Previews

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Revelation Online is getting a new area, new dungeon, and more this summer in the Demonic War update

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It's not a candy war. It's not a pillow war. It's not a man o' war. It's a Demonic War, and it's arriving to...
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Atlas addresses Armored Docks and other balance issues in its latest Q&A session

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Armored docks in Atlas: Are they a good thing or a bad thing? The latest Q&A acknowledges that the answer is kind of both, and...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Fall of Khazad-dûm raid and update 30 class balancing are now in testing

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Delays are behind it now: Lord of the Rings Online has opened up its test server with update 30 in tow as promised, so...
Imagine.

Magic Legends’ May update adds streamlining, newbie QOL, and monetization changes

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Magic Legends is gearing up for a big beta update tomorrow, but before it drops, Perfect World and Cryptic have posted a dev blog...

GTA Online and Red Dead Online unveil new content updates as GTA Online arrives to PS5 and Xbox X/S on November 11

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Rockstar dropped a big 'ol announcement from the top rope onto fans of both Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online, unveiling some...

Profane talks about the Primordial Elements of Life and Instinct

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Yep, it's another tweet thread from Profane all about its in-development game's systems. This time we have a look at Primordial Elements -- magic...
We still care.

Final Fantasy XI celebrates 19 years and promises new job progression and storage options

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It's been 19 years since Final Fantasy XI first launched, and yet the game is still going strong with an update cadence the envy of...

RuneScape starts spooling hype for the next Elder God Wars chapter, promises to grant wishes soon

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When you wish upon a star in Gielinor, Jagex will eventually hear you. For realsies. That's part of RuneScape's weekly newsletter content, which confirms...

First impressions: Even in beta, New Genesis is the quantum leap forward the aging Phantasy Star Online 2 needed

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Now this… this is more like it. When I was last spending time with Phantasy Star Online 2, I found it to be a fun...

First impressions: Bless Unleashed’s PC beta is just enough of an improvement over the original Bless

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I'm not going to say I've had a great deal of time with the recent PC beta test of Bless Unleashed -- that's why...

Players begin leaking footage of The Division Heartland closed test

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The Division: Heartland, the free-to-play game from the Division IP that was among the reveals that Ubisoft recently announced, has been undergoing a round...

Exclusive: Swords of Legends Online previews its frenetic mass PvP in new video

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The field for new launches, patches, and betas is mighty crowded this spring, and while Swords of Legends Online is one of the newer...

Dauntless adds new radiant monster, opens a new location, and celebrates its ‘Slayerversary’ on May 20

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If you've been following along with the Twitter account of Dauntless, you know that the previews and teasers have been churning out quite a...

Destiny 2 brings back Future War Cult weapons, dates the next Iron Banner, and plans to sell baby Fallen plushies

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The weekly Bungie newsletter is very often a stew of various things, but this week certainly seems more mixed than most as it outlines...
Walking.

Everything we learned from the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Festival 2021

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Update: We've now summarized the event after the intro; the liveblog itself can still be found in the comments. The original intro follows. It's time,...

Star Citizen talks about upcoming capacitor changes and missile operator mode gameplay

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It's time once more to round up Star Citizen's latest weekly development video, which talks about ship-based gameplay updates that are in the pipeline...

City of Titans shares travel power mechanics and video previews

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You will believe a man can fly. At super high speeds. Holy crap, watch out for those trees, my dude. That's some of the...
Rise of the TREE more like.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses Alpha One test features and overall alpha philosophy

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As Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen nears closer to its still-undated Alpha One test, producer Ben Dean and creative director Chris Perkins decided to...
VRAM it in there.

Path of Exile promises more aggressive VRAM engine changes to make for a better game experience

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Who wants to learn how VRAM works today? See, Path of Exile is making some changes to how it utilizes VRAM in terms of resource...

Old School RuneScape announces A Kingdom Divided quest line for June

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The kingdom of Great Kourend is on the brink of discord and possibly worse as implied by an announcement post for the new quest...