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Lost Skies preps its Worlds Adrift-esque island creator tool for a Steam launch next week
Back in the spring of 2023, the studio behind the defunct MMO Worlds Adrift Bossa Games popped back on the scene with a new...
MMO Week in Review: New World’s roadmap, Corepunk’s early access
After weeks of needling, Amazon finally delivered a roadmap for New World this week: The studio is introducing what it's calling "seasonal worlds," the...
Star Citizen reportedly let go of more staff shortly after CitizenCon wrapped up
It would seem as if the shaky Squadron 42 prologue shared during this year's CitizenCon has caused some firings to occur. Or at least...
Betawatch: Corepunk finally launched into early access this week
Are you sufficiently punk at your core? If not, you may not be allowed to play Corepunk because that's kind of the whole thing...
Star Citizen discusses larger adjustments coming to its divisive master modes system
The master modes system that was introduced last May in Star Citizen has, by CIG's own admission, generated mixed reception: Some players like what...
Intrepid Studios says Ashes of Creation’s current build ‘is the worst that Ashes will ever be’
Ashes of Creation has once more provided some gameplay footage from within Alpha Two, only this time the footage is about a side of...
SMITE 2 adds Poseidon, Thor, and Cupid and makes general changes in its latest closed alpha patch
Whether you want to make opponents thunderstruck, lovestruck, or... waterstruck? Splashed? Moistened? Either way, the latest patch for SMITE 2 has added three new...
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
Corepunk has officially launched into early access
Last night, Artificial Core officially launched Corepunk - though not without one final delay to cap off years of them. It's tradition, at this...
EVE Vanguard’s latest test patch includes four new or revamped map variants
Ahead of EVE Vanguard's multi-game promotional event this Thanksgiving weekend, CCP Games has pushed out the latest patch for the in-development EVE Online franchise...
Star Citizen teases the Polaris capital ship release and plans for capital ship combat
In internet spaceship naval warfare, sometimes bigger is better, and it doesn't get too much bigger than the Polaris, the upcoming corvette-class capital ship...
Dungeon hack-and-slasher King of Meat preps a December alpha test
With a name like King of Meat, you can assume that this upcoming game is going to get kind of gory and weird. If...
Ashes of Creation wipes away assets and eliminates over 100 characters over duping incident
One has to wonder exactly what sort of benefit someone would get from trying to use dupes to get ahead in a game that's...
Star Citizen aims to shift spaceship combat focus from time to kill to ‘time to disable’
As of right now, fighting against other ships in Star Citizen generally ends when a ship on either side of the conflict explodes in...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access is almost here
It's almost time: On December 6th, Path of Exile 2 will enter the early access club. Classes: Six. Acts: Three. Endgame: Available. And hopefully...
Multiplayer RTS titles ZeroSpace and Immortal Gates of Pyre plan public tests this weekend
This month, multiplayer RTS ZeroSpace moved from alpha to beta testing, and to celebrate, developer Starlance Studios will throw open the gates for a...
Stars Reach unveils the earliest stages of its player housing homesteading system
Development on Playable Worlds' Star Wars Galaxies-esque MMO sandbox Stars Reach is continuing at an apparently speedy pace: The latest dev blog heralds the...
Star Citizen confirms a full wipe is coming with alpha 4.0 as it readies for tomorrow’s IAE free-fly event
It's been a little while since players of Star Citizen's alpha have seen a full reset to their earnings, items, and progress. That's going...
EVE Vanguard broadens its test pool starting Thanksgiving weekend
If you've been watching from the sidelines throughout CCP Games' testing of EVE Vanguard, then next weekend might be your moment, as the studio...
Whatever happened to multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame?
Do you remember Frozen Flame? It's OK if you forgot because things have been extremely quiet for the multiplayer survival RPG. Readers will remember...
