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Project Genom is quietly restructuring around SpatialOS
Have you been watching Project Genom from the sidelines and noted in the back of your mind that it seems like the game has gone...
Cyberpunk 2077 creative director joins Blizzard to work on an unannounced new project
A sudden shake-up has occurred at Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red, as it appears that the game's creative director, Sebastian Stępień, has left...
Sea of Thieves is taking aim at combat adjustments in its next update
Combat on the high seas is about to get a bit more refined, according to Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate in the...
Closers updates its development roadmap as its Lunar New Year event begins
It's been the better part of a year since anime-action MMO Closers released its latest development roadmap, and the folks at En Masse Entertainment...
Lineage II looks forward to updates for both live and Classic in early 2019
The next year will bring stuff for Lineage II. That's the takeaway from the new producer's letter for the game looking forward to everything on the...
China’s third round of game approvals still omits Tencent and NetEase
There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...
Crowfall takes inventory in its latest dev diary
Ahh, the humble inventory. It's a feature often taken for granted in MMOs; after all, you've gotta have somewhere to keep all of that...
Anthem is just under a month away from official launch, but weekend VIP demo downloading has begun
If you've been looking forward to Anthem, you have about a month to go until it has launched for everyone. The game's full launch is...
Long before Diablo Immortal, the franchise nearly had… Diablo Junior
We hear that if you look into a mirror with the lights off and say "Diablo Immortal" three times, the Prime Evil himself will...
The Division 2 encourages players to get greedy with new Dark Zone mechanics
We're only a couple of months out from the release of Ubisoft's MMO third-person-shooter The Division 2, which will be bringing with it a...
Guild Wars 2 rings in the year of the boar with its Lunar New Year festival
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and for the peoples of Tyria, that means it's time for Guild Wars 2's annual...
Star Wars: The Old Republic fan petition asks for more funding for the game to give it new life
The state of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an odd one. It would seem odd to contend that the game is dying, but as...
World of Warcraft patches in its new raid and its new season of items for Tides of Vengeance
It's time to head into the Battle of Dazar'alor in World of Warcraft, so long as you've got a regular group to head into a...
Guild Wars 2 developers discuss the big dramatic ending of the latest Living World episode
Who likes big surprises in video game stories? All right, now who likes having those big dramatic moments spoiled ahead of time? If the...
Atlas hackers strike again with the return of the dreaded air whale
It's raining whales! What the heck, it's now raining whales?! Hoist sails! That's the ancient sea shanty players of Atlas were learning to sing when...
Heroes of the Storm professionals file lawsuit against former team owner over withheld payments
Five members of the now-defunct professional Heroes of the Storm team Naventic have filed a lawsuit against the team's former owner, James Ross Elliot...
Pagan Online’s weekend test cancelled due to server overload
The good news about the Pagan Online stress testing that was meant to occur over the past weekend is that it did exactly what...
Torchlight Frontiers blends form and function with new wardrobe feature
In last week's dev livestream, the Torchlight Frontiers devs detailed some of the ways that they've been improving the game based on player feedback,...
MapleStory 2 is retiring Toad’s Toolkit on January 31
The latest producer's letter from MapleStory 2 describes Toad's Toolkit as an experiment, an attempt by the designers to address a clear issue with...
The Ice King cometh in Fortnite’s latest in-game event
Last week, Fortnite's update v7.20 went live, and alongside all of the normal fare like the new scoped revolver weapon and the reintroduction of...