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Playable Worlds' Stars Reach has several news bits this week, and those of you tired of hearing about the Kickstarter that hasn't even happened yet will be happy to know that only one of them involves said Kickstarter. Let's start with that one: Playable Worlds announced this week that everyone who follows the Kickstarter - not backs it, but follows...

Throne & Liberty is launching its 1.13.0 update this morning, meaning the Lunar New Year celebration will soon be officially underway. Servers went offline just after midnight this morning as Amazon began patching in extremely important content like a "giant cobra statue in every village." Oh, we're just teasing, though not about the giant cobra statue thing - that's...

With the promise and potential of World of Warcraft player housing on the docket for later this year, players are understandably hungry for more information about this upcoming system. They might have a little more to go on when Patch 11.1: Undermined arrives, as Blizzard appears to be slipping in a bit of a housing preview with the update. As...

Whatever your MMO of choice has as a patch schedule, the game has a cadence to it. You expect certain things from a patch. A new area to explore, or new quests to do, or a new dungeon or whatever. It doesn't matter what's in there, just that you expect X new things to happen on a roughly expected...

In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch the gameplay right along with you; instead of you commenting on their adventures, they will comment on yours! While MJ has played Enshrouded, she definitely gets sidetracked too easily. So the chances of her seeing higher...

In its first developer update video of 2025, Sea of Thieves production director Drew Stevens is granting players a look at what the developers are focusing on in the new year, with a stated goal of improving game performance, game security, and player safety. Stevens first begins by stating that members of the Rare Ltd. team have been "diverted to...

Hi-Rez substudio Titan Forge Games elected to use its recent SMITE 2 esports event as a stage to make a couple of major reveals for the in-development open beta MOBA, as this past weekend the devs unveiled plans for a new rotating battle pass-style feature and laid out some new roster-related information for its fans. The battle pass is called...

The next big patch for Terraria, patch 1.4.5, is going to be the game's final update. Really. "Wait, didn't that already happen?" you ask, and you're correct; the final update happened back in 2020 with the Journey's End launch. But there's always a more final update and an ever finaler update, and head developer Andrew "Redigit" Spinks basically confirmed...

If you're a veteran Overwatch player, the words "moth meta" likely mean something entirely different to you than others; while some people probably envision Mercy bonking her face into a street lamp while looking confused, others recall a time when the character was able to constantly flit around the map and instantly revive teammates with near-impunity. If those times in...

When Lunar New Year didn't launch in Guild Wars 2 yesterday, you probably did what we did and assumed it would launch next Tuesday, closer to the actual date. And that's exactly what's happening, as a tweet from ArenaNet this afternoon made clear. "Things are ramping up in Divinity’s Reach with games, fireworks, and new rewards to celebrate The Lunar...