World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Adding New Raid and World Buff in Phase 3

The (unofficial) theme of new TV this week: reality.

During the inaugural Triple-i Initiative showcase, with titles like The Rogue Prince of Persia and Slay the Spire 2 announced, Pocketpair revealed the first teaser for Palworld’s Arena update. It will add PvP to the title, allowing players to fight each other with teams of three Pals. However, the team’s version of the teaser indicated that it would launch in Summer 2024, which was a mistake.

A «major» Palworld update is scheduled for this summer, though it won't have the previously-promised PvP Arena. Palworld recently made an appearance at the Triple-I Initiative showcase, a special event dedicated to revealing new information about upcoming indie games.

Pokemon GO developer Niantic has revealed that the Psychic-type Legendary Pokemon Necrozma will arrive as a new raid boss during Pokemon GO Fest 2024. Pokemon GO players may team up during the event to take on the new raid boss and potentially encounter a Shiny Necrozma.

World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 3’s new Sunken Temple raid is extremely challenging, having walled players with its difficulty far longer than any other in Classic history. For the first time in World of Warcraft, a Classic raid hasn’t been conquered in a matter of hours, making the Sunken Temple one of the hardest raids in it to date.

During CD Projekt RED's annual earnings call, The Witcher 4 (codenamed Polaris) came up several times, albeit as no surprise. New Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski told investors (and any fans that might be listening, of course) that they can expect The Witcher 4 to go beyond simply retreading the massive success of the third installment thanks to the addition of new gameplay features and mechanics.

A newly published patent from Sony may support rumors and speculation of a new PlayStation handheld device in development. Unlike the PlayStation Portal, Sony references the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PSP Go as predecessors for the new patent.

Season of Discovery has always been about making bold changes to the World of Warcraft Classic formula, and Phase 4 is set to completely rework endgame tier sets for all classes. Whereas the original intent behind World of Warcraft Classic was about preserving and allowing players to experience the content as it used to be, Season of Discovery embraces its experimental side. New class combinations, new items, new events, and new raids have managed to breathe life into Classic servers, as World of Warcraft subscriptions are on the rise.

Earlier this month, the world lost a one-of-a-kind creative talent with the news of Akira Toriyama’s passing. While Dragon Ball will always be Toriyama-sensei’s best-known work, he leaves behind a legacy full of many other imaginative worlds across games, anime, and manga. Before leaving us, he worked with Bandai Namco to flesh out one of his short manga creations further: Sand Land. Alongside a new anime series, Toriyama-sensei gave input on a videogame adaptation of Sand Land that would allow players to explore this unique world for themselves.

With Season of Discovery Phase 3 datamining we found many different new items, likely connected to the new Sunken Temple level-up raid. Earlier today we published an article detailing everything we know about the new Sunken Temple Raid, which is a 20-player raid with 8 bosses. Blizzard still has some secrets in store, as we're not sure which boss drops each item. There are also new items that form a set for each armor proficiency!

The next Mass Effect game will be led by trilogy veterans across several key positions on the development team. While the game is still a long way off, BioWare has slowly teased a new Mass Effect title since its initial announcement in December 2020. A beloved sci-fi franchise, Mass Effect set the stage for BioWare's modern era by introducing the dialogue wheel, a voice-acted protagonist, and leaning even further towards BioWare pillars such as memorable companions and romance.

Dragon's Dogma 2 allows for some truly bizarre gameplay moments, as demonstrated by a video of a player tossing a live pig back-and-forth with their Pawns. Though it initially had a negative reception on launch day, and the technical issues persist in major cities such as Vernworth, Dragon's Dogma 2 has catapulted itself to the top of the Steam chart with a high number of concurrent players seemingly enjoying the game despite its shortcomings. It is Capcom's biggest launch to date on the platform, which bodes well for Dragon Dogma's future as an RPG franchise.