his noodly appendage to discuss the news that Funcom has announced a new Conan game, trouble for Trion with a stealth change to their referral program, and much more.</p> <br> <h4> </h4> <br> <h5><strong><a id="more-6674787"></a></strong></h5> <br> <h5><strong>What we did in game:</strong></h5> <br> <p><strong>Bill:</strong></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>GW2 – did the Shatterer</li> <br> <li>Rocket League</li> <br> <li>King’s Quest</li> <br> <li>Elite: Dangerous</li> <br> </ul> <br> <p><strong>Harry:</strong></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>The Witness</li> <br> <li>Elite Dangerous</li> <br> <li>Star Citizen</li> <br> </ul> <br> <p><strong>Chris:</strong></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Blade and Soul</li> <br> <li>Finished Last of Us. <br> <ul> <br> <li>Cried</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> <li>Star Wars Battlefront</li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>Patreon shout out</strong></p> <br> <p>patreon.com/mmoreporter</p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <h5><strong>News:</strong></h5> <br> <p><strong>Conan Exiles announced from Funcom</strong></p> <br> <p>See press release below</p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Open-world survival game</li> <br> <li>Multiplayer, but doesn’t seem to be massively multiplayer</li> <br> <li>You can play on public or private servers</li> <br> <li>Can also play single-player</li> <br> <li>How does this jive with Age of Conan? <br> <ul> <br> <li>Multiplayer focused open-world vs. MMO? Are they different enough games to justify each other?</li> <br> <li>Will they compliment each other?</li> <br> <li>Or is this just the end of AoC?</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> <li>Funcom is starting to do some genre-bending things with their IPs <br> <ul> <br> <li>Why make only one game? <br> <ul> <br> <li>E.g. Stand-alone Secret World adventure: <a href="http://www.theparkgame.com/">The Park</a> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> <li>2 Conan games now</li> <br> <li>Maybe new Anarchy Online products in the future?</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>ESO – Thieve Guild Preview</strong></p> <br> <p><a href="http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/01/21/thieves-guild-first-look">http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/01/21/thieves-guild-first-look</a></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Join the iconic Thieves Guild for the first time in <em>ESO</em> </li> <br> <li>Hew’s Bane, a new zone available to characters of all levels and home of Abah’s Landing, the Thieves Guild headquarters, located in the southern peninsula of Hammerfell</li> <br> <li>Hours of exciting new story content and quests that will take you through all your favorite areas of Tamriel</li> <br> <li>A challenging, new 12-player trial: Maw of Lorkhaj</li> <br> <li>Formidable new group bosses and delves to conquer</li> <br> <li>The addition of new criminal activities</li> <br> <li>A new passive skill line exclusive to members of the Thieves Guild</li> <br> <li>Unique costumes, motifs, and item sets inspired by the devious Thieves Guild</li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <br> <p><strong>Audible</strong></p> <br> <p>Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter</p> <br> <p>Because we talked about it during this story…</p> <br> <p><a href="http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction">http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction</a> – list of novels based in Elite: Dangerous universe</p> <br> <p><strong>Doghouse</strong></p> <br> <p>Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!</p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>RIFT having F2P troubles</strong></p>
