As promised previously, Project Genom finally updated its new character progression and equipment systems.

The new character progression is divided into 12 paths of development. Each path has 6 skills with many nodes that can open new character features. There are also 6 character organism systems: Cardiovascular, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, Nervous, Immune and Digestive. Each system encompasses a certain set of organs. Each organ can undergo mutation, be replaced with a synthetic analogue or developed to a human level.

Developing an organ along one of the paths allows you to get new organism features. Players should also remember that one may get infected with a disease while exploring the game world or otherwise damage any of the organs. But diseases differ, and while some of them may destroy an organ or affect other organs, certain diseases may help you get new skills. Whether a disease should be cured or not is up to you.

The updated equipment systems use a slot system based on the drag-and-drop mechanics, where the number of slots is limited for every category of items to take the place of a list-like inventory. The inventory can be expanded for a particular category with special points. 

The following changes we could expect from Project Genom in the near future:

• Locations will become several times larger than they are at the moment. The main base will feature new chambers and units.
• There will be new quest mechanics which will include tasks involving the use of transport, survival skills, time quests and other things. Some quests will split into several directions with 2 or 3 different endings, depending on your choices.
• Characters will have new motion animation and reaction to being hit; character controls will also alter.
• New transport will be featured in the game.

Starting today Black Desert Online players can start reserving their names for the game, which lets recall will be released on March 3rd on PC. Daum Games today announced the official start of the reservation of names for anyone who preordered the title.

Players who pre-ordered the Explorer pack or the Conqueror pack will also be automatically entered into the second phase of closed beta which will begin on February 18th and end on February 22nd. Others can simply register on the website for a chance to participate in the second phase of closed beta.

Listening to the community and its various returns, Daum Games has also been working on improving and balancing various aspects of the MMO since its last test phase. Players who enter the second phase of closed beta will have access to the following content and updates:

• A brand new Karma system with more balanced penalties
• New voiceovers
• French and German localization
• New tutorial videos
• Improvements on the experience system
• Level cap raised to 55
• Enhanced user interface

Many events in the game are also planned throughout this upcoming beta phase. All information related to these will be shared later on the official forum of the game.

The second round of Overwatchclosed beta will start very soon in America and Europe. Players will be able to experience a ton of new content and features, including a new player progression system, new game mode, new maps, revamped Custom Game options, and a variety of hero balance updates.

With the approaching of the 2nd CBT, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan made a Developers Update to introduce what the Overwatch Team has been working since the Closed Beta went on a break in December.

New Game Mode: Control

In this update, we're introducing a brand new game mode: Control. On Control maps, two teams fight over a series of objective areas in a best-of-three format. When a team is in control of the round's objective area, they will make progress toward capturing it, and whichever team gets to 100% first wins the round. Each round (up to 3 total) will feature a new objective area located in a different part of the map.

Two Control maps are currently available for testing: Lijiang Tower and Nepal.

New Control Map: Lijiang Tower

Lijiang Tower was built in the heart of a modern Chinese metropolis, its busy streets lined with stores, gardens, restaurants, and famous night markets, where foods from around the region are available at all hours. The tower itself is home to one of the leading companies in China's state-of-the-art space industry, Lucheng Interstellar, an organization with a long pioneering history that is currently pushing the boundaries of space exploration.

New Control Map: Nepal

Years ago, a group of omnic robots experienced what they described as a spiritual awakening. They abandoned their preprogrammed lives to establish a monastery high in the Himalayas of Nepal, where like-minded omnics could gather to meditate on the nature of their existence. Led by their spiritual leader, Tekhartha Mondatta, they took over the ruins of an ancient monastery and turned it into the home of the Shambali, a place where omnics and humans alike make pilgrimages in the hopes of finding a greater truth.

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Today, Ubisoft announced the Open Beta schedule for Tom Clancy's the Division. The OPEN BETA will take place February 19-21 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC and everyone can preload the content starting February 16.  Xbox One players will also have exclusive 24-hour early access starting on February 18.

With the highly anticipated release of Tom Clancy's The Division just weeks away, and following the recent Closed Beta, the Open Beta is an invitation for all players to get a taste of the game's mid-crisis New York ahead of its official launch on March 8. This beta will test the game systems further, and provide player feedback that will benefit the game experience at launch.

In addition to the content that was featured in the Closed Beta, the Open Beta will include an all new story mission for players to explore in their pursuit to save the city. Furthermore, everyone who participates in this latest testing phase will receive a special in-game reward which will unlock for players when the full game is released.

Tom Clancy's The Division takes place weeks after a devastating pandemic sweeps through New York City on Black Friday. One by one, basic services fail and in only days, without food or water, society collapses into chaos. The Division, an autonomous unit of tactical agents leading seemingly ordinary lives among us, is activated to save society. Team up with other players to investigate the source of the virus, protect civilians from dangerous factions, and reclaim the city from the overwhelming turmoil.

London-based Green Man Gaming announced that is survival game The Black Death will be available on PC soon and later willland on Steam platform.

