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Diablo III, Ark, and Warframe all climb on Raptr’s August stats

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Raptr's monthly stat summaries remain the best possible way to track the popularity of games among the people who actually use Raptr. And it's...

CSE is creating 30 classes for Camelot Unchained

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Camelot Unchained's current plans are to create a whopping 30 classes for the game, which means a heck of a lot of reveals over...

TERA secures new publisher for Taiwan and Hong Kong

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Last month we reported that TERA's server in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau was on a date with a shutdown come November due to...
It mean this.

Now you can watch 7 minutes of pre-alpha Crowfall PvP

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How about some Crowfall PvP footage? No, it's not from one of ArtCraft's ubiquitous dev blogs, but rather from a YouTube user who captured nearly seven minutes...

Shroud of the Avatar’s release 22 ‘feels like a turning point’

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Shroud of the Avatar's Release 22 is scheduled for tomorrow, and whoa does it boast a lot of stuff. Producer Starr Long has penned...

Here are a few more gameplay vids from the Bless beta

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Steparu has published another look at this week's Bless Korean beta test. This time around, he tackles a flying tour and reveals that the...

EverQuest II’s upcoming expansion has a preview event

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You may have heard about EverQuest II's next expansion. While we don't have full details yet, Daybreak has come up with a preview event called Sundered...

Exploring RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds with Trion Worlds

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Coming "really, really soon" to RIFT is the MMO's fourth major update of the year, Into the Wilds. Patch 3.4 is so big, in fact,...
Looks fishy to me.

Catch a flythrough of the two new regions in Aion’s next update

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The 4.8 update for Aion in Europe is adding in new regions to the game, and the fact is that they're just a little...
Like this, but with slightly better lines, hopefully.

Star Trek Online is giving players the chance to design a ship

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The look of ships in Star Trek Online is a big deal; you spend a lot of time flying about in the ships, after...
Sir, we've brought your baggage.

Guild Wars 2 designers tinker with the Scrapper

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None of the elite specializations in Guild Wars 2 has been received wholly without comment or objection, and the Scrapper is no exception. Designer...

Pay for your Hobbit’s needs in LOTRO with Subway gift cards

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A revised Lord of the Rings Online cash shop is coming soon to the game with many improvements, not the least of which will be...

WildStar: Reloaded beta now open to all

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There's no longer a bouncer at the doors of WildStar's free-to-play beta test, as Carbine has removed the need for a key to access...
How am I supposed to remember you if you won't let me forget?

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gets a new website and new team members

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It would be fair to say that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has had something a checkered development history, but it seems to be...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Devil’s Gambit update is live

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Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 28: The Devil's Gambit heralds dark times for the game's setting, as a demonic horde invades Eberron's Stormreach. Today's Update 28 contains...

RIFT paves the way to the Planetouched Wilds

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RIFT's world is getting a little bigger with its upcoming patch 3.4. Trion Worlds posted a preview recently of the game's newest zone: Planetouched...

You can tame pets in Bless, but they won’t fight for you

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Bless appears to have a pretty cool creature companion system, assuming that you enjoy catching most of a title's monsters and then domesticating them for...

The H1Z1 Invitational’s prize purse is $173,320

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Did you know that the total prize pool for the H1Z1 Invitational is $173,320? I didn't either, but then again, I didn't even know...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a full TwitchCon schedule

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TwitchCon 2015 is cranking up this Friday and Saturday in San Francisco, and you'd better believe that Guild Wars 2 will be there in...

World of Warships readies Soviet tech tree

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The Soviet armada will debut in World of Warships on October 19th. Wargaming is adding a full destroyer line, including Izyaslav, Gnevny, and Tashken,...