Previews

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PvP sandbox MMO Profane says testing is ‘almost ready’ while showcasing several development updates

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It's been quite some time since we peered in on the development of Profane, the PvP sandbox MMO from Insane Studios. Readers might recall...

Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week

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Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...

Tarisland opens SilverLit Cup guild PvP tourney registrations, previews its Viking-inspired season

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Tencent has dropped several new dev blogs for Tarisland over the last few days, including previews of Blight Dragon Elegy and its PvP tourney. Let's...

Lost Ark confirms Aegir raid’s October 23 launch, elixir and transcendence system updates for September 11

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Lost Ark has a news digest video to share with its players, with Amazon offering up a bit more information concerning some of the...

New World’s latest Aeternum videos spotlight the MMORPG’s settlements, factions, and allies

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New World's cavalcade of videos that direct potential new console players to the game continues, and much like some of the previous episodes, the...

Seven-year-old multiplayer sandbox Astroneer announces its first DLC, Glitchwalkers

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Hey, we did not see this coming, and we're not even mad: Multiplayer space sandbox Astroneer is getting a full-fledged DLC. "Over 7 years and...
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Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer will be on September 28

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The release of Dawntrail is increasingly in the rear view for Final Fantasy XIV players, and that prompts a natural curiosity about the first...

Aion Classic EU’s Dominance update is live today with two endgame PvE instances and a PvP map

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Dominance - aka patch 2.8.5 - is live for the EU version of Aion Classic today. "With Dominance, players who have achieved the new...

World of Warcraft readies The War Within’s Season 1 while WoW Classic tests Rage of the Firelands

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Despite what that goofy demon hunter once said, Blizzard does want you to be prepared for everything that's happening in the World of Warcraft...

War Thunder brings modern Chinese jet fighters and a new French naval tech tree this month

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September not only heralds the unofficial start of autumn (as well as the unofficial beginning of MMO Halloween as MOP's Bree declared earlier this...

MOBA-like battle royale brawler Battle Crush will introduce a solo play mode in next patch

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The tail end of June saw NCsoft unleash its free-to-play MOBA-style battle royale Battle Crush to the early access scene, and while our own...

Tarisland confirms more content, new dungeons, and account-wide items coming in Blight Dragon Elegy

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The Blight Dragon Elegy season is on its way to Tarisland, and it's doing more than just bringing a weird content name: It's also...

Destiny 2 launches a week-long sword celebration September 3 and previews a new pathfinder tree

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"Swords are cool," says Destiny 2 developer Bungie. "So why not honor them with a week-long event?" That's quite literally the rationale granted by...
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Temtem’s final content update gets a release date of September 2 as full focus diverts to Swarm

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The last horizon for the MMO-turned-lite Temtem now has a date. Following an earlier promise for patch 1.8 to land sometime in early September,...

Dune Awakening’s Joel Bylos showcases the MMO’s gameplay beats in post-Gamescom video

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Funcom is once again excited to talk about Dune: Awakening and its big Gamescom arrival as the studio's latest video focused on the sandbox...

Survival sandbox Aloft explains how its all-new momentum system will work

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"Out with the old and in with the new," declares survival sandbox Aloft, as studio Astrolabe's latest dev blog takes a look at the...

Star Citizen highlights Pyro’s factions, AI archetypes, and FFA PvP activities

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After a highlight of one of its spaceship concept artists last week, this week's episode of Star Citizen's video series is back to previewing...

Diablo IV brings back Diablo II’s Runewords for its Vessel of Hatred expansion

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If you heard the earth-shattering rumble of millions of Diablo fans cheering in approval, it's probably because the news came out that Blizzard is...

New World tempts would-be Aeternum players with another landmarks video

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Remember how we lamented that New World is one of the prettiest game worlds in the MMO genre? Well, Amazon is twisting the knife...

Stars Reach previews its pre-alpha cameras and movement, from grappling to sliding

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Raph Koster is back with another set of blogs on his upcoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, this batch focusing on something that seems mundane...