Previews

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Star Citizen shows off filthy armor and highlights new AI behaviors in latest video

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If you're going to get into the snow, rain, dust, or mud of a planet in Star Citizen, you'd expect your character's armor to...
Great plan. Hold on there.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about continued development and bringing in more solo players

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It's clear from some of the additions to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 6.1 as well as the direct statements from producer and director Naoki...
Anybody wanna do a mage?

World of Warcraft confirms that all races will be able to be Mages, Priests, and Rogues starting in Dragonflight

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The developers want to work toward a place with World of Warcraft wherein race is not a limiting factor in the class you choose to...

New World’s May update, now on the PTR, addresses PvP and combat tuning

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With just a few days to go in April, you had to know Amazon was getting ready to reveal the bulk of its May...
Carry that water.

Final Fantasy XIV expects lottery data to be fully restored and open again on May 16

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Fixing the housing lottery issues in Final Fantasy XIV was a process that could not be completed in a day. Or two days. Or three...

You can set yourself on fire to get around Fractured’s new temperature mechanics

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MMOs with diurnal cycles - day and night phases - are a dime a dozen. But MMOs where those phases actually matter to gameplay?...
Mister World Orlando Fontaine Warcraft, with a tip of the hat to our commentariat.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will not have a mission table but will have traditional flying

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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is coming. When? Well, Blizzard isn't going to tell you, but one of the points raised during a Twitter roundtable...

Fractured Veil talks up its level streaming tech, improves visuals, sieges, and construction UI

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How can the survival sandbox of Fractured Veil recreate the lush jungle of Hawaii without turning computers into campfires? The answer is level streaming,...
It's not bae any more.

Starbase developer plans a patch next week followed by fewer updates in favor of other projects

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The interstellar building sandbox of Starbase is seeing an update in the next week or so. That news taken on its own is kind...

PlanetSide 2’s roadmap blog teases new Outfit Wars and underwater combat

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Daybreak's Michael "Wrel" Henderson has a new dev blog up for PlanetSide 2 players addressing both ongoing issues the team is managing and progress...
Boredy bored bored.

DC Universe Online brings the Dark Knights episode to Nintendo Switch on April 28

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Poor Nintendo Switch players. You've been forced to sit there and watch while DC Universe Online players on PC got to experience all the...

Prepare for today’s Warframe Angels of the Zariman update with guides, vids, and a housing preview

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Today marks the start of the new Angels of the Zariman update for Warframe on all platforms, and in order to get everyone ready...
Why do we even have that lever?

Lost Ark tweaks Express Mission Event rewards, sees concurrency upturn

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So you started doing the Express Mission Event on Lost Ark but then realized that you had another character who could benefit way more...

MapleStory prepares to celebrate 17 years of operation in the Blooming Forest

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What better place to mark 17 years of being online than entering the lush locale of the Blooming Forest? That's just what MapleStory will...

Halo Infinite’s Season 2 roadmap angers some fans despite explanation of work-life balance

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The next season of Halo Infinite has been promising long-standing fans of the series a lot of features, but the timing of those features...

Dual Universe previews the visual upgrades of the Athena update

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Sure, Dual Universe showed off the visual upgrades coming with the Athena update once before, but this time there's a slightly more comprehensive overview...

The Elder Scrolls Online previews the literal and political landscapes of High Isle’s Systres Archipelago

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Players of Elder Scrolls Online are headed to a land that's completely new to the series' overall fiction when the High Isle chapter arrives...

Lost Ark KR gets new continent and new abyss dungeon on April 27

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For those who follow the content updates of the Korean version of Lost Ark in order to keep abreast of what's eventually headed to...

Blizzard explains why – and how – it’s porting Diablo Immortal to PC

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Earlier today, Blizzard attempt to offset Activision-Blizzard's dismal quarterly financials with the news that Diablo Immortal is launching in June - and on PC...

Neon multiplayer shooter Splatoon 3 previews gameplay ahead of September 9 launch

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It's going to be a few months' worth of waiting, but before you know it, the time to get messy with brightly colored ink...