Previews

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Lord of the Rings Online preps Update 39 testing, Dungeons & Dragons Online readies Year of the Dragon

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Standing Stone Games' weekend livestreams for both Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online have both come to pass, and while...

Indie MMO sandbox Fractured Online unveils its Endgame Changer patch coming February 21

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Kickstarted sandbox Fractured has been teasing a big endgame overhaul for a few weeks now, setting the date for February 21st, and now the...

Heckbugs in Love return to voxelbox Trove for Valentine’s Day starting next week

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It warms my heart to think that a lil tiny piece of Defiance lives on in Trove thanks to the game's bizarre Valentine's Day...

NosTale prepares for more Undercity, specialist card tweaks, and possible server merges in the first half of 2024

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Yes, even a smaller MMO like NosTale is kicking out roadmap jams here in the first months of 2024, which makes for a very...

Old School RuneScape adds Desert Treasure II and Scurrius cheevos, previews Varrock and Varlamore rewards

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It's yet another set of granular updates and upcoming content previews for Old School RuneScape, with Jagex bringing new achievements to earn for existing...

Voxlands is a multiplayer boxy blend of FPS, RPG, and survival coming to February’s Steam Next Fest

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It's time once again to take up several sub-genres, toss them in a pot, and whisk until they smooth into a new title. This...

Aion Classic EU confirms Executioner class, new instances, and level cap raise for the first half of 2024

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The roadmap bug continues to proliferate across our genre, as Aion Classic EU shared its own 2024 roadmap last month in snazzy video format,...

Skull & Bones’ free open beta begins February 7 – here’s the new trailer and season preview

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Ubisoft is hyping up the free open beta for Skull and Bones, and we have to note right up front that while the devs...

Star Citizen discusses alpha 3.23 EVA updates, lines up multiple events and a new free trial for February

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Star Citizen is a game that's mostly about internet spaceships, but sometimes players need to engage in some extra-vehicular activity, or EVA for short....

ARK Survival Ascended is launching a streamlined way to get player-made items in February and April

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Mod support is already a thing in ARK: Survival Ascended, but the survival sandbox is bringing a little bit more streamlining to the custom...

Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith is launching a spinoff F2P co-op RPG called Zenith Infinite Realms

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Zenith - the Kickstarted VR MMO that has yet to actually produce the PC-centric version promised during that campaign - has been hinting at...
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V Rising will make its full 1.0 release to PlayStation 5 and bring controller support to Steam

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The vampiric player characters of V Rising - and by extension developer Stunlock Studios - are setting forth for brand-new lands, as the studio...

Ashes of Creation showcases how PvP will work for caravan runs in latest preview video

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Last November, Ashes of Creation highlighted the act of moving goods from one place to another in a caravan, which was certainly an illustrative...

Elite Dangerous unveils 2024 plans for powerplay rework, next Thargoid War step, and ‘at least’ four new ships

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The playerbase of Elite Dangerous is waking up to some unique emotions today: a sense of hope and excitement for the spaceship sandbox. That's...
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Final Fantasy XIV sets its annual Valentione’s Event for February 7

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What the world of Etheirys needs is a summer vacation, but that's not happening until Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail arrives this summer. Until then,...

Embers Adrift’s 2024 roadmap promises more solo support and a free trial coming this month

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Embers Adrift's Stormhaven Studios is the latest MMO team to deliver a juicy roadmap - and it's promising "big steps" for the indie title,...

These are the accessibility features Nightingale will – and will not – offer in its early access and stress test build

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"One of our goals with Nightingale is to bring people together and create memorable experiences for players of all backgrounds," opens Inflexion's latest dev...

Survival MMO Age of Water previews hostile NPC factions and boat construction

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On Monday, we dropped a big interview with Gaijin-funded Three Whales Studio, which is aiming to launch its Waterworldish post-apoc oceanfaring survival MMO Age...

Diablo IV’s brand-new lunar new year event, Lunar Awakening, begins February 6

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Diablo IV is joining the long list of online games celebrating lunar new year: On February 6th, Blizzard kicks off Lunar Awakening for the...

Lost Ark’s second anniversary-themed ‘2 Extreme’ update is, obviously, too extreme for you

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It seems wild to me that Lost Ark is already nearing two years old, especially knowing that was only the western launch - it's...