As I was a big part of Destiny 1 and bringing it into our community, it was a tough challenge with plenty of success and lots of fun.
Developer: NS Studio
Release Date: July 28, 20107
Genre: Action, Early Access, Free-To-Play, FPS, Multiplayer
Black Squad is an Unreal Engine 3 powered tactical shooter developed and published by Neowiz Games. It aims to compete with other lobby based Korean tactical shooters like CrossFire and Alliance of Valiant Arms. Like other tactical shooters players earn money by playing games and use it to purchase new weapons to use on the battlefield. Play each round as either the Vipers (Terrorists) or the Peacekeapers (UN Backed Counter-Terrorists) across multiple maps and game modes.
Varied Game Modes – Enjoy 10+ unique game modes from traditional team deathmatch / demolition to more exotic VIP defense.
Stat Tracking – Track your individual performance (KDR/Dmg/Headshots/etc) with each individual weapon.
Quickplay Matchmaking – Skip the pesky server lobby and find a match quickly.
Familiar Gameplay / Interface - Inspired by traditional Korean based lobby shooters like AvA and Combat Arms.
Foxhole is the ideal game for teamwork and organization. It is not just a shooter game, it requires a serious amount of working together. No other game requires you to have a supply line like Foxhole does. Whenever you want to take a break from the front lines you can go to the supply lines and manufacture the war machine, and when you are fed up with that you can go back to the front lines and get in the war as a machine gunner, a tank driver, a mortar men, or just a simple rifleman.
Foxhole is a great game for clan warfare. Foxhole division are interested in more of TAW joining them for this spectacular game.
More info regarding that game Foxhole can be found in the latest version of “From The Battlefield” newsletter.
http://fromthebattlefield.weebly.com/vanguard-feature-game5.html
Kind regards from
Foxhole staff and Vanguard.
Welcome to August’s On The Horizon post. On The Horizon is a monthly blog that focuses on select games Vanguard is interested in spinning up. This month's list of games features some newer games with a mix of some older titles.
If you would like see any of these games in TAW, or any other game not listed here please fill out the Future Game List.
Contact the Vanguard Staff if you have any questions about these games or any not on this list.
Black Desert Online is a sandbox, living-world MMORPG. Experience fast-paced, action-packed combat, hunt monsters and huge bosses, fight with friends in a guild to siege nodes and region castles, train your life skills such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and much more!
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer (4vs1) horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors, trying to escape the Killer and avoid being caught and killed.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Challenge opponents with a deadly fusion of Masters in beautifully crafted battlegrounds. Fight in a variety of PvP Game types or bring up to four friends with you into the co-op story. With a diverse selection of over 30 Masters, together with the innovative TAG System, there are hundreds of different Master combinations available, offering a new level of strategy, combos, and tactics.
ump straight into combat in this official standalone FREE total conversion of Arma 3. Argo is a hardcore tactical first-person shooter, in which you fight across unrestricted terrain, and where a single bullet is all it takes. Master your craft to rank up and become (in)famous on the battlefield.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
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Developer: Targem Games
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Genre: Action, Massively Multiplayer, Racing. Free to Play
We in Vanguard are excited to announce that Crosout has reached Tier 2, that means that Crossout now has opened their doors for internal transfers. If you would like to transfer to Crossout or attend events with the team, feel free to join them in their channels in Vanguard
EU Saturday 5PM GMT
NA Saturday 9PM EST
EU Wednesday 5PM GMT
NA Wednesday 9PM EST
Crossout is a post-apocalyptic MMO Action game, where players can craft their unique battle machines from dozens of interchangeable parts, ride them into combat and destroy their enemies in explosive PvP online battles..
Join the Open Beta of Crossout, the post-apocalyptic MMO Action game! Craft your unique battle machines from dozens of interchangeable parts and destroy your enemies in explosive PvP online battles!
AUGUST GAMES RELEASED
Developer: Studio Wildcard
Release Date: August 08, 2017
Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
Check this game out, and after it releases if it something you would like to see in TAW fill out the INTEREST FORM.
What is ARK: Survival Evolved?
