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Path of Exile 2 announces couch co-op plus simultaneous PC/console launches and updates

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At last night's PlayStation reveal hoopla, Grinding Gear Games had two announcements for Path of Exile 2 ready and waiting. First, yes, the game...

Digital Extremes’ Soulframe talks prelude testing, character customization, and creepy dogs

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Digital Extremes' Soulframe has been flying under the radar through development the last year or two, to the point that when we gave it...

Skull & Bones adjusts its Season 2 manufactory defense activity and deep-dives the Helm

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Now that Season 2 of Skull & Bones is well underway, it's time for developer Ubisoft to begin the process of making adjustments based...
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Final Fantasy XIV launches its promotional site for Dawntrail – here are all the new pics!

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At the time of this writing, there is less than a month to go until Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, Dawntrail, enters early access....

Ship of Heroes talks raid preferences, its new raid UI, and its animation system overhaul

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If you're following Ship of Heroes' Twitter or official website for updates, you won't find the latest news there, as Heroic Games has focused...

Elite Dangerous introduces its next new ship, the Type-8 cargo hauler

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Space truckers of Elite: Dangerous rejoice because the game's next new ship is for you. Say hello to the Type-8, a new medium-size cargo...

Elder Scrolls Online discusses designing Gold Road’s West Weald zone and new Daedric prince

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We're less than a week away from the Gold Road chapter's arrival to PC players of Elder Scrolls Online, which means that ZeniMax Online...

EVE Online details Equinox’s updates to corporation features and project management

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EVE Online players who either run or belong to a corporation have some things to look forward to when the Equinox update arrives to...

Genshin Impact brings new challenge content and characters June 5, previews Natlan region

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There's a new calendar date for Genshin Impact fans to write down: Wednesday, June 5th. That's when the shared world RPG's latest content update,...

Destiny 2 drops new Final Shape trailer as Steam concurrency is booming

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Do long delays make the heart grow fonder? Maybe not, but they sure do give the video team a lot more time to make...

Guild Wars 2 teases land spears, builds on Secrets of the Obscure’s lessons for next expansion

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But Bree, you say, Guild Wars 2 already has spears. And you're right! Spears as an underwater weapon have been in the game since...

War Thunder makes changes to its 2024 roadmap, talks up new homing missiles arriving with next update

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You might have recalled those air-to-air battles in the movie Independence Day when pilots were calling out "FOX-2" and "FOX-3" when firing missiles. Just...

Whatever happened to pixel art MMORPG Drakantos?

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It's been a few minutes since we checked in on the development of Drakantos, a free-to-play pixel art MMORPG we first covered last fall....

World of Tanks and World of Warships prepare special events to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day

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The month of June is a historically important one, as 80 years ago on June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces stormed the beaches of...
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Current Wayfinder owners can beta test the big Echoes revamp right now

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Yesterday afternoon saw Wayfinder developer Airship Syndicate hold a special livestream (on Twitter of all places) to talk up its upcoming Echoes update. That...
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Final Fantasy XI plans to allow race changes in the future as the second Vana’bout continues successfully

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The target for all players to hit with the second incarnation of the Vana'bout event in Final Fantasy XI was 4 million plaudits. As...

Scars of Honor shares development work on character models, graphics, UI, and its game world

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Beast Burst Entertainment is resolved to keep players up-to-date on its work on the throwback WoW-like MMORPG Scars of Honor, which means that it's...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen provides an in-progress look at the upcoming Summoner class

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Unless you're the sort of person who follows the goings-on of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen creative director Chris "Joppa" Perkins or you didn't...

Destiny 2 outlines Final Shape’s armor and ability updates and a new Pathfinder UI

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Destiny 2 continues to unleash a torrent of hyper-granular details about its Final Shape expansion this week, with dev blogs, weekly newsletter information, and...

Star Citizen debuts the new Ironclad heavy hauler and shares an update on the Polaris capital ship

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The Invictus free-fly event continues to be the focus for Star Citizen, particularly as it's being used as a platform to debut all-new and...