Previews

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Aion Classic’s Korean version teases a new anime-inspired martial arts class

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If anime blood -- rich, ruby-red, and prone to geysering -- runs in your veins, then you may perk up to hear that the...

Star Citizen’s second day of CitizenCon shows updates to character creation, FPS gameplay, flight, and frontier locations

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With day two of CitizenCon now closed, everything that's currently in the works for Star Citizen has been shared by CIG, and we're here...

ARK Survival Ascended still has no release date, but it will have a photo mode

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Who needs a solid calendar date for your dinosaur survival sandbox when you can instead have a confirmed photo mode? That's part of the...

Destiny 2 announces Halloween contests, outlines plans to make Sparrows faster in Season 23

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The weekly Destiny 2 newsletter is less about major updates and more about its Festival of the Lost event, as it continues to mark...

Star Citizen shows off new ships and offers vague details of ship release timing

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When CitizenCon has a panel called Talking Ship, you can pretty much guess what's going to be on the table. The various vehicles in...

Star Citizen demonstrates new visual effects, destructible items, server updates, and engineering gameplay

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The opening presentation of CitizenCon has recently wrapped up, offering up a wide assortment of tech-focused updates and at least one gameplay feature that...

War Thunder’s Kings of Battle update brings the big guns with new self-propelled artillery vehicles

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The devastation and suppression that well-placed artillery fire is capable of on a battlefield is definitely something that can't be understated. It's this impact...
Coarse air.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival London reveals: Viper, zones, and Echoes of Vana’diel

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It's time for more reveals for the Final Fantasy XIV fans in the audience as the London Fan Festival has begun, and that means...

Pax Dei demos its extensive character creator in new video as players await alpha date

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Mainframe Industries isn't telling us when Pax Dei's alpha is coming, but it is talking about something today: YOUR FACE. OK, really it's your character's...

Overwatch 2 outlines upcoming character balancing, promises more ways to acquire popular skins

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Season 7 is well and truly underway in Overwatch 2, which means that the developers are taking a look at player feedback and metrics...

Tarisland is overhauling everything from dungeon difficulty to class roles ahead of November CBT

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Tencent's Tarisland has another dev post on the official site today with an update on how the team is revising PvE ahead of the...

EVE Online explains what Havoc’s pirate faction gameplay will look like in latest video

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If the lore and design-centered video for Havoc out of EVE Online left you underwhelmed, then you might be more interested in the newest...
I miss when official sites just saved things as JPGs, like this new AVIF format isn't just annoying.

The Elder Scrolls Online previews update 40’s group finder and combo crafting stations

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When Update 40 arrives in The Elder Scrolls Online later this month, players are going to have an easier time grouping up with the...

Lord of the Rings Online opens the Corsairs of Umbar expansion for player testing

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The first round of public testing for next month's Lord of the Rings Online expansion popped up on the Bullroarer test server yesterday as...
Leafy bits.

World of Warcraft previews the mechanics and rewards of upcoming Emerald Dream events

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If you're excited to head to the Emerald Dream in World of Warcraft but aren't excited to have a whole lot of growing stuff...

Star Wars The Old Republic players return to Ord Mantell in 7.4 Chains of the Dark

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The BioWare-turned-Broadsword team has finally taken the wraps off Star Wars The Old Republic's 7.4 update, dubbed Chains in the Dark. According to the...
Lies! Lies and chicanery!

The Elder Scrolls Online shows off the rewards of the Endless Archive mode

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The latest preview of The Elder Scrolls Online's Endless Archive reveals that the name itself is a dirty dirty lie. Why? Because it's all...

Old School RuneScape previews its next wave survival activity, reruns last year’s Halloween event

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Old School RuneScape is once again bursting at the seams with all sorts of news and updates, from future plans to current events and...
Whatever, dude.

Throne & Liberty promises to show off more of its launch content on November 2

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It feels safe enough to say that Throne & Liberty has not precisely lit the world on fire yet, especially with some less-than-enthusiastic reception...

Sea of Thieves elaborates on the Season 10 guilds feature coming to its FFA PvP High Seas mode

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Readers will recall that Season 10 of Sea of Thieves will effectively bisect the game into two parts, with an extremely limited PvE Safer...