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Elder Scrolls Online updates its 2023 roadmap with update 37 details, endless dungeon runner tease

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ZeniMax Online Studios took the wraps off Elder Scrolls Online's 2023 roadmap back in December and then embellished it with the reveal of the...

No, Lord of the Rings Online’s newest class won’t be the Corsair

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Players are having a field day speculating about the new class coming to Lord of the Rings Online with this fall's expansion. And while...

War of Dragnorox talks UE5 upgrade, monetization, and ‘dangerous’ and ‘highly intellectual’ combat

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Back in December 2021, we reported on War of Dragnorox, a developing sandbox MMORPG from Triune Studios that hung its hat on having "dynamic...

ARK Survival Evolved celebrates Valentine’s Day with colorful critters and boosted rates

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The world of ARK: Survival Evolved isn't all about hard-bitten survival and humans being on the lower end of the food chain; it's also...

Black Desert Mobile introduces Zayed, its upcoming Awakened Hashashin class

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Regular players of Black Desert know that the game's classes come in two forms: their regular version and the Awakened version. For players of...

Zenith grants a slightly less brief look at its upcoming Cyber Ninja class in new video

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If an earlier 18 second-long preview of Zenith's upcoming new Cyber Ninja class wasn't enough for you, how about 28 seconds worth of video?...

Guild Wars 2 appears to be dropping living world structure in favor of larger, more consistent updates

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As promised, Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has issued its developer blog on long-term plans, and it's not just prattle: The studio is planning...
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Datamining finds new chat filtering options in World of Warcraft’s patch 10.0.7

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Right now, filtering your chat in World of Warcraft involves either turning a mature language filter on or off, which counts as a blanket...

Chimeraland adds a new Mirage, a dinosaur secret realm, and its first mythic evolved pet

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It's been a little while since we've marinated in the madness that is the survivalbox Chimeraland - its last major update was in December...

Albion Online grants free sub time ahead of Monday’s lengthy downtime

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On Monday, Albion Online is gearing up for two big events: Patch 4 and preparations for the beta for the Asian server coming in...

Star Citizen talks up its initial concepts for city building interiors and updates its community hub

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There are more than a few urban sprawls in the Stanton system of Star Citizen, but for the most part they're window dressing that...

Dune Awakening posts a skimpy informational video, promises details on next beta ‘in the coming months’

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Dune: Awakening appears to be in no hurry to tell anyone about itself. Funcom has offered up a 31-second video for the developing survival...

Diablo II Resurrected preps ladder season three, new rune words, and sundering charm improvements

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Diablo Immortal isn't the only Diablo game catching Blizzard's attention this week: Diablo II Resurrected has dropped a full preview of what to expect...

Destiny 2 outlines a wide swath of ability adjustments arriving in the Lightfall expansion

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The abilities of the gun shooting space wizards that are Destiny 2's Guardians will see a whole lot of adjustment when the Lightfall expansion...

Zenith drops a teaser trailer for update 1.3’s neon-archer Cyber Ninja class

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Beginning tomorrow, VR MMORPG Zenith will open up a limited pre-alpha for what it's calling Major Update 1.3, which features multiple new systems including...

V Rising’s long-delayed first major update will finally arrive in May as a free expansion

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So Stunlock Studios has good news and bad news for V Rising fans today. The good news is that it's talking more about its...

Old School RuneScape adds Wilderness tweaks, talks forestry as RuneScape readies new quest line

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If it's mid-week, it's updates to RuneScape and Old School RuneScape! We'll begin with the latest patch to the former, which has once more...

Hearthstone’s Mercenaries mode will get one last major patch that adds new mercs, mechanics, and endgame

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If you're a regular player of the Mercenaries game mode in Hearthstone, then we have good news and bad news: The game is going...

Destiny 2’s latest trailer shows off Lightfall’s Strand subclass

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Space may be a bit chilly, but Destiny 2 is hoping to heat up your hype for this month's Lightfall expansion. The online RPG...

Warhaven director discusses changes to onboarding, mechanics, and matchmaking in new video

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The 16v16 melee brawler Warhaven recently held a global open beta test, and now it's time for the devs at Nexon to process the...