Weekly Recap #200 August 11th – Defiance, WoS, Cabal II & More!

A quick look and discussion for every major announcement and update during the week! This week we discussed updates from the following games: Guns and Robots, Armored Warfare, World of Speed, Transformers Universe, Perfect World International, Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, PlanetSide 2, DC Universe Online, Defiance, Rift, ArcheAge, Path of Exile, Cabal II, & SMITE!

Weekly MMO News summary for the week ending August 11th, 2014 (August 4th – August 11th).

Guns and Robots launches on steam with an appreciation video:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/guns-and-robots-retrospection-video

Armored Warfare’s Project Director answers community questions in their first Dev Diary:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/armored-warfare-introductory-dev-diary

World of Speed shows off a completely different way to win a race with Team Racing:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/world-of-speed-gamescom-team-racing-trailer

Transformers Universe drops the repair mechanic based on player feedback:
http://mmohuts.com/news/transformers-universe-drops-repair-mechanic-in-newest-patch

Perfect World International’s latest expansion is set to launch on August 19th:
http://mmohuts.com/news/perfect-world-international-chill-of-luneska-expansion-announced

PWE and Cryptic Studios announce a new major expansion for Star Trek Online:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/star-trek-online-delta-rising-announcement-trailer
http://mmohuts.com/news/new-expansion-star-trek-online-delta-rising-announced

Neverwinter shows off a walkthrough/overview of Tyranny of Dragons:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/neverwinter-tyranny-of-dragons-official-gameplay-walkthrough-trailer

PlanetSide 2 introduces a new achievement system called Directives:
http://mmohuts.com/news/planetside-2-introduces-directives-system

DC Universe Online released its latest DLC Halls of Power Part 1:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/dc-universe-online-dlc-halls-of-power-part-i-trailer

Defiance launched its Silicon valley expansion:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/defiance-silicon-valley-world-expansion-trailer
http://mmohuts.com/news/trion-worlds-launches-defiance-silicon-valley

Trion Worlds launches update 2.8 Madness Wakes:
http://mmohuts.com/news/madness-wakes-as-rift-launches-version-2-8
http://mmohuts.com/videos/rift-2-8-madness-wakes-trailer

ArcheAge Closed Beta 3 starts this Thursday the 17th:
http://mmohuts.com/news/archeage-3rd-closed-beta-coming-soon

Path of Exile is releasing more and more Forsaken Masters info and trailers:
http://mmohuts.com/videos/path-of-exile-forsaken-masters-vorici-master-assassin
http://mmohuts.com/videos/path-of-exile-forsaken-masters-haku-armourmaster
http://mmohuts.com/videos/path-of-exile-forsaken-masters-elreon-loremaster

Cabal II gains support for Oculus Rift:
http://mmohuts.com/news/cabal-ii-now-supporting-the-oculus-rift
http://mmohuts.com/preview/cabal-ii

Smite reworks Nu Wa and Zeus plus adds in treasure chests:
http://mmohuts.com/news/smites-newest-patch-brings-nu-wa-and-controversy
http://mmohuts.com/videos/smite-god-reveal-nu-wa-guardian-of-heaven-2

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