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As reported earlier, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is going to be having a pre-alpha 5 "shakeout" test next weekend between September 5th and 6th, but before that, the devs at Visionary Realms wanted to offer a look at just what testers will be getting in to. The shakeout region will be a greyboxed version of Thronefast, meaning that much...

Dungeons and Dragons Online's newest race is going through the paces on the test server right now, which means that before long, players will have another option for the MMO's already robust character creation screen. Shifters might best be described as half-hearted werewolves that can spec to be tanks or casters, depending on the player's whim. "Shifters are a basic...

Cinematic trailers are all well and good, but when it comes to getting a handle on how a title actually functions, there's nothing quite like a gameplay video to establish expectations. At Gamescom this week, Dual Universe is pulling out the stops to get noticed for its innovative design, and it's this design that you can see at work...

Yes, you saw that right, and if you play Final Fantasy XIV, you're probably excited. New housing day arrives when patch 5.35 does, and it brings with it three new wards for each of the housing districts. This might sound like it's not a whole lot, but that's three new wards with three subdivisions each across four districts, which...

A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both had poop-related names. At the end of the match, after my husband's team had lost and the poop team had won, the pair of them cheerfully shouted, "YEAH, GET POOPED ON!" Definitely bizarre and a...

So long werewolves, hello sky pirates! Or, should we say, crocodiles! Massively OP's MJ and her D&D crew are embarking on their next Neverwinter adventure: Pirates' Skyhold. And yes, they have to take a flying ship to get there. (But no, they can't pilot their own!) Giant humanoid crocs await their arrival, and not in a welcoming-your-new-neighbors kind of...

A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in were all over the map. Some people avoid games that trigger their various addictions; others avoid games that take up too much time, or require too much mousing, or demand voice input, or feature content...

You don't get too far in business without having aspirations, I suppose, and CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson is certainly not lacking for those for his studio. In an interview with Newsweek, Petursson talks about how both the company and EVE Online have grown, how the pandemic has affected business, and the general growth of Iceland's games industry. At one...

The Elder Scrolls Online is apparently going to celebrate the Imperial City of the game's fiction by having people fight Daedra and one another. That's kind of a weird way to celebrate things, but it's not weird enough to stop the creation of a special event that offers extra rewards for taking Imperial City-themed challenges on. Between September 3rd and...

My favorite part of any game is the part where I'm shown in a spreadsheet how crappy I am compared to everyone else I'm playing with. It's just the best feeling. However, if you're someone who is already inured to that information and you happen to play ArcheAge a lot, then you might be interested in signing up for...