As a man or woman stranded, naked, freezing, and starving on the unforgiving shores of a mysterious island called ARK, use your skill and cunning to kill or tame and ride the plethora of leviathan dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the land. Hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements and store valuables, all while teaming up with (or preying upon) hundreds of other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
The game's world, known as the "Ark", is approximately 48 km2 (19 sq mi) in size: there is approximately 36 km2 (14 sq mi) of land with 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) of ocean. To build a base, players must gain structure components—such as floors, doors and windows built with the resources littered throughout the world—which are earned as they progress and gain levels. These components can be crafted and placed in the world.
Links to the game on various social media and steam:
Developer: Boss Key Productions
Genre: FPS, Shooter, First-Person, Multiplayer, Action
This week Vanguard is featuring LawBreakers. We feel that this game would make a great addition to the TAW community. If you would like to see LawBreakers in TAW, please fill out the Vanguard interest form.
What is LawBreakers?
Beat gravity into submission in LawBreakers, an exhilarating new first-person shooter where even the laws of physics can be shattered, creating unprecedented gravity-based combat, resulting in an ever-evolving and bloody arena. Master a cast of Anti-heroes to conduct a savage symphony of vertical role-based combat across a rebuilt American landscape in this mature multiplayer FPS from industry veteran Cliff Bleszinski and Boss Key Productions.
A Cast Of Killers: Revel in unparalleled vertical violence by mastering the skills of an array of diverse anti-heroes, ranging from Cronos, a murderer who survived electrocution on death row to Axel, a federal agent with a tattered past fighting for justice. Whether you kill for the nobility of the “Law,” or are out for blood as a “Breaker,” these symmetrical roles satisfy any appetite in an arena where the most skilled player and team will rise.
Threats From Every Angle: Experience visceral gameplay that is a cut above the competitive FPS genre; with variable gravity effects, unique Role based movement systems and Gravity manipulating abilities, making combat truly three dimensional. Become a gravity surfing killer and annihilate your enemies with grappling blades, reverse blind firing, time dilation, jetpacks and much more.
Modes that Matter: Fight to the death in intense Game Modes that elevate the Arena Shooter genre to all new levels. LawBreakers’ signature brand of gravity induced chaos combined with innovative takes on multiplayer game modes offers a truly unique and highly competitive experience.
A World Reimagined: Experience a futuristic America, years after a global seismic event known as “The Shattering” forever changed the landscape and even gravity itself. Become immersed into a raging conflict between Law and Breakers across iconic Locations including the boiling oceans of Santa Monica, a gravity ravaged Grand Canyon and nearly unrecognizable Mount Rushmore.
Foxhole
Developer: Clapfoot
Release Date: July 27, 2017 (Early Access)
Genre: Action, MMO, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
This week Vanguard is featuring Foxhole. We feel that this game would make a great addition to the TAW community. If you would like to see Foxhole in TAW, please fill out the Vanguard interest form.
What is Foxhole?
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where you will work with hundreds of players to shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
Why early access?
“Foxhole is a large scale war game with emergent gameplay and unique sandbox features. The pre-alpha version of Foxhole has already been live for over a year and over 200,000 players have helped us shape the game as it is today. The process of developing the game with a live audience has allowed us to deliver on the gameplay that makes Foxhole so different from other online war games. We hope to continue this journey of development in Early Access, and make Foxhole an even better experience than it is today.”
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“There is no planned release date at the moment, but it took us about a year of pre-alpha testing with a live audience before we felt the game was ready for an Early Access release. It's reasonable to estimate that it will take about this much time to complete Early Access.”
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“The full version will include much more content, new features, and additional polish and depth to existing parts of the game. We also hope to resume development on World Conquest mode during Early Access, which is the game mode that allows for hundreds of players to simultaneously fight in one unified war spanning multiple territories.”
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“The Early Access version available today is stable, balanced, and has no game breaking bugs. In short, it's playable on a daily basis and has been played by hundreds of players on a daily basis for a year now. There are definitely rough edges in the UI, some bugs, and not much in terms of a tutorial so expect to spend some time learning the game.”
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
“The price may increase after Early Access. This is still to be determined.”
Vanguard News Train
Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the VG newsletter. It has been a quiet month with the only notable achievement is seeing Players Unknown launch end of July. By the end of August we do hope to be in a position to be able to launch another team with Rocket League which is very close and then to be able to flip Cross Out from a Horizon to full spin up team.
Regards
The Vanguard Staff
Vanguard Game Testing channel
The purpose of this channel is to help VG determine how much interested a game has. It also gives us a place to find other members who play the same game. This channel is right below VG HQ, but above Horizon.
