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Embers Adrift counts off two years of updates ahead of its second anniversary

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Embers Adrift is about to celebrate two years of operation, and while there are likely going to be in-game celebrations or other events to...

WoW Classic returns to Blackwing Lair and Zul’Gurub for Season of Discovery Phase 5

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The endgame of the endgame is almost here for World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery servers, as Phase 5 heads our way next Thursday,...

Destiny 2 discusses Revenant episode’s changes to rewards and subclass abilities

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Tuesday, October 8th, will mark the start of Episode: Revenant in Destiny 2, and that means there will be some changes coming to the...

Star Wars The Old Republic boss teases 7.6 Galactic Threads and a native Mac launcher for SWTOR

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Broadsword - yes, it still feels weird to type that - has just delivered its latest producer letter on Star Wars The Old Republic,...

Star Citizen discusses plans for engineering gameplay in alpha 4.0’s launch and beyond

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The spaceships in Star Citizen already have a huge amount of detail, but when alpha 4.0 comes along, that detail is going to get...

Pax Dei’s next early access patch is a major revision for movement and combat

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Mainframe Industries has not been shy about its development plans for Pax Dei: Thus far, it's been emphasizing that the MMO sandbox is a...
I'mma do it for the vine.

New World releases a new ‘survival’ arc for its Aeternum vids as preorders climb on console

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I have to say I did a double-take when I listened to the latest episodes of Discovering Aeternum for New World because the new...

Palia’s Autumn Awakening update drops next week with fall trees and minigames

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Palia is continuing to truck along in beta post-Daybreak buyout with plans for another update next week. The Autumn Awakening patch brings the fall...

Ubisoft’s ‘XDefiant is not dying’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt

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If you had forgotten all about Ubisoft's newish shooter XDefiant, then you're not alone. It actually launched back in May and apparently did fine,...

Watch out for disembodied arms falling out of the sky in Tarisland, apparently

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We are pleased to report that the latest lore entry for Tarisland's Blight Dragon Elegy is not nearly as insane as last week's - no...

Pantheon’s new trailer reiterates December early access, monetization revamp: ‘This is not a soft launch’

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You already knew Pantheon was heading to early access in December. You knew this because Visionary Realms announced quite clearly all the way back...

NCsoft renames Blade & Soul Neo Classic to BNS NEO, confirms western launch

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Almost a year ago, NCsoft announced a new spin on Blade and Soul called Blade & Soul Neo Classic. The game as planned would...

Cozy survival sandbox Ylands preps Fleet Friends patch with improved multiplayer setup

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Back in June, after first hearing about Ylands and diving into it myself years after its actual launch, I lamented that it didn't have...

Warframe shares initial details for its upcoming Koumei and the Five Fates update

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There's another content update looming on the horizon of Warframe, and Digital Extremes is just itching to tell its players all about it. We...

Lost Ark details the Tier 4 progression tweaks and level-buffing Ignite servers arriving on October 9

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Players who have run their character roster up the progression ladder are likely looking forward to Lost Ark's Wednesday, October 9th update, which is...

Mike Morhaime’s Dreamhaven will publish co-op rogue-lite Lynked Banner of the Spark

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Most of the news coming out of former Blizzard dev Mike Morhaime's company Dreamhaven has been about its ambitions and an open call for...

DC Universe Online debuts Harley Quinn vs Apokolips key art and teaser trailer ahead of September 24 launch

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Next week is bringing a bunch of new content to the superheroic world of DC Universe Online, which naturally means that Daybreak's Dimensional Ink...

Throne & Liberty releases patch notes ahead of early access, teasing everything from lifeskills to better PvE

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Blink and you'll have missed it: Fall is almost upon us, and that means so is Throne & Liberty's global launch. Early access begins...

EA says it won’t replace The Sims 4 with a sequel as it preps fall playtest for multiplayer Project Rene

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The fate of The Sims franchise in the last few years has been a little bit messy: EA has been working on what it...

Ultima Online wraps up eighth New Legacy beta weekend as launch window looms

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Since the last time we checked in on Ultima Online's New Legacy beta testing, Broadsword has rolled out three more test weekends - and...