Elyon CBT2 and Launch On August 18th, Elyon will enter its final closed beta test before its September 29th launch. For those of you looking to give it a try, I will have a guild open asap upon launch.
July 29th, 2021 | Read More | 688 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Tribes of Midgard Out Now Curious about this one? So are we. The Gaiscioch Streamteam is booting this one up on PlayStation to give it a look.
July 29th, 2021 | Read More | 641 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Swords of Legends Online This month we will continue our adventures in Swords of Legends Online as we progress a little farther in the main storyline and begin taking on some mid-level dungeons. Join us on Thursdays at 3PM PT / 6PM ET this month for some fun group questing and dungeon diving action. We will be streaming it on https://twitch.tv/gaiscioch for those of you who are curious about the game.
July 29th, 2021 | Read More | 714 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Just when you thought 2021 couldn't get better! So last month I outlined a few games that were coming this year. But then Summer Games Fest and E3 happened. We've seen a whole new onslaught of games announced for this fall adding to our two chapter expansions, New World, Elyon, Swords of Legend Online, and Bless Unleashed.
June 28th, 2021 | Read More | 699 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Beta Launches July 20th We're ramping up for what looks like our biggest game launch In recent memory. New World's latest round of patches has expanded company sizes, brought new expeditions (dungeons), and a new always on PvP capture system.
June 27th, 2021 | Read More | 667 Reads | 2 Likes | 0 Comments
Upcoming Adventure Plans Summer 2021 This summer is heating up and we're going to be trying out a few games to see how well our community likes them. We welcome everyone to come along and get in on the action. Let's run through our plans for New World, Elyon, Bless Unleashed, and Swords of Legends Online.
May 28th, 2021 | Read More | 1,065 Reads | 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Some new Arrivals to keep your eye on! This month has been full of ups and downs. We saw Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO fall due to business negotiations gone wrong. But we also saw a whole slew of new opportunities arrive for several games in beta. In addition, there were a few new MMOs announced that are worth a glance. Even if some have questionable names.
April 28th, 2021 | Read More | 663 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Beta, Beta, Beta, Alpha! Alpha! This month things are poppin off in the MMO scene. We've got a whole slew of Beta and Alphas coming our way to partake in. This might not be a very a good few months for your gamer ADHD because there's a lot to get distracted with. But at least we won't get bored!
April 28th, 2021 | Read More | 850 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Sad News for Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO It seems that in the end, Sauron won. Before the game could even show its first trailer backroom business decisions killed this hot upcoming MMORPG. You may have remembered back in the fall of last year when Tencent bought Athlon Games parent studio Leyou Technologies, owner of Warframe developer Digital Extremes. Well following that buyout, negotiations between Amazon and Tencent fell through and Amazon decided to scrap the project.
April 28th, 2021 | Read More | 680 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Get Ready for a Summer of Adventure! This summer is shaping up to be a very adventure-heavy season. Our main chapters are gaining the new expansions (GW2: End of Dragons, ESO: Blackreach, WOWC: Burning Crusade) and a wealth of new adventures are arriving both in alpha/beta testing and full release. Between summer and fall, we will see the launch of New World, Elyon, Bless Unleashed, Magic Legends, and Gatewalkers to name a few.
April 28th, 2021 | Read More | 648 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Additional things of interest For those of you adventuring out this month we've got several big game announcements to keep you exploring new games and opportunities.
March 29th, 2021 | Read More | 747 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Adventure with Gaiscioch in April This month we have several new cooperative games in the lineup for your viewing pleasure and our usual staples.
March 29th, 2021 | Read More | 705 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Ashes of Creation Provides Some New Information This Month Over the past month, Ashes of Creation launched its new website and a new Gameplay Preview from Alpha One. It's great to see some of the latest progress from the development studio and our hopes are still high for seeing a beta event later this year.
February 28th, 2021 | Read More | 745 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Delayed Until August It's starting to look like this fall is going to be quite busy. Between the new world launch and the Ashes of Creation beta phase, things are really looking good for activity this fall.
February 28th, 2021 | Read More | 709 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Valheim Madness! With over 3 million copies sold and 500,000 concurrent players on steam, Valheim has quickly become one of the most successful indie games of all time. For those of us who have played it we know why. It's a perfect blend of cooperative survival and action MMO style gameplay.
