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War Thunder launches Alpha Strike patch with new vehicles, new map, and feature updates
It's another vehicle-filled update for War Thunder. The Alpha Strike patch has introduced dozens of new vehicles for land, sea, and air, headlined by...
Star Citizen provides a close look at character creator updates arriving in alpha 3.23
Character creation in Star Citizen right now is, frankly, awful - a relic of the game's early beginnings that involve a weird secondary molding...
Betawatch: MultiVersus rises from its grave
Everyone was a little suspicious when MultiVersus shut down and promised it would be back again some day, since we were all pretty sure...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts confirms development is moving to a full 1.0 release
Last week, one of the developers of Star Citizen made what looked like a passing few references to "SC 1.0" that seemed to suggest...
Vindictus’ sequel, Defying Fate, has kicked off its pre-alpha test phase
The storied Vindictus franchise enters into a new era this week as its action RPG sequel, Vindictus: Defying Fate, started pre-alpha testing.
Nexon announced that...
Tribes 3 Rivals hits early access, lays out a roadmap through the second quarter
Everything old is new again, or at least old enough to be a throwback while being new enough to engage FPS gamers. That's probably...
SMITE 2 opens founder pack sales with alpha access, skins, and god unlocks
Back in January, Hi-Rez formally announced SMITE 2, a proper sequel rather than an overhaul of the original, with alpha testing this spring and...
Star Citizen finally posts its 2022 fiscal report, acknowledges Squadron 42 can’t be in ‘part finished form’
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has finally shared its homework (albeit very late, which means it's going to face a financial wrist slapping),...
Abyss MMO begins testing on Mac, plans early access for April 18
Abyss aka Abyss Online first caught our attention last summer, when gamers figured out that it was actually a clone of the supposedly satirical NFT...
Besieged by bitcoin bots, BitCraft reiterates that it’s not a crypto or NFT MMO
We've been shaking our head ruefully at BitCraft's name for several years now, as it seemed clear to us that the name could be...
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
Betawatch: Dune Awakening shows off but stays sleeping on a release date
Hey, will you look at that, Dune Awakening finally has some of the forward motion happening! It got gameplay previews! It got film references!...
Vindictus Defying Fate spinoff begins alpha testing limited multiplayer next week
Well, it's not the Vindictus 2 you wanted, but it's something: As we noted earlier this week, Nexon is barreling onward with Vindictus Defying...
Star Citizen highlights alpha 3.23’s updates to FPS reloading, recoil, and aiming
There are a lot of times when players of Star Citizen need to clamber out of their favorite internet spaceship in order to get...
‘Survival crafting MMORPG’ BitCraft plans closed alpha for April 2 – here’s how to sign up
That upcoming MMORPG sandbox BitCraft is heading into closed alpha is not a shock: Clockwork Labs has been teasing it for months. The new...
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 recount February’s efforts while a dev makes a surprising reference to ‘SC 1.0’
It's time once more for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 to turn in their respective book reports and regale followers with February development reports,...
Action MMORPG Vindictus unveils a standalone single-player action RPG Vindictus Defying Fate
Are you a fan of Vindictus enough that you'd be willing to play a standalone single-player title cut from the MMO's cloth? Then you're...
SMITE 2 talks up its new-look conquest mode as it readies for alpha testing this spring
Hi-Rez sub-studio Titan Forge kicked off its 2024 by announcing a sequel to its MOBA, SMITE 2, which would be entering a soft launch...
‘Multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder’ Aska readies another closed beta test April 15
Back in 2022 we first reported on Aska, a self-described "multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder" from Romanian indie Sand Sailor Studio that sees players...
Star Citizen provides a close look at the interior of the Idris capital ship
Last weekend, Star Citizen challenged its players to wrest control of an Idris capital ship from developers in a special in-game event, which was...
