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Betawatch: Star Citizen crunching like it’s 2010
Remember last week how I mentioned that I couldn't muster much in the way of anger toward Throne & Liberty having its whole paid...
Star Citizen recaps its server meshing efforts and outlines future testing plans
It would be easy to assume that the server meshing technology being attempted by Star Citizen has just been spinning its wheels, but evidently...
Ashes of Creation shares a primer of October 25’s Alpha Two and previews the starting city of Lionhold
Ashes of Creation is very clearly excited for the arrival of Alpha Two on Friday, October 25th, as Intrepid Studios began shoveling coal into...
Betawatch: Throne & Liberty is liberated from beta into launch
We are now truly liberated from talking about the Throne & Liberty beta because the game has launched. You might want to point out...
Eternal Tombs ramps up interest for its October pre-alpha test
After a few weeks off, Eternal Tombs' pre-alpha testing is preparing for another run in mid-October. The hardcore MMO with specialized GM-activated events announced...
‘Infinite sandbox MMO’ DreamWorld introduces AI-powered tools as it readies for an October 10 playtest
Do you remember DreamWorld? It came to our attention back in 2021 when its inexperienced developers laid out huge promises as part of its...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile arrives on the PlayStation 5
It's a great week for PlayStation 5 users, as Grinding Gears' acclaimed Path of Exiles finally got its own launch on the console.
"The native...
Betawatch: Pantheon’s December early access launch is not a soft launch
It would be unfair to claim that Pantheon's upcoming early access launch is somehow ambiguous. The developers at Visionary Realms have been very clear...
Star Citizen discusses plans for engineering gameplay in alpha 4.0’s launch and beyond
The spaceships in Star Citizen already have a huge amount of detail, but when alpha 4.0 comes along, that detail is going to get...
Stars Reach’s technical testing provoked emergent landscaping, player creativity, and the lag monster
Playable Worlds - technical designer Light Bates this time, not Raph Koster - has dished out another dev blog on Stars Reach's pre-alpha playtest....
Warframe shares initial details for its upcoming Koumei and the Five Fates update
There's another content update looming on the horizon of Warframe, and Digital Extremes is just itching to tell its players all about it. We...
Star Citizen’s Pirate Week returns with Blockade Runner event, a treasure hunt, and monetized cargo containers
Star Citizen is putting on its best Party City pirate costume and brushing up on its scallywag brogue as the Pirate Week event has...
Star Citizen’s latest purchasable vehicle ignites a firestorm among players
The Star Citizen cash shop has once more become the tinderbox for player rage: The starship sandbox recently launched the Argo ATLS, a single-person...
Betawatch: New World’s Aeternum open beta is finally here
Remember back in the day when New World would just repeatedly go into beta, then the designers would decide to change the entire game...
Soulframe discusses combat tweaks, dungeon updates, and a first pass at cosmetics for its next pre-alpha
The fantastical multiplayer RPG Soulframe is headed towards Prelude 6 - aka its next test build - which is cause for Digital Extremes to...
Raph Koster shows off Stars Reach’s updated world graphics in new footage
When Playable Worlds first fully revealed Stars Reach to the public earlier this summer, the one sticking point with a certain segment of MMO...
Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24.2’s Zeus mk.II ships and multi-function display updates
While Star Citizen is still currently in alpha 3.24 with alpha 3.24.1 looming on the horizon, the sandbox's weekly video digest is looking ahead...
Cozy co-op van life game Outbound just funded on Kickstarter for almost $300K
Now this is the kind of "living in a van down by the river" that I can get behind: Outbound has officially funded on...
Eternal Tombs extends its pre-alpha for another two days or ‘until the wheels fall off’
The self-described hardcore MMORPG Eternal Tombs would very much like people to bum rush its servers and set them aflame. The pre-alpha test that...
Rumor: Star Citizen fans uncover a trademark filed by CIG for a potential third game
The plot is either thickening or getting muddier depending on how one reads this latest bit of news uncovered by Star Citizen fans, as...
