Previews

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Profane shows off some live gameplay in a stream and shares its development progress for June

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The FFA PvP sandbox of Profane is continuing its march through development, all the while keeping followers of the project abreast of what has...

Lost Ark plots summer activities and easier low-tier progression in updates for July and August

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As the summer season rolls forward over the next two months, Amazon Games is planning to provide a little help to Lost Ark players...
We have Clive at home.

Wisdom of Nym: The clues to watch for at Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival

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One of the things I find myself coming back to a lot is how information is only as useful as your ability to digest...

Lord of the Rings Online rethinks its approach to the Lore-master class

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A friendly heads-up for those who play Lord of the Rings Online's Lore-master: Your class is under review by the dev team for some...

Tarisland previews the Barbarian Fighter class and its associated Snow Lion race

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Earlier, Tarisland granted players a closer look at the Mage class and High Elf race, and now it's time for the MMORPG's next class/race...

New World introduces the key characters for July’s Season 2: Blood of the Sands

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New World's Blood of the Sands is rapidly approaching, and in addition to a new reward track, the second season promises a different storyline...

Pax Dei shares pictures of its first dungeon and breaks down gameplay mechanics of its world map

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Last week we plumbed the depths of Pax Dei's FAQ, which provided some extremely in-depth information about many of the game's overall mechanics. This...

Geodia is a top-down pixel art ‘2-D HD’ MMORPG headed to Kickstarter soon

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A new MMO has begun making the rounds on Reddit by the name of Geodia, which promises a pixel art, top down, old-school MMORPG...

Mabinogi is switching to Unreal Engine 5: ‘It is a necessary improvement’

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Hey, do we have any Mabinogi veterans in the house? Considering that this sandbox MMO has been around for 15 years in the West,...
Meh.

WoW Factor: Speculating on compelling future World of Warcraft class specs

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With the release of patch 10.1.5, World of Warcraft's Evokers will become the second class to get a new spec added after its introduction...

Star Citizen runs down some of its upcoming new mission types and changes to ship trespassing

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There was a time when most of the mission-based gameplay out of Star Citizen was focused on players answering others' beacons, but that was...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

Rumor: Guild Wars 2’s next expansion name appears to have leaked thanks to Steam and the USPTO

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Awww, we were hoping the days of Guild Wars 2 leaks were finally past us, but this latest leak - purportedly of the next...
Oh, yeah, things are going super, we lied.

Overwatch 2 discusses hero mastery mode, progression updates, new missions, and Flashpoint PvP mode

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Yesterday saw the Overwatch 2 team come together in a developer broadcast to call attention to the various features scheduled to arrive in the...
It's sort of like compensation.

World of Warcraft previews its time rift antics for patch 10.1.5

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Good news, World of Warcraft time warriors extraordinaire: With the upcoming patch 10.1.5, you will not be going back in time. You will, instead,...

Guild Wars 2’s next fractal launches alongside the class-balance patch on June 27

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So players knew - as long ago as the May roadmap - that Guild Wars 2 was destined for a major class-balancing update come...

Tower of Fantasy launches on PlayStation August 8 (without crossplay)

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Gamers already likely knew Tower of Fantasy was destined for PlayStation, largely because Hotta Studio has already loudly complained about Perfect World's stewardship of...

Valve is eliminating Dota 2 battle passes because almost nobody was buying them

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A common refrain that's used to fight against unwanted monetization is "speak with your wallet" - ie don't buy a thing you dislike. That...

Lost Ark’s new battle pass has launched a fancy dress and fluffy pets

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The next battle pass coming to ARPG Lost Ark is both fancy and fluffy, and it's arrived to the game as of this morning with...

Overwatch 2 talks about Season 5’s upcoming game modes, battle pass tweaks, and correcting ‘stomps’

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Overwatch 2's director Aaron Keller is back once again with another dev blog, and as one might expect, it's primarily focused around the recently...

ARK Survival Ascended highlights the sand-swimming Fasolasuchus and narrows down community critters

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Now that ARK: Survival Evolved has gotten its final content drop, Studio Wildcard's ongoing Community Crunch newsletter is solely focused on the Unreal Engine...

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