New Games

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First impressions: New World has the foundation of what could be a great game

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Like a lot of people, I've been hotly anticipating Amazon's New World, one of the first truly big name new MMOs we've seen in...

The Stream Team: Dual Universe’s NDA is down, and we’re going in!

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Massively OP's MJ has been waiting for the day she can finally take ya'll for a spin in the big Landmark-esque space sandbox Dual...

Google Stadia is getting an exclusive Bomberman battle royale game on September 1

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If you thought that stuffing Tetris into the battle royale subgenre was wild, then you ain't seen nothin' yet. Say hello to Super Bomberman...

Monster Hunter World is coming to a tabletop near you with an in-development board game

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Tabletop game developer Steamforged Games is seeking to condense the sensation of playing Monster Hunter World into board game form with the perfectly named...

The Stream Team: Journeying into New World’s preview event

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We can show you New World Is it shining? Shimmering? Splendid? Tell us, viewers, now when did You last watch a game to decide? A whole New World A...

Supremacy 1 is a new mobile and browser MMORTS coming to Steam

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August has seen another new mobile MMO launch, this one a strategy MMO Supremacy 1914 spinoff called just Supremacy 1, which developer Bytro says...

Multiplayer shooter Frostpoint VR is plotting a closed beta beginning next week

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Somehow we've not covered Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds yet even in passing, so with its closed beta beginning next week, now's a good time....
Leaving port.

Did Amazon just sign on to be Lost Ark’s western publisher?

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Last night, Amazon announced that it's signed on to an exclusive publishing agreement in North America and Europe with Smilegate, specifically to publish a...

Gloria Victis Siege’s free prologue version is live on Steam

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Back in March, Black Eye Games surprised Gloria Victis players and everyone else by announcing Gloria Victis: Siege, a survival and resource management game...

EVE Echoes approaches 20K reviews, drops patch, and adds notifications to your watch

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So how is EVE Echoes doing out in the wild? It's hard to know hard numbers from CCP and Netease, but since its launch...

Jagex is publishing a new game, this one a ‘multi-format living’ UE4 multiplayer action RPG

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I dunno about you, but I always get a little nervous whenever Jagex announces a new game, given how so many of them have...

Pagan Online rebrands as Pagan: Absent Gods after jettisoning multiplayer

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If it escaped your attention last month, Pagan Online is, well, no longer online. Studio Mad Head said that the multiplayer servers were "not...

Iron Harvest is a multiplayer RTS set in a robot-filled 1920s era, now in open beta

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Developer KING Art Games and publisher Deep Silver have dared to ask, "What if the Polish-Soviet War had robots in it?" That's the general...

EVE Echoes launches early tomorrow morning – here’s how to install it now

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CCP Games and Netease are about to embark on a joint venture that will hopefully do what no other EVE Online spin-off has done...
This was a thing.

Daybreak has acquired Cold Iron Studios and its Alien MMOFPS [Updated]

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We've updated the end of this post with the confirmation and press release; we've left the original reporting intact. For the last year, it seems...

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a team-based PvPvE game of medieval-styled thievery

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Developer Sumo Newcastle and publisher Focus Home Interactive offered up what it hopes is a unique spin on the team-based PvPvE game during the...

Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout’s launch day initially trips and falls, gets back up to big numbers

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This is pretty much a "water is wet" sort of story, especially for those of us who have seen messy MMO and online game...

Rebirth Online makes its early access arrival to Steam

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Steam is now home to another free-to-play MMORPG from our friends in South Korea. This time it's Rebirth Online, which appears to be the...
What.

TERA announces ‘team-based battle mode’ called TERA Battle Arena, launching in 2020

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So here's a press release I wasn't expecting to get in my inbox today: En Masse MMORPG TERA is apparently rolling out a "team-based...
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First impressions: Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout is a battle royale game for people who hate battle royale games

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Is anyone here familiar with Wipeout? It was an obstacle course game show where contestants had to avoid some pretty plush yet hard-hitting goofy...