Another Tuesday, another news day. Heres whats on the wire:

  • Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
  • Endless Space 2 and their questionable free weekend
  • Splatoon 2 has a major announcement

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
The well-known fantasy RPG from 2002 will be receiving a special “enhanced edition.” What this really means is the game will now support 4K UI and add in some new post-processing effects. You can buy this version of the game, which comes with the base game, and all DLC (plus 2 soundtracks) for $20. Old save files will still be compatible, thankfully. Check out the trailer for it below

 

Endless Space 2 Being Sneaky?
The Space Opera style game recently had a free to play weekend on Steam. To further encourage new players, the developers announced a special event in which the more new players they get to try Endless Space 2 during this weekend, the more new content they will release for said game. There were 6 tiers of new content that could be unlocked.
Why did this strike me as odd? The free weekend was a massive success. The daily player count prior was around 300-500 players. During its peak, the daily player count hit as high as 16,000. One would expect the event goals to be hit very early on, yet they were gradually “reached” over the span of the entire weekend. The final goal was achieved right at the end of the final day of the event. This is when I noticed that they do not actually say any player numbers. these goals were undefined and entirely arbitrary. My theory: they never made goal marks and planned on posting the “success” at a predetermined rate in an effort to create artificial popularity, and in turn hyping up players and gaining attention.
Its clever, but I’m not falling for it.
Check out their Twitter to see what I mean.

Splatoon 2 Update
Nintendo recently announced that some major updates will be coming to Splatoon 2. These changes will be added over a span of time between now and mid-December and will include the following:

  • 4 New Battle Stages (MakoMart, Shellendorf Institute, Walleye Warehouse, and Arowana Mall)
  • 1 New Salmon Run Stage (Salmonid Smokeyard)
  • 140 New Pieces of Gear
  • 4 New Hair Styles
  • Level Cap Raised to 99
  • Prestige Option
  • New Game Mode, Clam Blitz

You can read more about at this news post I wrote.

That’s all for today folks. Thanks for reading, it’s always appreciated. Let me know what you think of my Endless Space 2 con theory. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more news about games and stuff. Otherwise, have a great night!