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From the Depths: World of Warships teases key mechanics changes to subs and aircraft carriers

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World of Warships is a title that seems to be under constant scrutiny for community interactions, aggressive monetization, and the deployment of random mechanics...

PlanetSide 2 is considering everything from class reworks to server merges in 2024

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PlanetSide 2 has had a bit of a rocky year, swinging from the heights of a 20th anniversary of the franchise to the lows...

Fallout 76 is heading to Shenandoah National Park in 2024

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Even as Fallout 76 struts down the boardwalk of its December Atlantic City DLC, the team at Bethesda has its sights set on something...
My old wounds are acting up and stuff.

Star Wars The Old Republic celebrates 12th anniversary, recaps 2023, and teases GU 7.4.1 and 7.5

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It's been a really big year for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so it's a bit conspicuous that the biggest thing that happened to...
Not so much.

Runes of Magic hints at 15th anniversary, its next Timeless Instance, and a drawing-down of minigames

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Runes of Magic has had a good 2023 by Gameforge's reckoning, which is the overall report in a letter from its product manager, who...

Pax Dei ponders a box price with sub monetization balanced with a free trial and possible game time tokens

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Where does the developing sandbox MMO Pax Dei stand on monetization? "Well, we’re sorry to say we haven’t figured it all out —...

Ashes of Creation confirms Alpha Two for third quarter of 2024, shows off the updated Ranger

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It's like Alpha One but with seconds, or at least a number two beside it: Intrepid Studios announced near the end of its most...
hey girl

World of Warcraft 2024 roadmaps herald summer War Within beta and Cataclysm Classic

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We're just about at the end of 2023, and that means World of Warcraft's various server sets are looking forward to what will be...

A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch

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Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...

Black Desert teases work on a ‘next-gen build’ on console and readies succession skills for mobile

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Much of the big news out of Black Desert's Calpheon Ball was about the PC version of the MMORPG - there's the launch of...
The road to big dudes.

Lost Ark’s early 2024 roadmap includes the Breaker class (male Scrapper) in March

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Don't you hate when you're forced to read an entire roadmap for a video game like some kind of animal? Can't someone else do...

Corepunk’s latest NDA-free test round sees mixed reviews, early game complaints, and survival annoyances

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The latest NDA-free alpha test for OARPG Corepunk is almost wrapped up (it ends this Wednesday, December 20th), but already player impressions are a...
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Valheim targets Ashlands for the first half of 2024, shows off foods, plants, and ‘absolutely badass’ armor

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Valheim has posted its final dev blog for 2023, which is once more all about the ongoing Ashlands biome update, and it leads off...

New World outlines a partial roadmap for the first few months of 2024

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Did MOP's Tyler nail his New World predictions laid out in Vitae Aeternum this morning? Well, it's hard to say, as Amazon dropped a...
This is some Michael Bay contrast.

Wisdom of Nym: What I definitely do not want to see in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

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We don't have very long left to go before the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival; there's even a countdown clock on the official...

‘Aquatic adventure MMO’ Age of Water readies an early access release in the first quarter of 2024

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It's been the hottest of minutes since we heard from Age of Water, the self-described "aquatic adventure MMO" set in a flooded post-apocalypse from...

Nightingale’s team ‘flexes’ its creative muscles by adding fishies and grumpy critters

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In its final dev blog of 2023, Victorian realm-hopping sandbox Nightingale hopes to end the year by "flexing" its creative projects and giving all...

Blade & Soul shows off the lighting and visual upgrades of NEO Classic’s Viridian Coast

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A location called the Viridian Coast should be as pretty as it sounds, and while the location in the original Blade & Soul was...

Black Desert reveals new classes, new Land of the Morning Light region, and gameplay adjustments

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This year's Calpheon Ball event for Black Desert promised to be another showcase full of reveals, and it most definitely delivered as Pearl Abyss...

Necrom and EGS propelled nine-year-old Elder Scrolls Online to its highest MAUs since 2015

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ZeniMax Online Studio's Matt Firor has closed out the week with a dispatch for Elder Scrolls Online fans. While talking up ESO's achievements on...