Previews

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New World begins PTR testing of Season of the Guardian and its cooking overhaul today

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It's PTR day over in Amazon's New World, as Season of the Guardian - or some of it, anyway - reaches players' test clients...

Black Desert celebrates anniversaries and Valentine’s Day on PC and console, applies minor updates on mobile

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It's a season of celebration in the console and PC versions of Black Desert this week, as both MMORPGs are marking some specific anniversaries...
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is making companion management a bit easier with its upcoming Patch 6

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It's pretty clear that Baldur's Gate 3 was a hit by any metric, and it is an uncontroversial opinion to say that the game...

Last Epoch outlines February 21 patch, details the Warlock and Falconer classes

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Last Epoch has been absolutely bursting with news, information, and reveals as the OARPG heads for its exit from early access into full launch...

SWTOR teases GU 7.4.1 Building a Foundation’s Copero Stronghold and Date Night romance content

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The BioWare-turned-Broadsword team behind Star Wars The Old Republic is once again heading to Twitch to outline the game's immediate future, which includes GU...

Fractured previews Endgame Changer’s primal energy, enchanting, and potion systems

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Earlier this month, Dynamight Studios announced a big update for early access MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online. The so-called Endgame Changer patch is expected to...
I'm sure it's fine.

Zenith explains how its free-to-play instanced spinoff Infinite Realms uses procedural generation

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So the upcoming free-to-play spinoff title for VR MMORPG Zenith, which was announced at the start of the month, is using procedural generation. How...

Lost Ark is merging all of its NA and SA servers into ‘one enormous region’ this summer

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Smilegate and Amazon apparently have more up their collective sleeve for Lost Ark's second birthday than events and freebies: Last night, Smilegate released a...
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Lord of the Rings Online pushes closer to Update 39’s release as it tests more dungeons

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Could Lord of the Rings Online's Update 39 be coming very soon? It's starting to feel that way, especially as the instance-heavy patch goes...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen answers player questions about its new seasonal update cadence

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With Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen shifting its development method yet again to a six week-long seasonal cadence, players have once more come to...

Tower of Fantasy showcases its frosty spear-swinging new character arriving February 20

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She'll swing a spear around, cast several explosive icy spells, and smile right into your eyes as she does it. She's Yanuo, the latest...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Scions of Ithelia’s Oathsworn Pit dungeon

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Let's do a little vocabulary recap for folks who've forgotten some of the important Elder Scrolls Online terms for 2024, and by folks, I...
Yes, we're all very impressed.

World of Warcraft’s Classic Hardcore mode is bringing in the Self-Found mode on February 29

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Are you all proud of yourself because you reached max level in World of Warcraft? You don't really deserve to be proud of yourself...

Sea of Thieves plans next community weekend and February updates in latest video

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The news digest video series from Sea of Thieves is back with its first episode for this year, and in it fans are getting...

Palworld continues its critter preview videos with a look at the legendary Frostallion

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Depending on how far along you've gotten in Palworld (assuming you're one of the millions playing the survivalbox), you might have already gotten to...

Age of Water outlines how to find fish and highlights a couple of NPC factions

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Did you expect a game called Age of Water to not have fishing? If you did, then let Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales Studio...

New World’s Season of the Guardian teases new trial, cooking revamp, animation buffs, and OPR mounts

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Amazon has taken the veil off New World's Season of the Guardian this afternoon, and it sounds as if it'll have a little bit...

First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre

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Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...

Monsters & Memories shares video footage from its recent ‘Biome Jam’ art dev test

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Earlier this month, Monsters & Memories developer Niche Worlds Cult talked up an art test known as a Biome Jam, which was intended to...

Overwatch 2 previews Season 9 updates to competitive play and characters

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Overwatch 2 has already painted a broad picture of the changes to competitive play due for the shooter's Season 9, but now director Aaron...