Hoplon, a southern Brazil-based development team of 80 people, has recently announced their latest in-game event for their hit MOBA Heavy Metal Machines. To celebrate the New Year starting today and running until January 28th, the 2019 Kick-Off event challenges players to finish 20 matches on ‘casual mode’. By completing this event players can unlock exclusive and time-sensitive cosmetic rewards like a brand-new avatar portrait frame with a ‘2019’ theme.

Tatiana Moreira, Head of Marketing and Publishing, commented: “We’re excited for the year and ahead and are hoping to start the year off with bang with the launch of Heavy Metal Machines 2019 Kick-off’. we hope our community will get into the New Year spirit as much as are. We’ve got big plans for the coming year and this event is just the start of it. We can’t wait to show the community!”

Available on Steam for free in in-app purchases, Heavy Metal Machines is a a post-apocalyptic car-combat MOBA where teams of 4 highly armed machines battle to the end. Optionally there is the Seasonal Metal Pass, which allows player to unlock seasonal content and thematic skins for all vehicles. Season Two – ‘Into The Abyss’ is currently underway, with Season 3 set to release in February 2019.

After a successful soft launch earlier this year we just got work that Panzer League is set to release on the App Store and Google Play on November 7th, 2018. Developed by German developer CipSoft, two teams of three will engage in a battle to disable the enemy defense system and destroy the reactor on the opponents base with their futuristic combat machines. The clever use of a tank‘s multiple abilities will be as important as strategic thinking and well-coordinated teamplay.

In addition the first gameplay trailer has been revealed giving us a look into the multiplayer online battle arena in action (attached below). At global launch 18 unique tanks from four different classes are waiting for their deployment. Once a player has found his favorite tank, he can upgrade it according to the game situation he is in and his personal preferences. Even a supporting tank, for example, can have devastating attack capability that way.

Among other features, this also resulted in a more compact map design, which led to the advantage of shorter matches and more action between players. Right now there’s no word on the pricing model such as freemium or premium.

In keeping tabs with popular mobile developers, Tencent Games has recently announced that their MOBA game Arena of Valor will launch as a free-to-play title on the Nintendo Switch in September 2018. The game is the world’s first 5v5 team-based game to launch on Switch, and its launch on the Nintendo platform brings new as well as familiar modes for fans who have been competing on mobile.

Arena of Valor’s quick and easy to learn but hard to master gameplay on the Switch is similar to its mobile counterpart, but the biggest new addition is that fans will have the option to play anyone in the world at any time via a global server. Players from different regions can play with each other regardless of which territory they are in or what eShop they purchased the game from.

In addition Tencent confirmed that Switch players can experience Ranked mode on the console and the exclusive new Motion Sensor Hook War Game mode, which fans can play by swinging their Nintendo Switch Joy-Con. For Arena of Valor’s loyal mobile players, Tencent plans to announce details for a ‘status match’ event after the Nintendo Switch launch that will reward mobile players who have played enough to unlock characters and transfer those rewards to their Nintendo Switch version.

Right now there’s no specific date that has been mentioned on when Arena of Valor will release in September, but we’ll keep you updated.

Arena of Valor, Tencent‘s popular MOBA, has been a huge success since its release and attracted a huge player base. The game has become so popular that even has its own eSports gaming competition called the “Valor Series” where players compete for prizes.

Most recently the regular season of Valor Series has concluded leaving four U.S. teams — Allegiance, Immortals, Dino Riders and Team Upsla — advancing to the final round. As part this final round of competition will be hosted at E3 later this year.

After the six week season, these four teams will have a chance to compete to head the Arena of Valor World Cup set for this July in Los Angeles. At the World Cup the prize pool has amassed more than $500,000, a pretty impressive number, to be split amongst the winners. Those following the Valor Series closely can see the team rankings here. Arena of Valor is available for free on the App Store, however, there are in-app purchases.

We’ve all heard about Marvel’s widely popular movie Avengers: Infinity War, but let’s not forget about DC Comics for a second. Iconic DC superhero, The Flash, has recently made his way to Tencent‘s popular MOBA Arena of Valor. For those that don’t know, Arena of Valor is a 5v5 MOBA with matches taking place for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. As such, there’s over 40 different heroes to play as with The Flash being recently added.

As part of consistent content updates, The Flash joins other DC Universe characters like Wonder Woman, The Joker, and Superman with more to be added later on down the road. Players who choose to fight as The Flash can deal damage with special moves like sonic boom, super speed, mach punch and cyclone.

From the folks at comicbook.com, here’s a more in-depth look at The Flash’s abilities:

• Sonic Boom – Passive
  • Every time The Flash moves 4 units, he will receive one stack of speed force. Upon reaching 10 stacks, The Flash will activate the speed force, strengthening his next normal attack while dashing forward. He also temporarily reduces his target’s movement speed by 50% and deals magic damage. When he hits his target, he gains a shield.
• Super Speed
  • After a short charge up, The Flash dashes forward, dealing magic damage to all enemies in his path. The Flash cannot be controlled while dashing and can cancel the dash by using another ability. When The Flash reaches his destination, he can activate the skill again to return to where he started, dealing magic damage. Enemies damaged by the initial dash are dealt an additional magic damage.

• Mach Punch
  • The Flash channels the speed force and punches an enemy 5 times within 0.8 seconds, dealing magic damage every time. The last punch deals double damage and when it hits an enemy, grants The Flash an 40% movement speed increase that weakens over 2 seconds.
• Cyclone
  • The Flash takes off in a circle and creates a cyclone, dealing magic damage to surrounding enemies for 2 seconds. While he is generating the cyclone, The Flash cannot be targeted by abilities and can move the cyclone’s position at 40% of his movement speed. 2 seconds later when The Flash stops, the vacuum from the cyclone pulls in surrounding enemies, dealing magic damage.

Those interested can pick up Arena of Valor on the App Store for free, however, there are in-app purchases.