Previews

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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...

Sand is an open-world PvPvE game where players build stompy robot bases to explore an alien planet

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As one poorly directed actor of a sci-fi film noted, sand has a whole bunch of drawbacks including its unpleasant texture and its propensity...

Tencent recaps plan for Tarisland’s game performance, combat hit feel, and fishing

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Tencent is continuing onward with its plan to outline all of its pre-launch changes for Tarisland in the lead up to its next technical...

MultiVersus is adding Jason Vorhees and Agent Smith to its roster

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Back when MultiVersus was at the height of its popularity, we reported on rumors of Beetlejuice and the Wicked Witch coming to the roster,...

Myth of Empires plans to launch region-free PvP season servers starting on May 25

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What's better than a regular server? A season server! Presumably, anyway! PvP-loving players of Myth of Empires who feel that way can look forward...

Destiny 2 shares updates to weapon enhancement and fragment unlock costs coming in The Final Shape

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In case it wasn't really obvious by now, things are going to be changing in Destiny 2: The Final Shape, and this time around...

Vampire survivalbox V Rising fully launches on PS5 June 11 – here’s the new trailer

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If you're a PlayStation player staring mournfully at the formal launch of vampire survivalbox V Rising - and its 1.0 Ruins of Mortium content...
He seems happy.

Wisdom of Nym: What we learned about Final Fantasy XIV’s Viper, Pictomancer, and job updates from the live letter

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We do not yet know as much as you think about how the Final Fantasy XIV jobs are going to look in Dawntrail. I...

Corepunk previews deep dish progression systems for its weapons and heroes

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With Corepunk looking to enter early access sometime later this summer, the devs at Artificial Core are keen to share previews of what players...

Redfall’s final update brings offline mode and revamps neighborhood and nest mechanics

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With news that Microsoft is abandoning Redfall (after claims from the megacorp that it wouldn't be doing that), the latest announcement from developer Arkane...

The Quinfall’s latest video preview shows off caravan runs, sky rift world events, and PvP arenas

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The Quinfall is continuing its rollout of video previews as the sandbox inches toward its June closed beta, and this time around Vawraek Technologies...

MultiVersus offers an overview of the all-new PvE mode arriving with its May 28 relaunch

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How exactly does the otherwise PvP-centric platform fighter MultiVersus plan on introducing PvE when it relaunches on May 28th (without adding an arcade mode,...

WoW Classic relives every single Cataclysm patch via video

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One does wonder about the strategic logic of Blizzard activating a highly anticipated "remix" event that repurposes one of World of Warcraft's most beloved...

Lost Skies checks in with progress on island assets, a healing drone, and an autumnal region

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It's time once again for Bossa Studios' Lost Skies to put forth its usual monthly progress report -- its 20th so far -- that...

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis continues its third anniversary and adds more limited-time quests

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May continues to be a month of celebration for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, as this week's patch has continued the MMORPG's third...

DC Universe Online confirms the launch of its Brainiac Returns episode for May 23

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Get ready for the next episode, and we don't mean the classic Dr. Dre tune; we mean the next episode of content coming to...

Lost Ark outlines plan for merging South American region into US East

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Amazon has been talking up a big global merge for Lost Ark for the last few weeks, and now, we're finally getting some hard...

Tencent discusses plans for Tarisland’s experience, raid, class, and energy optimization

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Apparently all we had to do is complain a lil bit about Tarisland going quiet because this week, Tencent has opened the floodgates. Just...

Star Citizen’s current development roadmap tentatively plots alpha 4.0 for the third quarter of this year

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Regular readers and followers of Star Citizen news know that CIG has been promising a "road to 4.0" in recent months -- recall that...