DarkFall: New Dawn

The Darkfall: New Dawn site has been updated with good news for magic-types: The Witchcraft magic school is now available for play. Developers have written that signature spells and general mechanics are in good shape, though "individual tweaks" will be made over time.

Tomorrow is a huge day for Darkfall: New Dawn as launch day has finally arrived. If you're wondering just what the team at Ub3rGames has done to differentiate it from the original Aventurine version of Darkfall, look no further than this spectacular launch trailer.

From now through January 24th, you can check out all that's new in Darkfall: New Dawn. There are no limitations on the experience, though there are some things that will not carry over, or that will carry over in limited form, once the game officially launches on January 26th. In addition, you can still get in on several packages that will remain available through the 24th as well.

The Darkfall: New Dawn team has released a brief new trailer to inform fans and players that the overhauled Aventurine title will be released on January 26, 2018. The game server will be located in Europe when the game launches.

The latest Darkfall: New Dawn patch is a doozy with a complete overhaul of the magic system. According to the developer post, "we have reworked nearly everything about the magic system to have the secondary effects of spells also scale with the magnitude".

During a recent stress test event, over eighty Darkfall: New Dawn players entered a village of fire shooting goblins simultaneously. Citing a few minor hiccups that were easily ironed out, the New Dawn team declared the event a success. The event not only tested the simultaneous game play of that number of players but also the spawn scaling mechanic.

The Darkfall: New Dawn team is asking for players to come in to help break the servers and to try out the new spawn-scaling system. The game is open for anyone to join up from now through November 29th.

From now through July 25th, anyone interested in trying out Darkfall: New Dawn, the reworked version of the original Darkfall, can do so for free. After July 25th, the base game can be purchased with several options for monthly subscriptions included.

Marc Thompson from Ub3rgames has reached out to let us know that Darkfall: New Dawn is ready for the initial deployment of game servers beginning June 28, 2016. In addition, Thompson reveals that the team has adopted a "pay for what you get" business model that includes a 19.99 Euro initial purchase that includes two months of subscription time with monthly subscription fees to run 9.99 Euro.

Darkfall: New Dawn will be inviting players in to put the game through its paces on June 28th beginning at 5:00 am Pacific / 8:00 am Eastern. The notice was given in the final sentence of the most recent developer blog on the Darkfall: New Dawn site.

The Darkfall: New Dawn team has posted a new article about last week's revelation of security flaws in the Darkfall code that had been given over when Ub3rGames obtained licensing for its version of the game. The article begins with debunking a few misconceptions about the security issues and then goes into a comprehensive look at how the development team will be working to ensure players have a secure environment in which to play.

The Darkfall: New Dawn team has published the latest Road to Release that gives fans a look at progress being made on the game's first patch. In addition, the stress test is being actively prepared, though no date for the event has been announced.

The Darkfall: New Dawn site has been updated with a lengthy discussion and FAQ about why it is that the development team is relaunching the original game with improvements made for its particular vision. Of particular note is the acknowledgement that the original Darkfall was crippled by critical issues that hurt its wider appeal.

Ub3rgames has released a new trailer showing off some of its work on Darkfall: New Dawn. The video shows both PvP and PvE action and, according to its description, "of course a gank". Check it out!