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Tarisland opens a dedicated pre-registration website with milestones and quests

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Do you wish to pre-order Tarisland on the Windows? No, we're not making a joke or a typo, that's what the official dedicated pre-registration...

Warframe’s time-bending Protea Prime lands on all platforms May 1 as it readies its next devstream

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The prime access Frame that's on offer in Warframe is about to cycle once again: The time-manipulating, gadget-flinging character Protea is confirmed to be...

Past Fate projects early access launch sometime in the third or fourth quarter of this year

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Currently, the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate is in a closed alpha state (except for when it deigns to run open alpha tests). It would...
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Final Fantasy XIV promises an updated Dawntrail benchmark to improve character creation lighting and fix issues

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While lots of players were very happy to have the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail benchmark this past Sunday, there was some discontent. Odd lighting...

Overwatch 2 ties its mythic skin shop to monetization as it focuses on the impact of ‘unapproved peripherals’

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When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge...

Fallout 76 begins the first phase of public testing for its Skyline Valley update

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What does a nuclear apocalypse do to a place like Shenandoah National Park? Fallout 76 players are now able to find out -- at...
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WoW Factor: The strange excitement split for World of Warcraft’s The War Within

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There's an interesting aspect I've observed about World of Warcraft as we slowly creep toward the release of The War Within. No one who...

Star Citizen pushes back alpha 3.23’s new hangars and cargo missions, adds in water physics instead

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For the past several weeks, Star Citizen has been talking up the features of its upcoming alpha 3.23, often calling it one of the...

Neverwinter runs down Adventures in Wildspace’s upcoming battle pass and its ‘spill-over XP’ feature

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Since 2021, Neverwinter has been trying to do new things with the battle pass model, and now it's looking to try out a new...

V Rising demos its new Dracula-themed endgame zone, Ruins of Mortium

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Vampire survival sandbox V Rising continues its efforts to drum up hype as it seems certain to lap Valheim when it fully releases on...
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World of Warcraft shows off the ways that Warbands will share currency, items, and reputations

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Your Warband is going to share everything. Clothes, money, social standing, even boyfriends. That's the big takeaway from the new entry on Warbands from...

RuneScape cancels summer event in favor of permanent content, OSRS tweaks undead pirates and more

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Summer is cancelled. No, we're not just saying that because we don't handle the heat very well; we're saying that the large new summer...

The Quinfall will let you dress up your horse and have a hornet for a pet

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Gameplay videos are continuing to spill out from Quinfall, this time granting curious players a look at the current pet and mount systems that...

Gaijin’s ocean adventure MMO Age of Water delays early access a week

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Gaijin's seafaring survival MMO Age of Water was intended to rolled into the smooth ocean of early access tomorrow, but it's choppy waters instead,...

Neverwinter previews Adventures in Wildspace’s new dungeon, heroic encounters, and more

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Following a worrying bit of silence and slower development on Neverwinter's front, it's certainly good to see that a huge module is heading our...

Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’

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One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...

Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update

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The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...
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Abyss is open now for playtesting ahead of its early access launch, delayed to May 7

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It wasn't all that long ago that the PvP MMORPG Abyss promised it was going to open testing for free ahead of the game's...

Tarisland answers player questions about classes and PvE features

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Fans of Tarisland are still left waiting and wondering when "official release" is going to happen, so to kill the time between now and...

Siege Camp’s Anvil Empires plans a four-day alpha this weekend – here’s how to sign up

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Foxhole studio Siege Camp is gearing up for another major test for its sandbox MMORPG Anvil Empires (as compared to all of its minor...