Our latest coverage of Albion Online.
Albion Online's latest major content update, Cador, is now live. The update brings in the Armor Rework, two new dungeon types, mobile repair kits, and new death mechanics. As of this update, armor is divided into three types determined by the material used. Players will be knocked down when their health hits zero and then must be executed while on [...]
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In a new video, Sandbox Interactive Game Director Robin Henkys, Creative Director Jörg Friedrich, and Game Designer Michael Schwahn sat down to talk about the upcoming Cador update. A "flu wave" slowed down progress on the update, but it is stated that it is in its "last two weeks of production." Topics discussed include a rework of the beginning of [...]
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As Albion Online continues its near-year long Beta, the developers continue to make steady progress on it. The latest upcoming patch is called Cador and Sandbox Interactive has released a preview of its new death mechanics, mobile repairs, and zone-based fame and loot bonuses. The new death mechanics prevent instant death. In the preview, it is explained that instant death [...]
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As Sandbox Interactive continues its push toward a full release of Albion Online, the company has turned its attention to fleshing out the lore of the game’s world and its inhabitants. On February 23rd the company released the first book to be written within the world of Albion Online, named Landfall. The book is available now in both print and [...]
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In a new developer blog, Sandbox Interactive outline where they think Albion Online's strengths and weaknesses lie, as well as some of the steps they will be taking to address weaknesses. In the two months since the Closed Beta has been running, the team claims to have learned a lot about the current state of the game. Here are the [...]
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The new year is barely a month old and the 2016 MMO line-up continues to grow. It's easy to get whirled away on the hype-train express in eager anticipation of an upcoming title. I was amped for WildStar, spoon-fed excitement by online communities and gossip from friends telling me that World of Warcraft's killer was about to be unleashed. Hype rarely lives up [...]
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Albion Online's previously announced Brutus update is now live, bringing the undead into the mix. "Et tu, Brute?" you may ask of the in development sandbox title, tired of undead mobs in fantasy games. The originality may be lacking, but the amount of new content is not. Two new "Undead Dungeons"—Sunken City and Crypt—have been added, bringing with them new [...]
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Having successfully launched the Aurelius update last month, Albion Online developers Sandbox Interactive have moved on to a new major update, the Brutus update. Scheduled to launch at the end of January, the Brutus update will focus primarily on add undead to the current game. Various undead mobs, such as Ghouls and Cursed Skeletons, will be added to the game. [...]
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Today, in a forum post called Road to Release, Sandbox Interactive's CEO Stefan Wiezorek revealed some shocking changes being made to Albion Online's development plans. The most shocking of today's reveals is the change in business plan. Albion Online will no longer be free-to-play. According to Wiezorek, "making the game ready for a free to play model would take up [...]
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I recently picked up a 21:9 monitor of the 2560x1080 variety after a friend talked it up by saying that 21:9 was “made for gaming”—and there was a deal that was too good to pass up. So far, it’s been great for productivity, allowing multiple windows to be open at reasonable sizes, and gaming feels much more natural with the [...]
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