Greetings TAW and welcome to another iteration of On the Horizon. The purpose of this particular series of blog posts is to bring light to the current Horizon Teams as well as potential games that Vanguard is considering bringing into the fold.
As PIA it is my privelage to provide information on these teams and be a pseudo spokesman for them. Some of the information will include how to get involved with these teams, who to contact, and when they typically gather for their mandatory events.
Current Horizon Teams
SUL: EvoDeviant
Mandatory Times:
NA = Sunday 7:15pm CST/CDT
EU & Asia Mandatory = Sunday 8PM BST (5PM GMT+1)
Minecraft is a sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and released by Mojang in 2011. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.
SUL: TBD
Mandatory Time:
NA/EU = Sunday 3pm EST
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
SUL: Zenmire
Mandatory Time:
NA = Saturday 10:15pm EST
EU = TBD
Lead your armies in the conquest of a persistent open world in this spectacular free-to-play multiplayer game of action and tactics, one that seamlessly combines visceral medieval combat with immersive tactical command over the men and machinery of war. Conqueror’s Blade’s innovative hybrid of action and tactical gameplay challenges players with becoming the ultimate war general by forming alliances with other leaders, equip period-accurate armor and field iconic units from both Western and Eastern civilizations such as the Swiss Halberdiers, Iron Buddhas, Mongol mounted archers and Samurai.
Potential New Games
Powerful, wild, and ravenous for the aether that holds the Shattered Isles aloft, Behemoths are a threat to our very existence. Team up with other Slayers to confront these massive beasts before they consume what's left of our world.
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original release. At the conclusion of the original game, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse. You are one of the few immune to the virus - how far will you go to survive?
The ultimate survival MMO - plus singleplayer/private sessions - of immense scale with up to 40,000 simultaneous players. Endless adventure of piracy & sailing, exploration & combat, roleplaying progression, settlement civilization-building, among the largest gameworlds ever!
The only aim in Rust is to survive. To do this you will need to overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals for meat. Protect yourself from other players, and kill them for meat. Create alliances with other players and form a town. Do whatever it takes to survive.
If you would like to see any of these games brought into TAW or would like to help these teams feel free to put in an interest form by following this link.
Regards,
VG PIA
