Previews

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World of Warships previews its crossover with Blue Archive for reasons vague and mysterious

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So World of Warships is crossing over with Blue Archive. Why? What's the connection between a mobile strategy gacha game and a naval battle...

Overwatch 2 banned 500K cheaters ahead of its season 12 launch today

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Overwatch 2's fight against cheaters and bad player behavior continues on, and while it's likely a never-ending war, Blizzard is opening its latest player...
Thank goodness we finally launched.

Skull and Bones outlines keyboard and mouse control updates ahead of its August 22 Steam release

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With Skull and Bones headed to Steam on August 22nd alongside the game's new season, Ubisoft Singapore is taking the opportunity to to improve...
Hey folks.

The First Descendant previews a new sniper, new upgrades, and new Invasion dungeons for Season One

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The first season of content for The First Descendant arrives soon, and it brings with it a new form of dungeon that's sure to...

Monster Hunter Wilds highlights new moves and features of its 14 classic weapons

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If you're a fan of Monster Hunter, then you've no doubt been watching the various weapon preview vignettes that have been coming out of...

Steam visually filters out ‘humorous but unhelpful’ reviews, readies new game description rules for September

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Gamers who updated their Steam desktop app recently may have seen something a little new in their browsing experience: a feature that is visually...

Monster Hunter Now teases new weapon, more monsters, and first anniversary for Season 3

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Time flies when you're looking at your cell phone swinging your finger at giant beasts in Monster Hunter Now. Before you know it, you'll...

Overwatch 2 outlines Season 12’s rank reset, wave respawn, and new drive event coming to competitive play

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The Overwatch 2-playing world is close to the launch of Season 12, and when it does arrive, it will bring a host of updates...

Crimson Desert showcases the White Horn boss battle ahead of its Gamescom demo

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The "open-world action adventure RPG" that is Crimson Desert has been making a lot of noise since Pearl Abyss revealed that it will be...
I made a thing.

The Elder Scrolls Online takes a deep dive behind the scenes of crafting item sets

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Item sets in The Elder Scrolls Online are pretty important if you want to reach your maximum potential in the game, but the creation...

Skull and Bones’ Into the Dragon’s Wake kicks off a new season on August 22

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Just when you finally got your pirate vessel fully insured, along comes a new ship and cannons to blow up your deductible. Yet look...
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World of Warcraft teases the upcoming WoW Variety Show on August 31

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Do you want to go search for scavenger hunt objectives in Khaz Algar? How about watching people try to level up as quickly as...

Genshin Impact 5.0 brings a new nation, new characters, and new traversal forms August 28

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There's a big beefy update headed to Genshin Impact on Wednesday, August 28th. One that's opening up the sixth nation on the game's world...

Amazon and NCsoft delay Throne and Liberty to October 1 for more progression retooling

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Hope you didn't have your heart set on a September 17th launch for Throne and Liberty because Amazon and NCsoft just delayed it again....

Ship of Heroes’ beta now has 30 costume auras for player customization

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Like a lot of folks, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with particle effects. On my superhero toons, I love them; they're...

Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay

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Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...

Destiny 2 readies an 8v8 PvP test, plans adjustments to Xur’s wares, accidentally garbles player names

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If that headline wasn't already a clue, the news coming out of Destiny 2 is a little bit of a cornucopia. A potpourri. A...

Nightingale previews Realms Rebuilt’s story progression and revamped main campaign

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Last week, Tencent's Inflexion Games took the wraps off a major inbound update for Nightingale dubbed Realms Rebuilt. The update, which is essentially the...

RuneScape finally unveils 2024-2025 roadmap – including a ‘new area expansion’ in late 2025

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RuneFest was unfortunately pushed off into next year thanks to circumstances beyond Jagex's control - but the studio has found ways to deliver info...

Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes companions and living settlements will breathe more life into the sandbox

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If there's one thing that many survival games lack, it's life. To me, one of the drawbacks of the survival genre compared to MMORPGs...