Previews

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Preview: My Time at Evershine promotes players from cozy townie to ‘adventurous’ town manager

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Pathea Games has something of a "type" when it comes to the game it likes to make. My Time at Portia and the multiplayer-friendly...

Elder Scrolls Online begins testing update 44 – and its new DLC-esque paid companions

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Folks hoping to catch a glimpse of Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 before it launches can do so now thanks to the fact that...

Sea of Thieves outlines more tweaks to the blunderbuss and its general balance strategy for Season 14

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Last month Sea of Thieves promised some adjustments to the blunderbuss weapon, changing its role from an offensive to a defensive tool with the...

MechWarrior Online shifts September patch content into October and readies annual rewards

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What does the third quarter of content updates hold for MechWarrior Online? Well, some bad news, some good news, and some goodies if you've...

Sci-fi strategy MMO OGame readies achievements, seasons, and rankings for its 22nd anniversary in October

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While we don't report on it very often, the browser and mobile sci-fi strategy MMO OGame will be marking its 22nd year of operation...

Corepunk delays beta wipe as combat overhaul is unfinished, talks up the PvP/PvE mode

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Corepunk is back with another update aimed at the now-limited group of people who paid to access to ongoing beta while preorders were still...

Destiny 2 opens up its next dungeon October 11 and highlights latest exotic weapon mission

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Destiny 2 might be looking ahead to its Codename Frontiers release strategy through 2026, but that doesn't mean there aren't things happening in the...

Overwatch 2 discusses upcoming changes to clash mode, dates World of Warcraft skins for September 17

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Season 12 of Overwatch 2 brought plenty of new things last month, and now that we're in the mid-season point of the update, it's...

Tarisland’s lore for Blight Dragon Elegy sure is something

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As Tarisland marches onward toward the extremely Wrath of the Lich King-esque Blight Dragon Elegy and its first proper season, Tencent is continuing to...

Black Desert Console confirms next season server and Dosa class will arrive October 2

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If you're a player of Black Desert Console who has been feeling a little bit neglected, then Pearl Abyss would like to share a...

Soulframe discusses combat tweaks, dungeon updates, and a first pass at cosmetics for its next pre-alpha

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The fantastical multiplayer RPG Soulframe is headed towards Prelude 6 - aka its next test build - which is cause for Digital Extremes to...

Raph Koster shows off Stars Reach’s updated world graphics in new footage

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When Playable Worlds first fully revealed Stars Reach to the public earlier this summer, the one sticking point with a certain segment of MMO...

Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24.2’s Zeus mk.II ships and multi-function display updates

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While Star Citizen is still currently in alpha 3.24 with alpha 3.24.1 looming on the horizon, the sandbox's weekly video digest is looking ahead...

MultiVersus confirms Powerpuff Girls and Nubia as playable characters for Season 3 starting September 17

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Sugar. Spice. All things nice. And a trio of superpowered kids ready to absolutely wallop opponents in MultiVersus. They're the Powerpuff Girls, and they...

Crimson Desert shares about an hour of new gameplay footage as it makes its way to TwitchCon

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Sure, there were plenty of gameplay reveals as part of its Gamescom presence, but that doesn't mean the sneak peeks are over for Crimson...

Last Oasis heralds Season 6’s full-throated return to FFA PvP as it puts out a call for testers

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Last Oasis, the woodpunk survival sandbox that has been in early access for over four years now and appeared to be dismissed by developer...

Black Desert adds new monster zones and new weapons to mobile, shares more Seoul video previews for PC

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Usually when we put out the weekly Black Desert news bundle we start with the PC version of the game. This time around, however,...

Ubisoft confirms offline mode for The Crew 2, The Crew Motorfest during Motorfest’s year 2 reveal

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Ubisoft is celebrating the first anniversary of The Crew Motorfest (aka The Crew 3) by essentially promising not to do it dirty the way...

Elder Scrolls Online’s update 44 promises PvP, companions, and new content, plus TES Castles launches on mobile

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ZeniMax Online Studios took the wraps off Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 last night, showcasing the long-promised new companions and PvP update that the...

Survival MMO Myth of Empires teases its upcoming Persia DLC, due out this year

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We haven't gotten a whole lot of information about Myth of Empires' next DLC, the Persia-themed expansion for the popular survival MMO, but Angela...