Previews

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Exclusive: Legends of Aria previews its first major content of 2019

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We've had our eye on Legends of Aria since, well, long before it was called Legends of Aria, meaning we've been watching the game...

Latest Sea of Thieves developer update video details arena development progress, teases future updates

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Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate is back again with the weekly development update video, and this week, he's here to talk a...

Elder Scrolls Legends will launch the Isle of Madness expansion January 24

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Elder Scrolls Legends has officially revealed Isle of Madness today after its teasing earlier this week. It's the game's next big story expansion and the...

Tamriel Infinium: What teaser swag tells us about Elder Scrolls Online’s next chapter

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I try to be as authentic as I can be. I believe it makes me more trustworthy as a reporter and reviewer. When a...

MMO battle royale title Mavericks previews its plans for early 2019

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It's been a little while since we last heard from Automaton Games's ambitious open-world battle-royale shooter Mavericks at E3 2018, but it would appear...

Elder Scrolls Online is hyping its next chapter with a clicky Stream

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Stoked for the Elder Scrolls Online chapter announcement next week? Already spoiled, or aiming to stay spoiler-free? Well, Bethsoft's promo right now on Twitch...

Elder Scrolls Legends is revealing Isle of Madness Friday as Chinese alpha begins

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The Elder Scrolls Legends MMOTCG is getting a new content expansion called Isle of Madness! According to the announcement-of-an-announcement, Bethsoft will apparently be revealing...
The most positive statement about anything Daybreak-related I am likely to make all year.

Daybreak’s new video show how it’s retooling classic weapons and vehicles in PlanetSide Arena

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Daybreak's just posted a new video on PlanetSide Arena, this one focusing on the game's vehicles and weapons, and yes, there's plenty of gameplay...

Black Desert is launching a battle royale mode called Shadow Arena as part of a year focused on systems clarity

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Pearl Abyss spent 2018 busy busy busy with its projects, among them Black Desert. To sum all that up and tease the future, Executive...

Star Trek Online introduces account-based progression for its 9th anniversary

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Stuck at the max level without anything meaningful to do in the notoriously slow-to-update Star Trek Online? Cryptic is introducing a whole new account-wide...

Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes shows off group combat and shopping

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Ship of Heroes just keeps on churning out the content videos! This week's entry in Heroic Games' long list of previews (26 videos and...

Ultima Online announces a year of high seas content, starting with publish 104: Rising Tide

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A week ago, I finally sat down and cleaned out my ancient Ultima Online account, picking up a thousand items from my house and...

Elder Scrolls Online plans chapter reveal for January 15 as dataminers suss out our next province

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We'll be hiding spoilers in spoiler code for this piece, so don't panic. But maybe skip the comments if you want to stay unspoiled!...
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Legends of Aria previews upcoming content in first developer’s letter of 2019

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In-development sandbox MMO Legends of Aria has high hopes for 2019, if the year's first letter from Project Lead Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann is anything...

Phase two of MapleStory 2’s Skybound expansion will go live on January 10th

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Last month, MapleStory 2 introduced the first part of its Skybound expansion, which introduced a slew of new content, including the new Soul Binder...

RuneScape previews mining and smithing overhaul, a new elite dungeon, and more early-2019 plans

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Now that the new year is officially here, the folks at Jagex have decided to release a new video to give RuneScape players a...

Fallen Earth team vows to rebuild the game — which could involve a ‘complete reboot’

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Is it sad or inspiring that a game like Fallen Earth gets more direct developer communication than many larger and more mainstream MMOs? Either...

Bethsoft promises player vending for Fallout 76 players in its 2019 resolutions

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If you're exhausted of watching Fallout 76 flail around, maybe point your eyeballs at Bethesda's clear attempt to turn the corner here in the...
Caw! Polly is no longer the apex predator!

Atlas struggles to right a ship that is carrying thousands of hopeful players as the global pirate war begins

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If you predicted that Atlas' launch would be a hot mess, then give yourself a hearty pat on the back (and, really, join the...

Conan Exiles recaps 2018, talks plans for dungeons, The Purge, and thrall AI

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The folks at Funcom have released the latest Conan Exiles newsletter -- the last of 2018, in fact -- and as is the custom...