Previews

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Palworld’s latest creature spotlight video focuses on the moon-wielding Selyne

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Generally, if a creature is capable of manipulating something that looks like a crescent moon, it's probably capable of messing you up real good....

Monster Hunter Wilds debuts video previews of game mechanics and the great sword weapon in action

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Early this morning saw a little surprise land in the YouTube subscription feeds of voracious Monster Hunter Wilds fans: a series of three new...

Dune Awakening publishes the first of its planned monthly newsletters

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If there's one complaint that could be leveraged against Dune: Awakening, it's that Funcom isn't exactly generous with information about the survival sandbox MMO,...

Apex Legends Shockwave season adds unlimited revivals, dual-wielding, and a versus bots mode August 6

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The next season for Apex Legends - you know, the battle royale shooter that wanted to double-charge players for battle passes until fans furiously...

Daybreak Games publishes a video of its full panel from San Diego Comic Con

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If you missed the panel that was held by Daybreak Games' multiple studios at this year's San Diego Comic Con, then you're in luck...

Star Wars Galaxies legends teases Jedi Themepark part 2, the Endor revamp, and a chef overhaul

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At the tail end of July, the devs behind rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends released a new dev blog discussing development of the...

Mabinogi’s next update grants players an island village to settle and spruce up

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Nexon is talking up Mabinogi's next update, launching next week: It's the second part of its chapter 8 Winds of Fate release, but don't...
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Old School RuneScape brings back slayer partners after a four-year absence

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It's been four years since Old School RuneScape offered a feature called "slayer partners" that lets duos of players team up to grind out...

Star Citizen takes a look at the space stations, asteroid bases, and FFA PvP of alpha 4.0’s Pyro system

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Star Citizen's weekly video series is now starting to look past alpha 3.24 and towards alpha 4.0, especially the addition of the game's second...

Diablo IV shares patch notes and discusses gameplay adjustments arriving with Season 5

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Diablo IV is practically gushing with information ahead of its upcoming Season 5 launch on August 6th, with Blizzard offering up a developer livestream...

Solarpunk’s July progress report showcases additions to its building system

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Solarpunk is a survival crafting sandbox, so obviously building is going to be a major part of its core gameplay loop, but that feature...

Tower of Fantasy promises more MMO content in the future as it celebrates its second anniversary

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The shared world RPG Tower of Fantasy is going to be celebrating two years of operation this month, which means that players can expect...
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Final Fantasy XIV brings the Moonfire Faire around once more on August 8

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Yo dawg, we heard you like summer celebrations, so we put a summer celebration in your summer vacation in Final Fantasy XIV so you...

Dauntless deep-dives weapon infusion and talent crafting, teases a launch date for Shattered Isles patch soon

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Dauntless has once again put forth a deep dish dev blog about its Shattered Isles patch, continuing its sporadic yet in-depth looks at the...

Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience

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For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...

Ashes of Creation previews its Bard class, announces Alpha Two’s release in October

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It's time to get violently musical in Ashes of Creation, or at least it will be when Alpha Two goes live because the Bard...

Raph Koster on designing and defining Stars Reach: ‘The Tragedy of the Commons is a lie’

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Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is back with a new dev blog on Stars Reach, and it's not about game design pillars this time; it's...

Elite Dangerous confirms Type-8 ship launch and major overhauls to engineering for August 7

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Frontier Developments' monthly livestream once again provided some big news for Elite: Dangerous players, particularly those who have been in the game for a...
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Valheim’s board game incarnation offers a gameplay deep dive

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If you're eagerly awaiting more news about the ongoing development of Valheim the video game, we are sorry to inform you that you will...
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Guild Wars 2 runs down the essentials of Homestead gameplay in the Janthir Wilds

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Your house (in Guild Wars 2) can be a very very very fine house (fine house), with stray cats in the yard. Unlocking them...