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World of Warcraft is using new damage formulas in the Battle for Azeroth alpha
It's going to be easy to ignore new formulas in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth for a little while. After all, you're dealing...
Pantropy works to simplify crafting and protect players from offline raids
With $24k out of $94k raised so far, the German mech shooter Pantropy has a long road ahead of it in its Kickstarter campaign.
The...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up our adventures in Project Gorgon
There's a familiar situation to players of tabletop games wherein a sidequest becomes more important than the main quest, and you wind up taking...
Star Citizen’s new $185 Aegis Vulcan support ship is so ugly it’s cute
On this week's episode of Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts bookend segments on the ship pipeline in the game....
Pantheon’s State of the Game touts pre-alpha and Elves
"Pre-alpha."
By far, this is the focus of Pantheon's February state of the game post by Creative Director Chris Perkins, who reports that the testing has...
Crowfall’s latest development stream is all about hello and goodbye
If you missed the most recent development livestream from Crowfall's team, you can watch it now just below. And it's covering a lot of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 157: Lunar Valentines
Justin and Bree discuss Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year in MMOs, Guild Wars 2's latest patch, Camelot Unchained's beta date, WoW's Battle for Azeroth alpha, Closers' launch, Black Desert's unification, and Final Fantasy XIV's population, with mailbag questions on multiple accounts (spoilers: Bree talks about SWG for like three hours) and variety in period MMOs.
Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium reps meet with California Better Business Bureau
Cloud Imperium apparently met with representatives of the Better Business Bureau in California for an "introductory meeting" that the Star Citizen studio described as...
Camelot Unchained’s beta will launch on the 4th of July; we interview Mark Jacobs
You can go ahead and order extra sparklers because you're going to need 'em this July 4th. That's the auspicious day that Camelot Unchained's...
Project Gorgon explains the upcoming changeover to Steam and beta development
It's an exciting time for Project Gorgon as the game heads toward Steam! It's not happening right now, of course; the game will be...
Ashes of Creation shows off 52 minutes of pre-alpha gameplay
Open world dungeons, node tending, and other pre-alpha adventures were all part and parcel of Ashes of Creation's developer livestream last week. The team...
Betawatch: Eco evolves into open beta (February 9, 2018)
At long last, ECO has moved from alpha into beta and Early Access on Steam. Drop a little money on it and you can...
Multiplayer sci-fi sandbox Pantropy has launched its $91K Kickstarter
Last September, we first heard about Pantropy, a "sci-fi faction multiplayer shooter with mechs and focus on building and crafting" and a really cool...
World of Warcraft starts Battle for Azeroth alpha testing
Blizzard is getting prepared.
Blizzard Watch reported that the studio has started World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth alpha testing this week. The test is...
Prosperous Universe expands its team to three, starts to map out the future
It's been a couple of months since we last checked in with Prosperous Universe, the indie economic sandbox set in space. So what has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 156: Downfalls and uprisings
Justin and Bree discuss MMO and MOBA sunsets, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Alganon, DDO, Star Citizen, and Blade & Soul, plus a bit about Ultima Online and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on Guild Wars 2's classes and the state of MMO communities.
ECO jumps into beta and Steam early access
The blocky world simulator ECO has bidden farewell to alpha and moved right into beta today. The beta transition also coincides with the title's...
Dauntless lays out its seven steps to open beta
With a year of alpha and closed beta testing behind it, Dauntless turns to 2018 with an eye toward grander things. Namely, open beta...
The Daily Grind: What would you pay for an MMO subscription in 2018?
Here's something you probably didn't know about Camelot Unchained: Yes, it'll have a sub, but it won't be $15. Mark Jacobs re-confirmed that it'll be...
DayZ is targeting Xbox Game Preview at some point this year
When you think of DayZ these days, you probably don't think of it as the nexus of the survival sandbox popularity rush any longer....