The Black Death is a massively multiplayer survival game that allows you to choose your own path in dark, medieval land. Complete with a diverse population of villagers, wildlife, and infected victims, The Black Death allows you experience a world like no other. Players will play the role of ordinary citizens and choose from different jobs. Currently, there are 10 jobs in total including traditional warrior, farmer, bard and so on. The different job will decide the different styles of gameplay.

Key Features:

• Survive. It's not just the plague you need to watch out for. Hunt, harvest or steal supplies to avoid meeting your end in a harsh medieval world.
• Live. Pick from range of professions to suit your play style. Fight as a Warrior or farm as a Peasant? Make your choice.
• Fight. Choose your battles wisely. Time your swings and parries wisely to strike your foes with a unique combat system.
• Explore. Inspired by the landscape of Western Europe, Plague features a 8km2 world with a day / night cycle, animals and a range of characters to interact with.
• Buy. Everything has a price. Weapons, armor, houses and more are all able to be purchased throughout the land. How you earn your coin is up to you...

Neverwinter: Underdark– the eighth expansion of the action MMORPG Neverwinter – is now available on Xbox One. To celebrate the launch of Neverwinter: Underdark on Xbox One, we're teaming up with Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios to give away 50 free rare Green Owlbear mounts. Redeem your code to claim yours today!

Green Owlbear

• Rare Mount (Blue)
• Increases movement speed by 80%

Rules:
1.Register an account in www.2p.com.
2. "Like" 2P.com Facebook page.

3. Share this giveaway via your facebook or twitter and upload the screenshot which shows that you have shared this event to OUR FORUM THREAD and tell us what feature you expect in this new expansion! We will announce the 10 winners everyday on this page and send out codes via Skype(giveaway_2p).

Redemption Instructions:

1. Install Neverwinter from the Xbox One marketplace: http://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/Games/Neverwinter/0b94d2a2-180b-4b80-a157-2e396d567cb2
2. Upon launching Neverwinter, you'll have the option to link your gamertag with an Arc account. This will open the Internet browser on your Xbox One and you can complete the account linking process there. If you skip it now, you'll have another opportunity later.
3. Once you're in Neverwinter, select the Arc option.
4. Install Arc. (You can also search for Arc in the Xbox One Marketplace)
5. Launch Arc and hit the X button.
6. Enter your code in the field and select "Redeem."
7. Head back to Neverwinter and find the Reward Claims Agent in Protector's Enclave to pick up your prize!

Additional details on redemption instructions are available here: http://bit.ly/1VQxMDK

About Neverwinter: Underdark

Neverwinter: Underdark brings the Rage of Demons storyline from Wizards of the Coast to life on the Xbox One. The expansion allows players and their friends to join forces with classic Dungeons & Dragons characters including Drizzt Do’Urden, Regis and Bruenor Battlehammer to face the two-headed Demogorgon and other terrors of the Abyss. This update for the free-to-play MMORPG includes all-new content such as the new hub zone of Mantol-Derith, two end-game skirmishes and "The Dwarven King," a quest line written by New York Times Best-Selling Author, R.A. Salvatore, whose novel Archmage kicks off the Rage of Demons storyline.

The full list of additions includes:

• 10-player encounter with the two-headed demon lord, Demogorgon
• Adventure alongside iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters including Drizzt Do’Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer and Regis in a new questline, "The Dwarven King", written by New York Times Best-Selling Author R.A. Salvatore
• All-new campaign including new in-game rewards inspired by the Rage of Demons storyline from Wizards of the Coast
• Mantol-Derith, a new non-combat adventurer hub found in the Underdark
• Two new end-game skirmishes, each with two different ways to achieve victory
• Rifts in the Abyssal plane now summon Demonic encounters throughout the Sword Coast adding variety to open-world Heroic Encounters
• Updates to the Trade Bar Store allowing easier access to items and economy adjustments
• Gear Preview allows players to see how all equippable items will look on their characters
• Additional Strongholds content including a new resource plot and PvP tower
• Artifact weapons can be reforged into new artifact weapons via double refinement above rank 15
• Masterwork Items now obtainable from endgame Professions tasks
• Boons tied to successfully quelling demonic presence in the Underdark campaign

Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios announced Neverwinter: Underdark – the eighth expansion of the action MMORPG Neverwinter is now available on Xbox One. Battle alongside Drizzt Do'Urden and quell the tide of demonic forces spilling from the Underdark including the dreaded Demogorgon in a 10-player encounter.

Neverwinter: Underdark brings the Rage of Demons storyline from Wizards of the Coast to life on the Xbox One. The expansion allows players and their friends to join forces with classic Dungeons & Dragons characters including Drizzt Do'Urden, Regis and Bruenor Battlehammer to face the two-headed Demogorgon and other terrors of the Abyss. This update for the free-to-play MMORPG includes all-new content such as the new hub zone of Mantol-Derith, two end-game skirmishes and "The Dwarven King," a quest line written by New York Times Best-Selling Author, R.A. Salvatore, whose novel Archmage kicks off the Rage of Demons storyline.