February 28th, 2021 | Read More | 779 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Crimson Desert Officially Becomes a Single Player RPG with Coop Capabilities. In an interview with MMO Culture, the developers of Crimson Desert revealed that the game would be single player focused with the ability for friends to "organically" drop in and drop out at any time during the story. What that actually means is we'll have to wait and see.
January 28th, 2021 | Read More | 763 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
The Game Awards 2020 Reveal Some New Titles of Interest If you missed this year's Game Awards you probably missed some pretty awesome reveals. We've got a lot to look forward to on the MMO and Coop front including some pretty fantastic action-based adventures. Here's a rundown on some of the games I think will make an appearance on our adventure lineup.
December 18th, 2020 | Read More | 826 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Upcoming MMO Roundup - December 2020 As November came and went we were delighted to see some updates to the upcoming MMO scene. The largest easter conference, G-Star 2020 took place this month and with it a wealth of new information.
November 24th, 2020 | Read More | 734 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Announces More End-Game Content Including Fishing! A wealth of new information has been released about the upcoming MMORPG New World. Among the announcement came news of an expanded world with more territory for your company to claim. In addition, it revealed some of its plans for end game content as well as a new trade skill, Fishing.
November 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 706 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Genshin Impact Surprise game of the year much? Everyone expected this to be another Mobile / PC dumpster fire like all of the others that came before it but Genshin Impact had other plans. This game is truly a wonderful game at the low price of free.
October 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 577 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Bless Unleashed PS4 Adventure Join us Wednesdays in November for a romp in Bless Unleashed on PS4 at 3PM PT. Radiological, Burialsoup and I will be forming up Gaiscioch on PS4 to allow us to group up and play throughout the week. If anyone plans to check out this game on PS4 be sure to connect with us.
October 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 629 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Genshin Impact Launches If you're into anime-inspired video games I highly recommend checking out Genshin Impact. It is a game that can be played alone or cooperatively with 3 friends. It launches on Sept 28th on PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and mobile with full cross-play support. If there are enough people interested in grouping up for some adventures I will get the adventure up and rolling.
September 29th, 2020 | Read More | 604 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Bless Unleashed Launches on PS4 in October While the PC Open Beta is running this week, the PlayStation 4 version is ready for launch. The PlayStation 4 version launches on October 22, 2020, with several founders packs available giving you up to a 14-day head start. I personally will be creating a casual Gaiscioch on the PS4 console and any who wish to join in are welcome. We will be rotating this one into our stream calendar for Wednesdays at 3PM PT starting in November.
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Crowfall Enters Beta! The long-awaited Crowfall has finally made its way to beta this past month. We have a small group of us that have been watching Crowfall closely over the past few years and several are eager to hop in. If you're interested in connecting with other Crowfall players be sure to head over to our Adventure page and get connected.
August 24th, 2020 | Read More | 426 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Bless Unleashed Over the past week, I've had access to Bless Unleashed on PlayStation 4 and I can say I'm very happy with the direction this version of Bless took. It's much more enjoyable than the Bless Online MMO. I will be opening a Gaiscioch on PS4 upon launch for some casual hangout fun and weekly Livestreams. But that will just be a little groundwork for the bigger PC launch in 2021. Once that one is live I plan to get a Gaiscioch set up there as well so that the majority of us have somewhere to play together.
August 24th, 2020 | Read More | 580 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Delayed It seems New World is getting a bit more polish. From what our insiders say, this is a good thing. The new date is set for March 2021, however everyone who pre-ordered or signed up for beta will gain access to a beta test on August 25th. This will give us a chance to take a sneak peak at what is coming next spring.
July 21st, 2020 | Read More | 467 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
What We're Watching I've decided to place a list of titles we're keeping an eye on for future chapters and adventures in our monthly newsletter. This should help you stay informed on some of the newest titles coming our way.
July 21st, 2020 | Read More | 511 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
PlayStation MMO of the Month: Neverwinter Join us Wednesdays in Neverwinter on the PlayStation 4 for a weekly romp through Neverwinter. We have an established guild and guildhall available for any that want to continue playing long term. We will be holding a weekly event every Wednesday at 3PM PT for any who wish to join.
