Previews

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Torchlight III unveils the new Cursed Captain class arriving with the next update

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Pirates and curses just go together like peanut butter and chocolate, so it's not necessarily a surprise that the Cursed Captain is a thing....

Aion EU’s next update brings back Pangaea, reworks Legion contribution system, and adds a Labyrinth

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As fans of Aion often know, what arrives to the EU version of the game usually is a precursor for the NA version. With...

Grinding Gear Games collects Path of Exile 2 reveals ahead of April 8 livestream, doesn’t see beta until 2022

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As we've reported, this coming Thursday, April 8th, will have a new livestream for Path of Exile, which will showcase a new look at...
Nerfmachine.

MechWarrior Online is bringing a first pass of weapon adjustments in April

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The month of April is going to see continued tweaks to weapons and equipment in MechWarrior Online. That in and of itself isn't too...

Stick and Rudder: Shaky space legs and promising potential in Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey alpha phase one

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Yep. This certainly was an alpha test. For those who are curious, yes, I bought my way in to the Elite Dangerous Odyssey alpha, as did...
Ideation!

Final Fantasy XIV shows off a trailer for patch 5.5, Death Unto Dawn

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The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is not far off at this point, arriving on April 13th, and players can now feast their...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases Bespin creatures coming in the City in the Clouds expansion

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If you're still anxiously awaiting the arrival of Bespin in the Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server, you're going to want to peek into...

Elite Dangerous touches on Odyssey alpha feedback regarding taxis, on-foot NPCs, and mission details

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With the alpha test of Elite: Dangerous Odyssey continuing to press forward, players of the expansion's test build have already provided a lot of...

Camelot Unchained showcases work on alchemy, movement, Ériu updates, and a video of the Verdant Forest

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With the month of April just beginning, there's a lot to look back on in terms of development progress made in March for Camelot...

New World discusses the ‘vision’ behind its alpha dungeons

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"Expeditions" turns out to be a pretty popular concept right about now, but New World's might be a bit different from what you're expecting,...

Elder Scrolls Online drops Blackwood trailer, announces next-gen ‘Console Enhanced’ edition

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Among the most interesting announcements made during today's Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood preview stream was ZeniMax's revelation that it's releasing an "enhanced" edition for...

The Wagadu Chronicles explores jungles, architecture, and more spirits in concept art, showcases new UI

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The developers of The Wagadu Chronicles MMORPG continue to churn out Kickstarter updates, and the latest one features another round of fabulous concept art...
Oh snaps.

World of Warcraft will start testing patch 9.1 soon, unveils a world buff storage device for Classic

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It's been an unusually long time since the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for the game to have not released its first major patch...

Path of Exile’s latest patch improves the game engine in preparation for the Ultimatum expansion

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Path of Exile's engine is getting a little upgrade in patch 3.13.2, promising a variety of improvements like better texture streaming for faster loads,...

RuneScape restores its first wave of accounts and applies combat changes, OSRS talks next steps for equipment balance

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After a March that the devs of Jagex and the fans of RuneScape would likely love to forget, the process of bringing back locked-out...
Fingerblasting, I guess.

Final Fantasy XIV updates the digital fan festival and patch 5.5 sites

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Patch 5.5 is just around the corner for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means more updates to the special preview site for the patch. The...

In-development MMO Profane outlines how dungeons might work in its PvP sandbox

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You'd be forgiven for believing that a PvP sandbox like Profane wouldn't really be big on having dungeons in it, but that doesn't appear...
Big ego.

EVE Online outlines plans for a major manufacturing shakeup in April and beyond

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Some big changes are coming to the industry side of EVE Online starting in April. The current plan is to reorganize and change the requirements...
May I be granted your items?

EverQuest II’s producer talks up incoming events, TLE progression, the PvP server, and GU 117

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Spring is slowly arriving to our hemisphere of the globe. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, pollen counts are rising, and the producer of...

Ashes of Creation discusses the process for combat changes, promises up to eight dungeons for alpha

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This past Friday saw another livestream from the devs of Ashes of Creation and you'll never guess what they were talking about. Go on,...

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