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Black Desert’s Corsair awakens with swashbuckling otter crewmates on August 11

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The Corsair class of Black Desert already has some pretty neat tricks by all accounts. After all, being able to slice up enemies, call...
Thanks, I hate it.

Destiny 2 outlines changes coming to sandbox PvE in season 15 and Crucible PvP in future seasons

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The devs of Destiny 2 are looking far forward into the future with regard to the shooter's PvE and PvP experiences. In the game's...
These guys!

PSA: Rhino Prime and Nyx Prime return to Warframe on August 10

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The Prime Vault could only hope to contain them for so long. Or something like that. That's probably just a bit more flavor than...

Inside Star Citizen casts a spotlight on a dev, previews bombs, flying while drunk, and a new star system

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The latest episode for Star Citizen's regular video digest is, by its own admission, taking the opportunity to do a little something different as...

Lost Ark KR provides a more in-depth look at the Sorceress class in new video

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While we got a brief look at the Sorceress class that's coming to the Korean version of Lost Ark earlier this year, developer Smilegate...

Guild Wars 2 teases logograms and elite specs as End of Dragons speculation escalates

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Guild Wars 2 players have been busy debating the teases ArenaNet is dropping for End of Dragons. Last week, of course, we got the...

Nexon drops videos and details for Project HP, Project ER, Project Magnum, and more

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Nexon is taking the wraps off of multiple projects this week, and before we leap in, just know that we don't know whether all...

Star Citizen’s July report touches on hospital design, Pyro development, and several unannounced vehicles

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CIG has once again checked in with its regular monthly progress report for Star Citizen's July development, and a great deal of the month...
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Final Fantasy XI prepares a Ramuh-filled update for August

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The developers of Final Fantasy XI really hope you like everyone's best-known avatar of lightning, Ramuh, because he's going to be featured a lot...

SMITE’s next god is Charybdis, the Ceaseless Whirlpool

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I'm actually a bit surprised that it's taken SMITE this long to add this character, particularly since Scylla is already a playable option. Regardless,...
Sounds like trouble.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite previews its soundtrack and difficulty modes

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Beneath the sudden sparks of gunfire, the hissing of something hiding in the dark, and the sound of a team slowly stepping through infested...
Rise of the TREE more like.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen talks limited action sets, traits and dispositions, and other MMO launches

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It's time once more for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's VIP developer roundtable podcast for the month of July. In this episode, Ben Walters...
Looking for more to make a boat work.

Book of Travels teases the groundwork of how cooperative play will work with Endeavours

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It goes without saying that the point of Book of Travels is that you will not be grouping up with other players to descend...

EverQuest II plots Toil and Trouble for next week, teases dinosaur/centaur expansion

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Daybreak's Jenn Chan has surfaced with a letter to the EverQuest II community this week that spills a few beans on the game's next...
Are we good now? Do you love us yet?

Bless Unleashed dev discusses PC version’s release, post-launch content, and cash shop promises in video

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With only a few days left before Bless Unleashed makes its PC debut, Round 8 Studio's head of development Koven Park decided to take...

Wolcen Lords of Mayhem details plans for summons and endgame activities

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With the Arise update of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem already in players' hands, there's perhaps some question on what the multiplayer ARPG has next...

Competitive MMO Lands of Kehliel posts slow but sure progress on its first match

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Do you remember Lands of Kehliel? It first crossed our desk in November of last year, promising a competition-focused open world MMORPG experience where...

SEED dev blogs discuss city building, player testing reactions, and the first version of an economy

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If you were worried that the somewhat sort list suggested by this story's headline meant that there weren't a lot of developer blogs roaring...

Star Wars: The Old Republic offers lore-filled look at Legacy of the Sith’s new planet Manaan

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Fans of KOTOR are already very familiar with the planet Manaan, which is coming in the Legacy of the Sith expansion for Star Wars:...
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Ashes of Creation talks about its next testing steps and previews melee combat adjustments

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Like clockwork, Ashes of Creation is striding into August with its July development update livestream, and also like clockwork, the stream has plenty of...