Previews

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Classic EverQuest begins testing its new UI engine as Bristlebane Day begins

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Classic EverQuest is having a helluva month as it engages in its 24th birthday celebrations, but Daybreak isn't stopping there as the game's roadmap...

Final Fantasy XIV will be offline for 24 hours next week for NA data center upgrades

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Nobody panic: Final Fantasy XIV is upgrading data center hardware for North American players, which is going to entail a hefty chunk of downtime...

The Other World is a multiplayer action survival RPG promising an evolving land of lore instead of story

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It's time to once more delve into the fanciful, big promise-delivering world of crowdfunded multiplayer and MMO games. Today we've been directed at The...

New World’s new video suggests season passes should take around 50 hours to complete

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The latest edition of New World's Forged in Aeternum dev vlog is all about the game's upcoming seasonal monetization and cadence. Amazon creative director...

Eden Eternal reaffirms its global re-release in 2023 and outlines some of its future adjustments

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Last month, developer X-LEGEND confirmed that it will be globally self-publishing Eden Eternal in a press release. Now that same promise has been reiterated...
Now we're gundagood.

Lord of the Rings Online talks crafting vocations, recipes, and guild rep decay

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Lord of the Rings Online crafters, listen up, all two of you! OK, three of you if I count myself! I kid, I kid,...

Not So Massively: Diablo IV’s beta brings the horror, but not the fun

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I have been pretty critical of the direction of Diablo IV so far, but franchise loyalty and professional obligation nonetheless led me to accept...

Interview: Century Age of Ashes looks to the future of PvE and balance as Season 2 begins March 21

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There are a lot of things changing for the horizon of the co-op and competitive dragon-riding battler Century: Age of Ashes. Players already know...

PlanetSide 2 is testing out server improvements, faction-specific abilities, and gameplay tweaks on PTS

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There's a new PTS build available for PlanetSide 2 and regular players of the large-scale FPS are probably going to want to take notice...

MechWarrior Online rebrands as MWO: Legends, crams a new tier of Mech and mini battle pass into cash shop bundles

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Piranha Games is heralding "a new dawn" for its giant robot battling MMO MechWarrior Online, as it rebrands the game from MWO: Solaris 7...

Elder Scrolls Online devs discuss recreating Vvardenfell’s distinct visual style in latest video

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Earlier this month, devs from ZeniMax Online Studios offered some thoughts about Elder Scrolls Online's return to Morrowind in the first episode of a...
Hollow Knee.

Final Fantasy XIV schedules its next Live Letter for the end of March

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Ready to take a gander at the content coming to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 6.4? Heck, ready to get a title for the...

Destiny 2 begins its next exotic weapon quest and Trials of Osiris, readies Iron Banner, and tweaks Guardian ranks

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Regular players of Destiny 2 are likely already familiar with some of the new content and chases applied to the game recently, but for...
Set sail for bees.

World of Warcraft will remove the Pathfinder requirement for Battle for Azeroth flight in patch 10.0.7

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Inside of you are two wolves. One of them wants to be able to fly in Battle for Azeroth areas in World of Warcraft...

Redfall tries to sell players on its story beats in the shooter’s latest trailer

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Shooters of many stripes have some pretty tenuous connections to telling a story, if we're all very honest with ourselves. After all, who needs...

Polish and illness have slightly delayed Gameforge’s launch of Aion Classic in Europe

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Last November, Gameforge and NCsoft finally announced that they would launch Aion Classic for the European version of the game, long after its 2021...
Here we go again.

WoW Classic makes it tougher to roll a Death Knight thanks to ‘malicious behavior’

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Blizzard is rolling back one of its big changes that came with Wrath Classic, and Death Knight fans may not be too happy to...

RuneScape adds a murder mystery next week, Old School RuneScape brings the last of Poll 78 updates

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Ah, the dinner murder mystery. It's a classic trope that seems to stand the test of time, and it's being explored by RuneScape next...

Sea of Thieves grants a closer look at Season Nine’s mechanics and features in latest video

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Who needs to read information when you can have another overproduced video instead? That's probably what Sea of Thieves was thinking as it put...

Hearthstone strikes up the band and readies concert goodness in April’s Festival of Legends expansion

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What happens when you mix a battle of the bands with a digital CCG? We're all going to find out when Hearthstone releases its...