Previews

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MMOARPG Diablo Immortal launches June 2 – the same day its PC open beta begins

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Buried in this morning's frankly disastrous Activision-Blizzard quarterly financial report is some actual good news for gamers (and Blizzard itself, which could use a...
treasure hunting is one step from lockboxes

RuneScape makes controversial Treasure Hunter changes, OSRS previews smithing minigame

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For those who like the lockbox-riddled Treasure Hunter in RuneScape, listen up: There are some more changes coming down the pike next week, intended...

Jagex and Steamforged Games detail the upcoming RuneScape board game and show off some minis

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The board game based on RuneScape is on its way (assuming its Kickstarter works out later this year, anyway), but that doesn't mean publisher...

Ship of Heroes is running a player housing beta test in May – here’s how to play

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Ship of Heroes brings glad tidings this fine Friday: The in-development superhero MMORPG is launching another beta period, this time focused entirely on its...
The Doom Brigade

World of Warcraft Classic interview confirms that there will be no servers for The Burning Crusade Classic at launch

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Was World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade your favorite expansion of all the various updates for World of Warcraft? Were you hoping to be able to...

Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster makes bold promises about his studio’s developing sandbox MMORPG

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Earlier this week we reported on a big cash injection for Raph Koster's Playable Worlds, with the studio raising $25M in Series B funding...
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World of Warcraft answers some player questions about Dragonflight’s revamped talent trees

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Out of the many reveals that World of Warcraft made during its announcement of the Dragonflight expansion, some of the greatest curiosity from players...
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Neverwinter’s ‘Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons’-inspired Dragonslayer module launches this June

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At this afternoon's D&D Direct, Cryptic and Gearbox have revealed that Neverwinter's Dragonslayer is launching in June. Dragonslayer will mark the game's 23rd module...

First impressions of Lost Ark’s new Battle for the Throne of Chaos update

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While I have to admit that my playtime in Lost Ark has waned a bit in light of a bunch of other games capturing...

Profane’s latest reveal zeroes in on a new tameable mount

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Who's that Pokemon? It's not, it's Profane's latest creature feature, the Alyacaw, a new critter that will be in the game and the subject...

Aion NA teases an early May release for 8.2 and its new wardrobe system

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Aion fans in North America are gearing up for the game's next update, 8.2, which is set to launch early next month. What's in...

Allods Online confirms an April 21 release date for Gates of Worlds update

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Allods Online has been talking up its Gates of Worlds update for the past few days, but starting tomorrow, April 21st, players will get...

Phantasy Star Online 2 gets ready to go snowboarding in the summer

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During a livestream earlier this month, SEGA revealed a new region and patch that's coming to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. The region...

Lost Ark deep-dives the Glaivier, addresses lost bonuses and content lockout issues

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With just one day to go before the release of Lost Ark's April update, Amazon has deep-dived the new Glaivier advanced class for the...
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World of Warcraft devs address Dragonflight’s dragon flying limitations, Classic Wrath’s missing LFD

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Yesterday's World of Warcraft reveal stream was kind of a big deal, announcing the next expansion for the retail game in the form of Dragonflight as...

Gala Lab announces a cross-platform version of Flyff, plans registration for a southeast Asia server

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For MMO gamers of a certain age, the name Flyff will possibly conjure a bit of nostalgia, or at least elicit a reaction akin...

Mad World updates its website with more details of game features and shares alpha 6.0 patch notes

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If you've been curious about the MMOARPG Mad World but otherwise have been missing out on the game's previous alpha tests, then we've got...

Lost Ark’s Battle for the Throne of Chaos arrives April 21 – here’s the new trailer

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Amazon dropped a new trailer for Lost Ark this afternoon, and you might have missed it since your eyes were likely glued to a...

Wurm Online offers previews of an exploration update with treasure maps and the ability to play chess in-game

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Looking into the horizon of Wurm Online is soon going to be a gameplay mechanic, as the sandbox MMORPG is looking to introduce exploration...

World of Warcraft’s next expansion is called Dragonflight, WoW Classic Wrath launches this year

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(We're updating with the big announcements at the end of this post.) Today's the day, folks: As promised, Blizzard will be taking the wraps off...