Previews

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Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes a whole new game

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If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole...

Star Citizen releases a new launcher and talks about its ongoing Overdrive Initiative missions

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CIG is certainly not the first MMO to unleash an inordinate amount of fanfare for releasing a new game launcher, but even so, there...

Blue Protocol JP unveils the Beat Performer class headed for the MMO April 24

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It's part bard, part hard rock guitarist, and an all-new class for the Japanese version of Blue Protocol. It's the Beat Performer, the headline...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases ships, city structures, and Jedi Themepark Part 2

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Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has dropped its spring newsletter, with a few teases about the future of the game - in...

V Rising teases Dracula, new difficulty modes, and its Castlevania DLC ahead of the May launch

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V Rising is barreling along toward its May 8th launch and 1.0 update with a new landing page that outlines what players can expect...

Palworld unveils plans to release a PvP arena feature sometime this year

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Yes, you read that headline correctly: The PvE-minded co-operative survivalbox that is Palworld is going to be getting a PvP arena, which will let...

Co-op roguelike 33 Immortals debuts new gameplay trailer and announces May 24 closed beta

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Last June one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a co-op action roguelike from Canadian developer Thunder Lotus that...

Donkey Crew sets Bellwright early access for April 23 – still no update for Last Oasis

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Snail Games and Donkey Crew have announced today that they're pushing gritty co-op survival sandbox Bellwright into Steam early access on April 23rd. The...
That's silly. You're silly.

Overwatch 2 talks up ‘wide group’ matchmaking and new leaver penalties, Warcraft Rumble fixes bugs

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While Overwatch 2 and Warcraft Rumble don't have any overlap in terms of gameplay styles, they both have gotten some recent headlines that are...

Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the scribing system arriving with Gold Road

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Probably the most compelling content coming in Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road - and certainly the system that'll stick to the ribs long after...
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Mortal Online 2 tests siege system updates, combat changes, and new mounts in latest PTR

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Evidently, there aren't enough players in Mortal Online 2 who are taking part in the PvP sandbox's siege mechanics, which has led to a...
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World of Warcraft previews the upcoming Mists of Pandaria Remix in patch 10.2.7

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Apparently, the plan for World of Warcraft's content leading up to The War Within is to just make you play classic flashbacks whether you...

Overwatch 2 outlines S10 changes for Wrecking Ball, Venture, Tracer, and more

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Overwatch 2's latest dev blog is unsurprisingly all about Venture, the new geotech hero who happens to be nonbinary. Players got to run with...

League of Legends discusses arena mode, gameplay changes, and a PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode

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Change is a-comin' for several portions of League of Legends, as several devs from Riot Games have come together across multiple blogs and one...

Destiny 2 releases Into the Light and teases The Final Shape with two new trailers

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During its preview stream this afternoon, the Destiny 2 team had two tasks: peel back more layers of The Final Shape and launch Into...
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World of Warcraft brings the Cataclysm Classic pre-expansion patch on April 30

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Do you remember back in the day when you were very excited to have Deathwing blow up a good chunk of World of Warcraft?...

Scars of Honor shares ‘unfiltered’ player impressions and highlights chymera lore

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The WoW-like MMORPG Scars of Honor is continuing to disseminate insight and information out of its February playtest. Followers of the project already heard...

Terraria’s 1.4.5 patch has no ETA – but it has rollerskates

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As we've been covering, multiplayer sandbox Terraria is pushing toward its 1.4.5 launch, the next and probably not really last of its final updates,...

PlanetSide 2 discusses new facility, continued Sunderer tweaks, and its next public test build

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The next several big things coming to PlanetSide 2 have been collected in a newsletter from last week, and they run a pretty wide...

First Impressions: Gigantic Rampage Edition’s classic Clash mode and the game’s overall plans for the future

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I admit that when I was first invited by Gearbox Publishing to get my hands on the resurgent Gigantic, I was mostly awestruck. I...