Previews

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Diablo III’s next season launches Friday with skill tree-granting altars

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The end of January saw public testing of Diablo III's Season 28 get underway, but if you missed that testing window then you can...

The Elder Scrolls Online previews Necrom’s Arcanist class in action in latest video

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We're still plucking out the juicy bits from IGN's Fanfest trailerpalooza from last weekend (juicy to us and our readers, anyway), which brings us...
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Blizzard preps two Diablo IV betas for March – including an open beta

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Well, we can't exactly call it a surprise since Blizzard had already telegraphed its intentions about Diablo IV at IGN's Fan Fest this weekend,...

World of Tanks teases Japanese tank destroyers and mode overhauls in February roadmap

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Tis the season for roadmaps, and now Wargaming's World of Tanks has released one - in video format, and apparently one that will include...

Genshin Impact brings back a spring festival and adds two new characters to the roster March 1

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Before you know it, spring will be in bloom in our portion of the globe, but players of Genshin Impact will know that the...

Destiny 2 runs down Lightfall’s new ritual weapon, character boosts, interactive trailer, and 24-hour maintenance

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Lightfall looms ever closer to the horizon of Destiny 2, which naturally means that the game's weekly newsletter is once more all about the...

Post-apoc shooter MMO Ashfall targets a 15 day-long open beta window for the second quarter

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If you've been following the development track of Ashfall, you know that news has been primarily about offering gameplay previews and not too much...

Team Fortress 2 promises ‘a full-on update-sized update’ for its next summer event

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By all accounts, Team Fortress 2 is just another cog in Valve's wider automatic money printing machine, devoid of any of those pesky things...

Craftopia announces the terrain for its open world update is ‘almost finished’ in monthly dev report

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Do you remember Craftopia? We certainly do. This distinctively odd survival sandbox, which first entered early access in 2020, has mostly been focused on...

Destiny 2 hypes up the features, characters, and setting of the Lightfall expansion in latest ‘vidoc’

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Whether you call it a vidoc, a bigger trailer, or a video game infomercial, the devs of Destiny 2 are gearing up for the...

Embers Adrift’s QA server previews new dice-dueling game and Grimstone Canyon zone

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Embers Adrift dropped a state of the game memo for its community last night, kicking it off with a thank-you note to the playerbase...

Neverwinter elaborates on upcoming combat companion balancing and prepares another Siege event

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Companion NPCs can be a pretty invaluable tool when making your way through the battles of Neverwinter, but it looks like those combat companions...

Sea of Thieves highlights Halo-themed cash shop items and confirms a delay for its next Adventure

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Has your time in Sea of Thieves been missing some Master Chief style? Then you're in luck because tomorrow, February 16th, there will be...

Valheim teases Ashlands, a new critter, and a hat toggle

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The last time Valheim foretold a "fairly meaty" patch, it turned out to be a nothingburger, so don't get too excited by today's dev...
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New World plots an event to take down evil Roman bosses starting February 21

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New World may not have run a Valentine's Day-themed event, but if that means we get an in-lore event later this month instead, we're...

Aion Classic is still launching a European version in ‘early 2023’

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This morning's NCsoft financials was a clear reminder that Aion Classic was one of the smartest things Aion has ever done, which is surely...

Destiny 2 plots adjustments to seasons, challenge, and activities to fight against perceived predictability

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According to game director Joe Blackburn, Destiny 2 updates have become a bit too consistent, leading to the sense that updates are predictable and...

Star Citizen outlines upcoming videos, marks Valentine’s Day with skins and sales, continues to iron out 3.18

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What's heading to players of Star Citizen this week? Videos! The usual couple of videos that come out around this time every week! That's...
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EVE Online makes its Photon UI the default and prepares for narrative-driven factional warfare

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It would appear that the vast majority of EVE Online players - 94% of them to be exact - have taken to the game's...

Corepunk posts an hour of gameplay footage that focuses on gathering and crafting professions

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This past December, we heard fresh word out of Corepunk that was generally a combination of good news and bad news: The game's beta...