Betawatch: Age of Water and Bellwright enter early access
For some reason we keep letting games enter early access, and this week saw two more hit that stage of release, with both Age...
Stardew Valley’s latest patch adds more mines, fairies, and fish frenzies
Stardew Valley isn't quite finished perfecting its cozy life sim world. This past week saw the release of Patch 1.6.4, and as usual, the...
Multiplayer medieval brawler Mordhau marks fifth anniversary with April 29 demon attack
The multiplayer PvP-focused medieval brawler Mordhau doesn't often hit our news desk except when it's promising to fight toxicity or when modders transform the...
IGN Live joins a long list of games industry events filling the June E3 hype void
The death of E3 has left quite a spring and summer hype vacuum for the games industry to try to fill - and Geoff...
Roblox game Piñata Smashlings announces collab event with Care Bears in September
We assure you, that headline wasn't generated by some LLM plagiarism dispenser; this was written by an actual human who is here to inform...
Realm of the Mad God begins testing a sweeping ‘Rework’ overhaul
Deca Games' Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go "oh YEAH"...
Destiny 2 outlines changes to character power, grouping, and legacy gear updates for The Final Shape
An expansion's release is generally a time to make some foundational shifts to a game, something that Destiny 2's The Final Shape appears to...
MapleStory gears up for its 19th anniversary, launches MapleStory Worlds in Korea
While MapleStory 2 has become a distant memory for many of us, the MapleStory franchise is still going strong in 2024. In fact, Nexon...
MMO shooter Line of Defense confirms a switch to UE5, lets former early access buyers set up private servers
It's been almost another four years since Derek Smart last talked about his efforts to resurrect the MMO shooter Line of Defense, but this...
Star Citizen brings new race tracks and a first look at engineering to alpha 3.23’s Arena Commander
While many of the reveals shared by Star Citizen for alpha 3.23 have been focused on the persistent universe portion of the game, the...
Escape from Tarkov causes firestorm by locking PvE mode behind $250 special edition
Battlestate Games has decided that access to a PvE mode for its otherwise PvP-centric shooter Escape from Tarkov is worth a whole lot of...
Dune Awakening teases its movable, taxable, base-buildy but cozy player housing
Fans of Funcom's Conan Exiles will eagerly point to the game's building as one of its strongest features, so it's no surprise that the...
LOTRO continues Update 40 testing with underground side quests and bog-guardian shrinkage
Now that Lord of the Rings Online players have spent a half-year getting to know the alleyways and warrens of Umbar Baharbêl, the studio...
V Rising details gameplay waiting in the Ruins of Mortium, Valheim continues its Ashlands test
This is either a tale of two games that start with the letter V, two games that are working on new zones, or two...
Embers Adrift puts a stop to its content compression plans after player feedback
Last week saw Embers Adrift begin testing of a "content compression" adjustment that would see the MMORPG's max level lowered in order to get...
World of Warcraft is retiring the Companion App as it looks forward to the Cataclysm Classic conversion
If you're still salty about being asked this ages ago, don't worry, World of Warcraft fans. Blizzard no longer cares if you have a...
Lost Ark disqualified and punished Thaemine The First race cheaters
File this one under "this is why we can't have nice things": Apparently, some Lost Ark players thought they'd faff around with cheating the...
Elite Dangerous provides an elaborate deep-dive on how Powerplay 2.0’s mechanics and rewards will work
Despite the backdrop of Frontier Developments setting Elite: Dangerous players on fire with talk about cash shop ship bundles, the studio came together for...
As Warcraft turns 30, Blizzard has preemptively canceled BlizzCon for 2024
Well, you can read the headline: There's no BlizzCon this year after all, in spite of the fact that this is Warcraft's 30th anniversary...
Kickstarted MMORPG-turned-TCG Genfanad gives up, will sunset April 30
ArcheAge isn't the only MMORPG announcing a sunset this week: Kickstarter success Genfanad is apparently closing its doors too.
Genfanad is a browser-based nostalgia-driven indie...