The full list of additions includes:

• 10-player encounter with the two-headed demon lord, Demogorgon
• Adventure alongside iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters including Drizzt Do'Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer and Regis in a new questline, "The Dwarven King", written by New York Times Best-Selling Author R.A. Salvatore
• All-new campaign including new in-game rewards inspired by the Rage of Demons storyline from Wizards of the Coast
• Mantol-Derith, a new non-combat adventurer hub found in the Underdark
• Two new end-game skirmishes, each with two different ways to achieve victory

• Rifts in the Abyssal plane now summon Demonic encounters throughout the Sword Coast adding variety to open-world Heroic Encounters
• Updates to the Trade Bar Store allowing easier access to items and economy adjustments
• Gear Preview allows players to see how all equippable items will look on their characters
• Additional Strongholds content including a new resource plot and PvP tower
• Artifact weapons can be reforged into new artifact weapons via double refinement above rank 15
• Masterwork Items now obtainable from endgame Professions tasks
• Boons tied to successfully quelling demonic presence in the Underdark campaign

"With the all-new 10-player encounter against Demogorgon, Xbox One players have yet another large scale experience to play in with their friends. On top of diverse new experiences for players, Neverwinter is now closer to Dungeons & Dragons than ever before," said Rob Overmeyer, executive producer of Neverwinter. "Creating adventures featuring iconic D&D heroes like Drizzt and Bruenor is an awesome opportunity, and Underdark wouldn't be what it is without the integration of R.A. Salvatore's story-telling and characters. Looking at 2016, we're excited to continue strengthening our ties to D&D as well as delivering MMO experiences players want."

Neverwinter is a free-to-play action MMORPG that features fast-paced combat and epic dungeons. Players explore the vast city of Neverwinter and its surrounding countryside, learning the vivid history of the iconic city in the Forgotten Realms and battling its many enemies. Neverwinter is currently available on PC and digitally for Xbox One, available free-to-play with Gold* from the Xbox Games Store.

• 0 – 5 million skillpoints = 500,000 unallocated skillpoints added
• 5 – 50 million skillpoints = 400,000 unallocated skillpoints added
• 50 – 80 million skillpoints = 200,000 unallocated skillpoints added
• > 80 million skillpoints = 50,000 unallocated skillpoints added

As we push to build this we want to keep you in the loop. This is a LONG process and we don't EVER want anyone to feel like we're not communicating enough (every single day probably won’t happen too often lol). So tell us ways we can keep you involved and make you feel like you’re a part of this overall team!

• Set it to use BnS mode.
• Set all key bindings to default.
• Set the auto-run key binding to the “G” key. 

Settings

Button Mapping

Progression in Overwatch is based on earning experience and leveling up your account.
 
Currently, you can gain experience by completing Quick Play and Play vs A.I. games. The amount of experience you earn will be determined by a variety of factors including overall participation, whether or not your team won, what medals and commendations you received, and more. Quick Play games will also award more experience than Play vs A.I. games to account for the difference in difficulty between the two modes.

Each Loot Box contains four random items that can be used to customize the appearance of your heroes and personalize the way you express yourself in-game. Items come in common, rare, epic, and legendary quality levels, and every Loot Box includes at least one rare quality or better item.

• Player Icons – Customize your player profile with an icon reflecting your favorite character, ability, Blizzard game, and more.
• Skins – Dress for success with new looks for all 21 heroes, including rare color variations and legendary skins such as Safari Winston or Punk Tracer.
• Emotes – Taunt your enemies and cheer on your allies with a series of new in-game emotes.  
• Sprays – Make your mark on the battlefield with graffiti-like sprays based on heroes, maps, logos, and more (default: T).
• Voice Lines –  Chat up your fellow players variety of new voice lines available through the communications wheel (default: C).
• Victory Poses – Strike a pose and tailor how your hero appears in your team’s photo finish.
• Highlight Intros – Add a little flair to your Plays of the Game with special animated introductions for each hero.

Hello guys,
 I just wanna share with you my "painful" experience today with my exclusive weapon skin (and store  weapon skins in general) so you don't make the same mistake: in BNS the weapon skin from founders pack (and the NC store) are only for use once; if you apply the skin to the weapon and then revert it for whatever reason (as I did today), it will destroy the skin forever.  Of course I found it really frustrating and irrelevant as normally the skin you purchase with real money should be permanent and re-usable (as it is the case in all other games), but apparently BNS and NCSOFT make it an exception.  In other words: Master Founder Pack "Exclusive" weapon skin = one time usage;  1000 NC coin weapon skin = one time usage.   BNS is really a expensive game...wow.

Yeah, that's extremely dumb, i just took mine off assuming it'd just pop it back in my bag like an item.  Don't understand how a $10 item can be a 1 time use like that.  I'm fine with restricting to character but it should work like any other costume function

Are you kidding me?!  I just used mine ~_~ 

While we intend to continue supporting Gigantic game services for as long as we are able, the reality is that a decision of this magnitude will impact all departments across the studio, an impact that will be felt by our community of beta testers as the services they depend on will operate without the key staff on hand to support those services.