June 27th, 2020 | Read More | 534 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Future Adventure Roundup As most of you know we're always watching the horizon for games we feel you may enjoy. We keep a list of them on Discord in the #on-our-radar channel. You will need to toggle the News Role to set it on the #getting-started channel. Here's our current lineup of games that were actively keeping tabs on.
June 27th, 2020 | Read More | 483 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Features Final Fantasy XIV on PlayStation Adventures After FFXIV gave away their starter edition for all PSN subscribers with a 30-day trial, we felt it was time to give what many claims is one of the Best MMORPGs on the market today a try. I've always wanted to give it a try and see how it plays, and now I have my shot.
May 26th, 2020 | Read More | 530 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Phantasy Star Online 2 has Launched on PC & XBOX This past month some people expressed interest in launching a PSO2 adventure so I figured I'd give it a try and create a little social circle for it. I will be forming up a little group in PSO2 to help you guys connect and play with each other. In July I will use my Sunday stream to show off some content and will welcome anyone who is playing to join. Download and play for free at https://pso2.com/
May 26th, 2020 | Read More | 508 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Genshin Impact Beta Registration is Open For those of you who like the art style of Studio Ghibli, you may take a liking to this new Cooperative game coming to PC, XBOX, and PS4 with full crossplay support. We will certainly be featuring it on PlayStation Adventures and will be looking for some people to join us. Go ahead and give it a look at https://genshin.mihoyo.com/.
May 26th, 2020 | Read More | 531 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Action RPGs Sundays Continue With Path of Exile in May A few of our members got the itch to play some ARPGs. This past month I've streamed Wolcen on my Sunday streams with Burialsoup, DocRestless, Gary and Trithian. Now the merry band of ARPG warriors is growing and has spread to Path of Exile.
April 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 520 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Ashes of Creation Alpha One Approaches In what appears to be our next great chapter, Ashes of Creation has revealed it's progress in an hour-long Livestream along with the announcement of Alpha One beginning in May. While I won't be able to play till the Betas unless I get lucky, I will be watching it closely and keep you updated on developments.
April 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 537 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Postponed to August 21st Like most other games in development that were set to release this summer, New World is taking a bit of time to polish things up and get things set for their release.
April 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 502 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Chronicles of Elyria Launches Pre-Alpha… Then terminates everyone 5 days later. Like the virus plaguing the world right now, Chronicles of Elyria's downfall sprung up out of nowhere. Thousands of crowdfunders are left with a sour taste in their mouth as COE pulls its plug just 5 days after the launch of Pre-Alpha. COE raised over 8 million in funding over the 4 years of development but alas, Soulbound Studios closed its doors.
March 27th, 2020 | Read More | 472 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Portal Knights Server Renewed for 6 More Months The Gaiscioch Jr. Portal Knights server has been renewed! With this we had a bit of a fright as it looked that we might lose our data after the renewal debacle, however with the help of the server provider, we managed to recover everything and get our server up and running again.
February 28th, 2020 | Read More | 712 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Alpha Underway. NDA Reminder Some of you have found your way into the New World Alpha. Please be advised that the alpha is covered under strict NDA. Anyone caught leaking information may be removed from the community. We work closely with developers, but to do so we must earn and protect their trust. Any breach of that trust hurts our community. So please be sure to only discuss New World on the official alpha forums.
February 28th, 2020 | Read More | 457 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Torchlight Frontiers Becomes Torchlight III Downgrading MMO Status In breaking news today, Torchlight Frontiers announced that they will be phasing out the MMORPG aspect of their game bringing the game back in line with the Torchlight II style of gameplay. They are keeping the player hubs where people can form up parties and head out but the outside world will now be instanced based. You will also be able to play the game single player. The game is moving away from the Free-2-Play model and moving to a Buy-2-Play model along with removing its cash shop. This is the second MMORPG this month that has pulled the massively out of their game in exchange for small scale cooperative play. All close on the heels of Pagan Online releasing with only a 2 player mode. Will this be a good thing for Torchlight? Time will tell.
