Weekly Recap #220 Dec. 29th – TF2, Smite, Closers & More!

A quick look and discussion for every major announcement and update during the week! This week we discussed updates from the following games: SMITE, H1Z1, EverQuest Next Landmark, Marvel Heroes 2015, Team Fortress 2, Tree of Savior, & Closers!

Weekly MMO News summary for the week ending December 29th, 2014 (Dec. 22nd – Dec. 29th).

Smite’s World Championship tournament has hit $2.4 million prize pool and counting:
http://mmohuts.com/video/smite-world-championship-2000000-prize-pool

H1Z1 is headed to Steam early access on January 15th

EverQuest Next Landmark introduced PvE, caves, and so much more:
http://mmohuts.com/video/landmark-pve-trailer
http://mmohuts.com/news/landmark-introduces-monsters-caves-and-more

Marvel Heroes 2015 introduces Venom as its latest playable villain:
http://mmohuts.com/video/marvel-heroes-2015-venom-trailer

Team Fortress 2 introduces Mannpower mode (beta) as a twist on CTF:
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=15300
(Special thanks to ValveTime for video footage – original video: http://youtu.be/Dhq4PNygbTs )

Tree of Savior updates info on closed beta testing and confirms F2P:
http://mmohuts.com/news/tree-of-savior-begins-search-for-korean-cbt-players-confirms-f2p
http://mmohuts.com/news/tree-of-saviors-upcoming-cbt-bans-video-broadcasting

Nexon Korea begins open beta for Closers:
http://mmohuts.com/video/closers-korean-open-beta-promotional-video
http://mmohuts.com/preview/closers

Steparu’s coverage on closers:
http://steparu.com/news/open-beta/1697-closers-online-open-beta-is-now-live-with-new-animation-intro-trailer
http://steparu.com/reviews/mmorpg/1607-closers-online-closed-beta-review

More news @ http://mmohuts.com/news