Weekly Recap #186 May 5th – Strife, Tera Rising, H1Z1 & More!

A quick look and discussion for every major announcement and update during the week! This week we discussed updates from the following games: Elsword Online, Heroes & Generals, Age of Wushu, Strife, GunZ 2, SMITE, Defiance, Transformers Universe, Tera Rising, PlanetSide, EverQuest Next Landmark, & H1Z1!
 
Weekly MMO News summary for the week ending May 5th, 2014 (April 28th – May 5th).
 
Elsword is celebrating it’s 3rd anniversary with events plus new 2nd jobs for Elesis:
http://mmohuts.com/news/elswords-3rd-anniversary-starts-off-with-a-bang
 
Heroes and Generals is preparing to take on a boat load of new content over the next few weeks:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/heroes-generals-tanks-alone-update-trailer
 
Age of Wushu: Tempest of Strife is set to launch this week on the 7th:
http://mmohuts.com/news/age-of-wushu-screenshot-teasers-stay-tuned-next-week
 
Strife introduces an inspiring new hero; Claudessa Dragonsbane slayer of the silvertongue dragon:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/strife-introduces-claudessa-dragonsbane-of-gael
https://strife.com/news/article/41.000
 
Gunz 2 has officially launched on steam bringing in a new character, new items, a new map, and more:
http://mmohuts.com/news/gunz-2-the-second-duel-now-officially-launched
 
SMITE releases a new welcoming trailer with Tencent, new skin for Nemesis, Osiris, and Siege:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/smite-the-new-way-to-play-a-moba
http://mmohuts.com/videos/smite-nemesis-skin-blind-vengeance
http://mmohuts.com/videos/smite-dev-update-siege-map
http://mmohuts.com/videos/smite-osiris-god-reveal
 
Trion Worlds announced Defiance to go Free to Play June 4th:
http://mmohuts.com/news/defiance-goes-free-to-play-in-early-june
 
Jagex announced its founders pack program for Transformers Universe:
http://mmohuts.com/news/transformers-universe-prepares-for-beta-with-founders-packs
 
TERA: Rising celebrates 2 years running revealing the new Reaper class:
http://mmohuts.com/news/tera-rising-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-with-release-of-new-reaper-class-on-may-13
http://mmohuts.com/videos/tera-2-year-anniversary-trailer
 
SOE pushes its new All Access Pass Program and PlanetSide is available for free:
http://mmohuts.com/news/original-planetside-now-free-to-play
 
EverQuest Next Landmark raises the bar with a new competition in landmarks:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/landmark-raising-the-bar
 
H1Z1 puts out a gameplay video based around the games official format:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/h1z1-community-uncovers-first-gameplay-video
http://mmohuts.com/videos/h1z1-dev-interview-and-first-15-playthrough
 
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Nosgoth and Path of Exile Live Stream last Friday! Come hang out Fridays 1:00pm – 7ish PST @ twitch.tv/jamesbl0nde
 
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