January 27th, 2020 | Read More | 631 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
A Disappointing Turn for Magic Legends To say I was excited when Magic Legends was announced is an understatement. However as more has been released about the game, I can't say I'm not heartbroken. The game was originally announced as an MMORPG based on the lore of Magic the Gathering. What we ended up getting was an ARPG in the vein of Diablo or Path of Exile. While there is still grouping and joining friends for adventures, groups are limited to 3 players and it's appearing that Guild Sizes are going to be tiny. There are talks with sizes being as few as 20 people.
January 26th, 2020 | Read More | 509 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New World Goes Consensual Raising it to our Watch List As mentioned in my first announcement, New World has made a 180 on its stance of PvP. There is now no forced PvP and no risk to PvE players who do not wish to partake in PvP. As such we have relaunched our New World adventure and have begun taking sign-ups for all that want to be a part of the Gaiscioch company in New World. Head on over to the New World Adventure to sign up.
January 26th, 2020 | Read More | 484 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Opens Portal Knights Private Server What began as a Livestream on PlayStation 4, spawned a Christmas gift for my nephews, which has turned into the revitalization of our Gaiscioch Jr. program. We have launched our very own Portal Knights server for all to enjoy. There are only 4 slots available so space is limited at times but you can coordinate with GmaFoghladha (the guardian of the server) to ensure you and your little ones have a window to play in. It is a shared persistent world that we can build together. Be sure to hop in discord and set Portal Knights as a game your playing by following the instructions in the #getting-started channel. Also, head over to Gaiscioch.com and join the Portal Knights Adventure.
January 26th, 2020 | Read More | 731 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New MMOs To Watch Corepunk
If you liked Albion Online or Exile this one might be for you. This little post-apocalyptic MMORPG is set in a blend of wastelands and cyberpunk. Yeah, I know, never would have seen those two blended together but hey! Cyberpunk 2077 and Fallout combined sounds cool am I right? This one places fog of war as one of it's key mechanics allowing both NPCs and players to sneak up and attack you. It's got a whole range of crafting and building up cities gameplay as well as raiding and dungeons. If there is a way to flag yourself PvE only this game looks to have a lot going for it. If they ignore that mark it will likely go the way of every other forced PVP game we've seen crop up in the last decade.
December 27th, 2019 | Read More | 565 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Launches Rune 2 Server If you're checking out Rune 2 be sure to look up our Gaiscioch server. We gather Saturday Mornings at 11 AM PT. During our weekly Livestream adventure, we will capture relics and face off with Loki himself.
November 26th, 2019 | Read More | 516 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Jairone Takes the Helm in Astellia For those of you playing Astellia, I have passed the torch to Jairone as I can't devote the time needed to successfully lead the adventure. He is our highest level and resident expert in Astellia and is very good at teaching people about the game. Join the adventure at https://gsch.info/g/aste
October 28th, 2019 | Read More | 535 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
RUNE II Launches November 12th Sharpen those axes! In November we're heading into RUNE II. I'll be looking for a few trusty companions to help me with a Sunday morning Livestream adventure. We'll be forming up at 11AM PT and set off on adventures through this Cooperative RPG set in the days after Valhalla. Be sure to take a look at the official website at https://gsch.info/play/rune and sign up for the adventure at https://gsch.info/g/rune
October 28th, 2019 | Read More | 487 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Kingdom Under Fire 2 Launches November 14th Kingdom Under Fire II is a video game set in a high fantasy setting developed by Blueside which merges real-time strategy, role-playing game and massively multiplayer online game genres - the game is to have a single player, and online multiplayer mode.
October 28th, 2019 | Read More | 532 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Rune II Launches November 12th While Rune II won't be a large scale multiplayer game anymore, it will have quite a bit of cooperative content we can enjoy. There are also some PVP modes if that's your thing. I will be rolling up an adventure for those that would like to play. I'm certain this one will be a very niche adventure but should have some fun times awaiting discovery.
September 27th, 2019 | Read More | 487 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Astellia Kicks Off There's a handful of us playing Astellia and we'll be forming up the guild soon. Be sure to join us on Discord to get connected. I doubt this will be a major game in our lineup but I can tell you there is some fun to be had in it. Our guild is currently open on the NA server so be sure to look Gaiscioch up in the Guild Finder. It's open so you should be able to join on your own time instantly,
September 27th, 2019 | Read More | 492 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
