Previews

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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...

Shroud of the Avatar execs expand on Slayscape, a procedurally generated battle royale RPG

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Last March we reported on the discovery of Pangaea, a development studio formed by existing execs of Shroud of the Avatar's Catnip Games --...

Palia’s new teaser video hints at housing upgrades and Black Market hotpot

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Earlier this week, Palia studio Singularity 6 teased what's coming in the next patch, but we didn't have full details, and we didn't have...

Nearly 6500 people tried out sandbox MMORPG BitCraft’s last alpha – the next is coming in June

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Following its closed alpha earlier this spring, Clockwork Labs has a new producer letter up how sandbox BitCraft is faring - and where it's...

Temtem offers a closer look at gameplay features and the end of monetization coming in patch 1.7

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The penultimate patch for the critter-catching MMO Temtem is nigh. Crema Games has offered up a sneak peek at patch 1.7, which will herald...

Diablo II Resurrected launches its seventh ladder season today

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There's good news for fans of Diablo II: Resurrected who like blitzing through the OARPG as fast as possible to make it to the...

Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives Gold Road’s Lucent Citadel raid and Mirrormoor Incursions

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A week and a half out from the launch of Gold Road on PC, ZeniMax Online Studios is previewing the big group content en...

Here’s how Star Trek Online’s new gender- and species-swap token will work

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Star Trek Online's Unparalleled update isn't just about new story content and missions: It's also packing a major quality-of-life feature in the form of...

World of Warcraft will finally implement story mode raids starting with The War Within

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It's taken a mighty long time to get here and years upon years of players begging for it, but come this fall, World of...

Puzzle MMO Islands of Insight is getting an offline mode ‘in the coming months’

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Are we witnessing the death of games as a service? Probably not, but we're definitely witnessing the shrinking of a segment of games that...

Tarisland talks up its ‘misc PvE gameplay’ content in latest video

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Many of the previews coming out of Tarisland recently have often pointed to the MMORPG's raiding as the pinnacle (and arguably primary) activity. However,...

EVE Online highlights Equinox’s expansion to custom ship skin tools

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"Vestis virum facit" might be a useful adage when it comes to normal MMORPGs in terms of customizing an outfit, but what if your...

Star Trek Online preps an ‘endless’ Borg gauntlet for next week’s episode

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Antsy starship captains are about to have their hands very full when next week's Unparalleled episode drops into their waiting hands in Star Trek...

Embers Adrift previews new dungeons, new raid, and a beetle creature arriving May 28

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It's said that April showers bring May flowers, but in the case of Embers Adrift, the month of May -- specifically May 28th --...

Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones plans season 2 endgame revamp with two new solo PvE modes

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Last week, we got a bit of a tease from Ubisoft's Skull and Bones as it wound down its first quarterly season of play,...

Legends of Aria Classic lays out massive June overhaul patch, postpones subscription

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Legends of Aria Classic is squarely in the "a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one" tier for 2024 as its original developer...

Palia is prepping an economy patch to smooth out gold generation and skills

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With two major rounds of layoffs and a severely shrunken team - not to mention the fiasco with its beta status - Palia has...

Solarpunk showcases an overhauled merchant platform in its latest development update

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"We wasted a lot of time but Minecraft inspired us." That's the throughline of a recent update blog and the literal title of a...

Tarisland says male mages and female paladins are the next step in gender-unlocking

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We're down to the last of Tencent's announced dev blogs for Tarisland focusing on how the studio has tweaked the game between the last...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure’s final chapter, The Midnight King

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It's strange to say it after just one year, but Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure era is drawing to a close! Don't...