Previews

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Torchlight Frontiers’ new Railmaster is the most creative class MMOs have seen in years

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CHOO CHOO all aboard the Torchlight Frontiers train. Yep, PWE this afternoon revealed a new class, the Railmaster. Now, I have no idea why...

Sea of Thieves previews fishing and cooking in new Hunter’s Call update trailer

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Avast, mateys, what's that on the horizon? Could it be Sea of Thieves' anniversary update, The Hunter's Call, poised to hit the high seas...
This will probably be fine.

AdventureQuest 3D shares some notes on the design of New Battleon

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So... well, we don't technically know what's going to be happening that will make New Battleon a thing in AdventureQuest 3D. It's probably going...

Villagers & Heroes announces A Tale of Earth and Sea expansion and new Shaman class

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Indie MMO sandbox Villagers & Heroes did not have the best winter, what with the game being hacked and all back in February. But...
Good car, bad game.

Hop behind the wheel of Prince Noctis’s Regalia in Final Fantasy XIV’s latest crossover event

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The latest Final Fantasy XIV collaboration event, A Nocturne for Heroes, is revving up to go live tomorrow. Final Fantasy XV's heroic and totes...

Be one of the first to visit Elsweyr on the Elder Scrolls Online PTS right meow

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Elder Scrolls Online fans were hoping this came sooner rather than later: Elsweyr launched on the Public Test Server! ZeniMax Online Studios has teased...

Dark Age of Camelot tests Patch 1.125D, plans on reclaiming abandoned names

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There is nothing quite as uniquely exciting as when an old favorite MMORPG gets a meaty patch today. This is indeed what is happening...

SWTOR’s Charles Boyd on new gearing and character progression in Onslaught

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Hopefully, you've seen our other coverage of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community cantina that took place this past weekend. If not, you...

Path of Exile plans a melee system rework for June’s 3.7.0 expansion

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One of the biggest endeavors in Path of Exile's recent Synthesis expansion was making massive rebalancing adjustments to the game's spells, and Grinding Gear...

Conan Exiles’ new season pass includes multiple DLC starting with today’s Treasures of Turan

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The elephants are on parade in the new Conan Exiles DLC Treasures of Turan. Sure, it's more than just elephants, but "elephants, rhinoceroses, and...
Diabolic.

Neverwinter previews Undermountain’s randomized expeditions

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Among the myriad new features coming to Neverwinter in its upcoming Undermountain expansion are the new expeditions, which are the subject of the game's...

The Daily Grind: Will you go back to SWTOR for Onslaught?

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This weekend, we covered some pretty exciting news for Star Wars MMO fans: BioWare is launching a massive new expansion for Star Wars The...

Otherland is working on finishing its current storyline after its latest patch

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It's been a few months since we checked in on Otherland - in fact, the last detailed post we did was last November, when...

The Division 2 mops up exploits and announces a PTS in its latest state-of-the-game

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With launch and its first big patch under its belt, The Division 2 team has delivered a state-of-the-game address about what it's doing next. Notably,...
Eyes cream.

World of Warcraft previews the Crucible of Storms raid ahead of its release next week

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Something sinister stirs beneath the Shrine of the Storm, and in World of Warcraft's upcoming Crucible of Storms raid, it will be up to...

Elite Dangerous announces April 23 update with newbie tweaks and new pilot modules

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Frontier has just announced Elite Dangerous' next big update is launching on April 23rd. "As mentioned in the beginning of March, this year's initial updates...

Guild Wars 2: Dragon mounts in War Eternal, living world mini-event, Ritualist outfit datamining, and new short story

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Guild Wars 2 is getting yet another mount: the Skyscale. As detailed by Eurogamer today, what sets this particular dragon (yes, sorry everyone, it's a...

Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks

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Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...

PAX East 2019: Elder Scrolls Online Elsweyr makes playing the bad guy feel very good

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During this year's PAX East, freelance games journalist Sam Prell - you might remember him from his time at Joystiq and GamesRadar - took...

Overwatch announces its upcoming Archives event, Storm Rising, with new lore teasers

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(We've updated the end of this piece with the formal announcement.) The folks at Blizzard have dropped a pair of mysterious Overwatch lore teasers, serving...