Previews

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Tower of Fantasy previews player-built ‘artificial island’ system, bans thousands of cheaters

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Level Infinite and Hotta Studio aren't letting mobile-and-PC MMO Tower of Fantasy rest on its laurels: It's already gunning for the game's first big...

PlanetSide 2’s lead designer confirms a slower cadence of content updates through the rest of the year

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The year 2022 is about halfway over with, and Michael "Wrel" Henderson, the lead designer of PlanetSide 2, is taking stock of what's to...
Ultimate pens.

DC Universe Online posts its fall development update and previews the Sins of Black Adam

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Do you absolutely hate events in DC Universe Online? If so, we've got some bad news for you: You're going to get more of...

EVE Online announces November expansion called Uprising

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Whether you're a bittervet or a starry-eyed noob, every EVE Online player's ears are going to perk up a bit today at the news...

Lost Ark preps server merges and massive quality-of-life tweaks for today’s (eventual) update

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As New World is busy adding new servers, its Amazon-published sibling Lost Ark is closing them: In part of what should've been this morning's...

New World plans three new servers to manage queues, revives Instanced Wars

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If you've been back in New World the last week or two, you know it's been beset by one of the best worst problems...

Old School RuneScape takes in feedback for quest speedrunning worlds

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Last week, Jagex shared a rundown of how quest speedrunning worlds in Old School RuneScape would work, which in turn has brought forth some...

Elite Dangerous’ plans for console to PC transfer are still on track while the ‘Thargoid death star’ increases speed

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This week's Discovery Scanner digest from Elite: Dangerous has some potentially good news for console players looking to move to the PC version. Testing...

Guild Wars 2’s S1E4, Tower of Nightmares, returns on September 13

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The resurrection and renewal of Guild Wars 2's original living world season continues next week with the revival of episode four next week. It's...
Good, well-thought-out plans.

Last Oasis outlines changes to map rarity coming to the game very soon

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At the start of the newest Last Oasis season, one of the big changes was a revision to make the game more PvE-friendly and...

Chimeraland promises to improve localization, smooth its power level curve, and add cross-server matching

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Our time in Chimeraland for Choose My Adventure was wild and wooly indeed, but also one that could benefit from a lot of refinement....

Legends of Aria details its upcoming jail system, heralds it as ‘the first ever metaverse prison’

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Now that the Kickstarted Legends of Aria has gone all-in on the ultimately superfluous integration of the blockchain, the game is further lauding a...

The Wagadu Chronicles shows off some new cultural accessories arriving in its September 12 alpha test

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The second alpha test for sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is set to start in less than a week, bringing with it farming, new...

Profane casts spotlights on character skins and volumetric clouds

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The FFA PvP sandbox MMO Profane is once again pouring out fresh new Twitter threads for followers of the project, this time casting another...

War Thunder showcases Drone Age’s new jet and prettier explosions, marks V-J Day in an event

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The Drone Age update arriving to War Thunder is obviously going to bring drones to the battlefield, but that's not all that's coming. For...
Splithats.

Old School RuneScape outlines another series of tweaks to the Tombs of Amascut

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Old School RuneScape's recently released Tombs of Amascut raid has reportedly been getting a lot of player feedback and requests for adjustments, and while...

NetEase’s Harry Potter Magic Awakened TCG shares a video preview of gameplay features

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At the beginning of this year we reported on the reveal of Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a mobile MMOTCG from NetEase, Warner Bros., and...

World of Warcraft Classic reconsiders earlier proposed changes to Wrath’s Ulduar raid

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The devs and community council members of WoW Classic addressed several matters related to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion earlier in...
That's not an altar. But it is altered.

Path of Exile mulls over player feedback and outlines another series of gameplay adjustments

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Grinding Gear Games is once again in the news for a similar headline: the fixing of Path of Exile and retooling of various systems...

ArcheAge Unchained’s new fresh start server won’t time-gate progression

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We're just two weeks out from the launch of ArcheAge Unchained's new fresh start server now, and Kakao is finally explaining just what to...