Previews

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New World’s cross-world expedition group finder heads to the PTR for testing today

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All right folks, if you wanted the cross-world group finder in New World, it's finally your day... to test it, that is. Amazon announced...

Hearthstone’s Delve into Deepholm mini-set adds new dual-class cards and new minions January 18

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While we might think Hearthstone is possibly in for a boring 2024, that isn't stopping the digital CCG from trying to keep its recently...

Last Epoch offers a deep-dive into the faction-based item trade system arriving in February 21 launch

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Loot. It's one of the big motivators for playing most OARPGs and Last Epoch is certainly no exception, so word that the game is...

Skull and Bones celebrates ‘hundreds of thousands of players’ in closed beta, teases open beta soon

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Whether you believe Ubisoft Singapore or not, the studio is more than happy to toot its horn over Skull and Bones' successful December closed...
Michael Bay palette.

Wisdom of Nym: Dreaming about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.55 during the day-long downtime

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Somehow, the final Endwalker content patch has arrived. All right, maybe you could argue that's just the tiniest bit premature; technically we've still got...

Overwatch 2 considers adding party frames, tank and DPS passive self-heals, and spawn changes in Season 9

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Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is apparently looking to shake things up significantly in Season 9 if his latest dev blog is any indication,...

Blade & Soul NEO Classic showcases more Moonwater Plains visuals and vague faction battle updates

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Previews for Blade & Soul's upcoming NEO Classic server continue to tumble forth from NCsoft, as the devs behind the action MMO are once...

Hi-Rez teases SMITE Year 11’s conquest map updates, new god, and ‘big balance shake-ups’

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While the majority of Hi-Rez's attention is fixed on SMITE sequel SMITE 2, there are still things planned for the original game's Year 11...

Guild Wars 2 shares patch notes for its next balance update, prepares the return of Living World Season 1

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It's both a look to the future and a blast from the past for Guild Wars 2 players, as ArenaNet has posted the initial...
Yeah, we're boned.

MapleStory’s early 2024 roadmap includes server reorganization and a big change to the Beast Tamer

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Joining all of the other MMO roadmaps appearing this month is Nexon's MapleStory, which delivered a preview of its first two updates for Q1...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen admits recent pre-alpha MMORPG testing brought ‘a plethora of glorious data’

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It's often important to be gracious in victory or humble that your knowledge and advice was correct despite it falling upon deaf ears. That...
Please look forward to it. Or don't. Whatever.

Peeking into everything coming in World of Warcraft’s patch 10.2.5 next week

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On January 16th, World of Warcraft's next major patch arrives, and there have already been a few articles previewing the upcoming content. But maybe...
SIRS

Final Fantasy XIV previews its new trial and more additions arriving in patch 6.55

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More Manderville madness. A new trial. A wrap-up of the story. A tying together for the various tribal quests from the expansion. All of...

Multiplayer critter capturing survivalbox Palworld enters early access January 19

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Over the past three years we've been covering the development of Palworld, a multiplayer survival sandbox from developer Pocketpair that was first announced in...
It appears to be... a rock.

World of Warcraft previews the Azerothian Archives arriving in Seeds of Renewal

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Remember when Archaeology was the hip happening new thing in World of Warcraft? That didn't really work out, but the Azerothian Archives content that's...

Dungeons & Dragons Online makes tons of content free or nearly free for the franchise’s 50th birthday

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Freeeeeee stuff! Come getcha free stuff! Free stuff in Dungeons and Dragons Online, that is, because Standing Stone Games has brought back its bonkers...
I'm sad!

Final Fantasy XI’s latest version update accounts for the Vana’Bout event with some apologies

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The preview of the January update for Final Fantasy XI comes with an apology. No, not for the size of the update; by this...

Old School RuneScape releases its first subscriber-only quest for 2024, begins tweaks to Kourend and Varlamore

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It's a new year in Old School RuneScape, and it's being kicked off with the MMORPG's very first quest line. Say hello to Children...

Warhaven’s latest patch delivers 12v12 battle map, Welcome to Hangar

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The second pre-season of the early access PvP battler Warhaven is continuing to rumble forth with more new goodies for players to get in...

Anvil Empires discusses seasons, weather, points of interest, and its next two months of pre-alpha

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Siege Camp is continuing to keep interested players informed of where things are going with its persistent war MMO Anvil Empires, as its eighth...