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Destiny 2’s Guardian Games event will give everyone a sweet hoverboard March 5

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The Guardian Games event in Destiny 2 is about a lot of things - medals, bragging rights, friendly competition - but this year's event...

Star Citizen provides a close look at the interior of the Idris capital ship

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Last weekend, Star Citizen challenged its players to wrest control of an Idris capital ship from developers in a special in-game event, which was...
Sure, you get a nod this year.

RuneScape offers a deep-dive into its latest general combat improvements arriving March 4

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When RuneScape put out its Necromancy skill, it did so alongside some specific combat updates that were so well-received by the playerbase that gamers...

Genshin Impact brings a new character and potion shop management in March 13 update

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The spring season brings a lot of things - flowers, rain, allergies for some folks - but we're not sure managing an alchemical potion...

Pax Dei marks the first anniversary of its reveal with more screenshots of items, building pieces, and lighting

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The non-stop JPEG party that is Pax Dei's Discord continues on once again as developer Mainframe Industries is using the occasion of the one...

BitCraft talks up gameplay features and progress for its upcoming closed alpha test

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BitCraft is inching ever closer to its first closed alpha testing round, and that means that the studio is back on its dev blog...

Tower of Fantasy launches its new Evangelion crossover content March 12

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Soon, the worlds of Evangelion and Tower of Fantasy will cross over into one another for a mecha-piloting, angel-punching good time. Update 3.7: Evangelion...

Ship of Heroes demonstrates how its character creator can be used to convey personal stories

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When it comes to superheroes, you can generally get a lot of information from the costume they wear - it's a big part of...

New World grants a close look at Season of the Guardian’s gamepad features

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How does New World work when using a gamepad as a control input? Well, you can either wait for the Season of the Guardian...

Diablo IV reveals a new non-linear fixed dungeon called The Gauntlet, coming next week

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Last night's Campfire Chat stream for Diablo IV saw the Blizzard team reveal The Gauntlet, a "fixed non-linear Dungeon that will pit players of...

Old School RuneScape shares additional details of undead pirates’ arrival to the Wilderness

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The Wilderness zone of Old School RuneScape is looking to get a little more wild and smell a lot more like zombies and sea...

Runes of Magic celebrates 15 years with ‘festive artillery’ minigame as it revises 2024 update plans

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Happy 15th birthday, Runes of Magic! Runewaker's Gameforge-published MMORPG is hosting a party for its players to mark the western version's new milestone by...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen marks progress on pet system, combat, visuals, and March 30’s Season 2

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen appears to be trying to exude a renewed sense of vim and vigor in the February producer's letter, which...

Elite Dangerous shares initial details of the upcoming Python Mk II spaceship

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The beginning of February saw Elite Dangerous announce something it hasn't done in literal years: plans for "at least" four new ships, the first...

New World devs on PTR testing, Slayer Script, artifacts, and ‘player vs door’ combat

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New World's upcoming Season of the Guardian is already in the hands of players in the MMO's public test realm, and feedback has been...

Tower of Fantasy kicks off new events and casts another spotlight on new character Yanuo

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Tower of Fantasy players may already have met Yanuo, the new simulacrum that was the headline of last week's update, but that isn't stopping...

Mabinogi opens a new microsite that details the MMO’s upgrade to Unreal Engine 5

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Unreal Engine 5 seems to be the bees knees among game devs, especially those who are looking to upgrade their existing games to the...

ASTRA Knights of Veda finally opens pre-registration March 5 – here’s the new trailer

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We've been keeping half an eyeball on ASTRA Knights of Veda since last year, when publisher HYBE and studio FLINT introduced their 2-D "MORPG"...

Funcom’s Dune Awakening MMO is finally promising trailers and hype as Dune 2 hits theaters

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Throughout the length of the Dune MMORPG's development, it's seemed weird that Funcom and Tencent didn't push harder to link the game more directly...

Black Desert celebrates 55M registered players and €2B revenue since 2014

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It's not every day that we get hard numbers out of MMORPG studios, but Pearl Abyss has brought some big ones for Black Desert...