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Tower of Fantasy marks a year of operation, opens a new area, and adds a new character August 8

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Tuesday, August 8th, will be a pretty important date for Tower of Fantasy, and not just because that's when it arrives to PlayStation consoles;...

Lost Ark confirms balance adjustments and Aeromancer class are coming with its August patch

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When Lost Ark announced its August updates back in June, most of the announcements were focused on easing the endgame onramp for lower-tier players,...

Star Citizen recaps July work on ships, rat behavior, gameplay features, and skill progression experiments

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The month of August begins, and that means Star Citizen is filing its July update report to keep players abreast of what work has...

Wayfinder previews its player housing, promises neighborhoods in the future

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My favorite part of the rise of cozy MMOs is that even non-cozy MMOs are rushing to highlight their cozy gameplay, and in MMOs,...

Sandbox MMORPG SamuTale maps out visual updates, sailing, shop stall ownership, and PvP protection

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Back in 2016 we first cast a light on SamuTale, an adorable-looking sandbox MMORPG that themed itself around exploring the world as a samurai....
Hmm.

Blizzard posts Diablo IV patch 1.1.1 notes ahead of release on August 8

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To say that the past few weeks have been contentious in the Diablo IV community would be an understatement, but it seems as if...

Tower of Fantasy highlights founder’s pack goodies and the Sector 9 region ahead of August 8 PlayStation launch

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Readers already know that Tower of Fantasy will be making its free-to-play launch on PS4 and PS5 on August 8th (without cross-platform play, much...

Albion Online’s new legendary items will be one-of-a-kind craftables with unique histories

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Albion Online's next big update is already set to be loaded with new content, and Sandbox Interactive is previewing yet another chunk of it...

Aion Classic EU announces 2.0 Storm in Balaurea with new zones, instances, and a level cap bump

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European Aion players, ready your wings, as Gameforge is rolling out Update 2.0: Storm in Balaurea to Aion Classic at some point in what's...
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World of Warcraft promises new class-based sets on the Trading Post, previews August offerings

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What do you think of when you think of Priest in World of Warcraft? Did you say "candles and octopus masks"? Why would you...

Sprawling MMO sandbox BitCraft discusses game scale from player to province

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BitCraft game director Carter Minch has a new dev blog up this week discussing how San Francisco developer Clockwork Labs takes advantage of scale in...

RuneScape shares Necromancy gameplay footage, Old School RuneScape talks forestry

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RuneScape is now one week away from releasing the Necromancy skill, which means that Jagex is shoveling coal into the hype engine as it...

War Thunder details vehicle marker adjustments and bot fighting efforts in latest dev blogs

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Two of the latest dev blogs to come out of War Thunder are extremely game-specific, but then that would make sense, especially for those...

Guild Wars 2 teases Secrets of the Obscure’s new kryptis enemies and rift hunting mechanics

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It's August 1st, which means we're exactly 22 days away from the launch of Guild Wars 2's next expansion as Secrets of the Obscure...

Here’s what to expect in Diablo IV’s August 8 update

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If you missed out on last weekend's Campfire Chat preview of Diablo IV's next update and aren't willing to wait on the full patch...
Everything's on fire.

World of Warcraft Classic gets Hardcore realms on August 24

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Once again, Blizzard has released its "This Week in World of Warcraft" announcement where its biggest news item does not actually release this week....

Lost Skies shows off work on airship engines, character design, floating islands, tools, and puzzles

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If the number of commas used in that headline didn't already clue you in, Bossa Studios' in-development PvE sandbox Lost Skies is hard at...

ARK Survival Ascended finalizes the player-created creature coming to its Aberration map

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The community engagement continues in ARK: Survival Ascended. Readers might remember that Studio Wildcard kicked off a mid-July player-created creature contest that offered a...

Mortal Online 2 shares plans for a network stress test and one final territory control PTR test

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During the latest weekly livestream from Mortal Online 2, Star Vault CEO Henrik Nystrom provided details on another round of testing coming to the...

New World talks about improving performance and DirectX 12 integration in its inaugural newsletter

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The comms continue to rumble forth from New World; just last week, we had a fresh pair of development videos, and over the weekend...

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