Previews

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Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test

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Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...
Popcorn appropriately.

Overwatch 2 plans to discuss PvP gameplay in a livestream on May 20 and host an AMA on May 24

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If you've been worried by the abject silence coming out of Overwatch 2, then your worries may be eased starting later next week. The...

Legion: The Eternal War promises a medieval-style sandbox MMORPG, offers a demo to backers

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Care for another medieval-themed fantasy sandbox MMORPG that's in development? Well you're getting one in the form of Legion: The Eternal War, a new...

Elite Dangerous Odyssey and Horizons PC players won’t be able to share a game session until console launch

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If you have friends who are buying in to the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey expansion and you're going to remain playing in the Horizons base...

Amazon’s New World posts big May alpha update, plans July 6 alpha end

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Amazon's New World is heading into a transition period this summer as the company shifts from alpha to closed beta and then to launch....

Swords of Legends Online previews its first five dungeons in new video drops

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Gameforge has already dropped a ton of trailers for Swords of Legends Online, but today's batch might be the clearest look at what you'll...

Elder Scrolls Online offers Blackwood backstory in a dramatic new lore trailer

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Blizzard might be trying to horn in on its launch window, but Elder Scrolls Online is marching onward anyway with hype for the Blackwood...

Hands-on with Amazon’s New World first expedition, Amrine Excavation

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The funny thing about our ongoing pandemic is that it didn't really change the way video game previews are done. It turns out that...

Here’s how animals in Kingdoms and Chronicles of Elyria will work

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Soulbound Studios is back once again this week with a devblog about the animals of both Chronicles of Elyria and Kingdoms of Elyria, the...

TitanReach shows off more animals, props, weapons, and koblin animations

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The latest development blog out of TitanReach once more is all about showing off 3-D artwork, so at least players of the game's early...

Camelot Unchained shows off lighting, locations, races, and characters holding balls

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Camelot Unchained has put out yet another wrap-up post for the end of April showcasing development work as well as a whole lot of...

Star Citizen outlines the month ahead, addresses radar, plus one fan’s development retrospective

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The merry, merry month of May has a number of events and updates coming up for Star Citizen according to an outline posted on...
Windy!

Blade and Soul’s next major update, Winds of Rage, launches May 12

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There's an angry wind blowing in Blade & Soul with its next major update, Winds of Rage. What does the angry wind bring with it?...

Star Citizen discusses development work on improving radar, scanning, and pinging

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About half of the visual information taken in while flying around in Star Citizen is with your eyes and the other half is done...

EVE Online is declared immortal, draws scientists to its Project Discovery system, reveals a space cult

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There's quite the cocktail of news pieces floating out there in relation to EVE Online as that headline would suggest, so we'll collect them...

Guild Wars 2 deep-dives the what and why of next week’s balance patch

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Earlier this week, Justin and I were noting that the problem with Guild Wars 2 balance patches is that the patch notes are often...

First impressions of Elyon’s western closed beta: Day one and a dungeon run

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I can't believe I'm actually playing Elyon on local servers. People have been excited for this game since it was called Ascent: Infinite Realm, and just...
Risky.

Wakfu introduces Demonic Pacts for open PvP in update 1.72

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Would you take a big bonus to your experience and loot in exchange for the risk of losing all of it? That's the fundamental...

Elder Scrolls Online drops a new companions trailer ahead of next month’s Blackwood launch

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We're less than a month away from the PC launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood chapter, and you know what that means: hype time....

Profane talks about mitigating PvP stagnation, avoiding zergs, and territory control mechanics in an AMA

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Insane Studios, the developers of the upcoming PvP sandbox Profane, arrived to the PC gaming subreddit for an AMA to field a variety of...