Argo
Black Squad
Master X Master
Dead by Daylight
If there is a game you would like to see in TAW please complete the VG Interest Form. Feel free to contact the Vanguard staff if you have any questions. Although not fully updated, previous games suggested can be found here.
Commendation Medals
Medals were handed out this month. Congratulations to all on the behalf of the Vanguard Staff.
PlayersUnknowen’s Battlegrounds
SkipperPP - Medal of excellence
Ghostwright - Medal of excellence.
Masterflare - Medal of Resilience
Waltsu - Medal of Resilience
Additionally the whole team earn the VG Spin up team for being part of its successful launch to a Corp.
FULL SPIN UP TEAMS
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Mandatory event times
EU Sunday 7 PM CET
NA Sunday and Tuesday 7 PM CST
OC Tuesday 10PM NZT
This month we started up our Oceanic Battalion which is being led by recently reinstated Laggyfish and it's already filling quickly with members!
Aside from that we have had a scrimmage match against another community -DI- where we learned a few things!
The biggest news however is that this will be the last report from Players Unknown as a VG team as on the 30th July we were successfully launched to 1st Corp.
Rocket League
EU Sunday 7PM GMT
NA Sunday 8PM EST
There have been too many moves and promotions in July to capture them all effectively here, but nonetheless everyone who has stepped up to give back to the group is deserving of thanks and recognition. It is a group brimming with enthusiasm. July saw membership numbers overtake seventy and they continue to climb steadily through active public recruiting and some internal TAW transfers. AWOLS and discharges are low, and attendance during and between events has been high.
For those who don't know, Rocket League is a bit of a departure from the typical cadre of TAW games. Rather than a combat or warfare inspired game, Rocket League is a game of soccer (football/futbol) played from a rocket powered jumping/flying cars. It takes 5 minutes to learn how to play, but thousands of hours to master. RLG is fortunate enough to have a number of members who play at the highest levels (Champion/Diamond Ranks), and they have all been very generous in sharing their knowledge with fellow members in both official training and during casual gameplay. The overall skill level of the RLG Division has improved day by day as a result.
RLG welcomes players of all skill levels and matches take less than ten minutes, so drop by say hello and join us for a couple rounds! We will see you on the battlefield.
Blackwake
EU Wednesday and Sunday 7PM GMT
NA Friday 7PM GMT
Optional event times
EU Saturday 7PM GMT
NA Sunday 6PM GMT
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact TCael or any of the Vanguard staff.
RUST
Wednesday 8PM EST and Saturday 10PM EST
Rust is currently going through a bit of reorganisation. Due to low numbers on the EU side, the NA and EU battalions have been merged into a joint battalion to simplify the admin and organization of the team as a whole.
Additionally, to help get the team back on track Ivleth has been stepped up as the SUL. His efforts are already having a positive effect on the team as general activity on TS for RT has increased substantially as has the onboarding. Over the coming month we hope to push numbers up further, be able to step up additional staff and bring a lot more organized and varied event content.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact IvLeth or any of the Vanguard staff.
Elder Scrolls Online
Joint Sunday 8PM EST
Joint “Late night Event” Sunday 2AM EST
Joint “PvP Event” Wednesday 8PM EST
There is also a new update coming out soon that will include various bug fixes and brand-new content like armor sets and new dungeons. This DLC is called Horns of the Reach more info can be found at http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/hornsofthereach
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact mwilson or any of the Vanguard staff.
HORIZON DIVISION
Rising Storm 2 Vietnam
EU Sunday and THURSDAY 6.30PM GMT
NA Sunday and THURSDAY 8PM EST
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact the Vanguard staff.
Albion Online
EU Wednesday at 19:00
EU Sunday at 19:00
NA Tuesday at 9 pm est
NA Sunday at 9 pm est
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Avguste or any of the Vanguard staff.
Crossout
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact any RaGe or the Vanguard staff.
CrossOut has launched on Steam. Our Division is now at 60 Members. We are starting Clan Battles the week of 7/31/2017 with a system that will benefit all CrossOut players in TAW, so if you play and don't have tags in game let RaGe know and we will get you tags.
Our meetings are open to any TAW members so feel free to join in the fun. /RaGe CT SUL