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EverQuest II’s GU128, Lure of Darkness, begins open testing next week
If you can remember back to January, when Daybreak released full 2025 roadmaps for the EverQuest franchise, you might recall that EverQuest II set...
Betawatch: Pantheon previews primal and possibly problematic PvP
So the Pantheon crew is preparing to add PvP, but the devs are quick to point out that this is raw PvP. So raw...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
Project Gorgon celebrates its seventh year of Steam early access with a gift of explosive love
When I saw the memo on Discord about Project Gorgon's seventh anniversary on Steam, I did a little double-take, as I knew the game...
Last Epoch dials up a huge April update with a new faction, echo type, and mastery respecs
Life is about to get crazy -- in the best of ways -- for time travel ARPG Last Epoch. Eleventh Hour Games announced that...
SMITE 2 introduces Princess Bari and a HUD editing feature in latest open beta patch
Many of the gods added to the playable roster of SMITE 2 have been carryovers from the first MOBA, but the latest update for...
Betawatch: BitCraft prepares for early access in May
We do not hand out an annual award for most unfortunately named MMORPG, but you have to imagine that if we did, BitCraft would...
‘I think we’ve cooked’: MMO sandbox BitCraft prepares for a Steam early access beta
Way back in 2021, we started following an up-and-coming MMORPG sandbox sim called BitCraft that - despite its perhaps inauspicious name - was not...
Brighter Shores says combat updates are on schedule as testing continues
The tuning of combat in Brighter Shores that Fen Research has been talking about for a couple of months is now updating behind the...
Elite Dangerous pauses new colony establishment to address an unspecified ‘important issue’
The first week of system colonization's open beta in Elite: Dangerous has passed, and it's been an extremely active week, with over 8,000 systems...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a WvW update in March and a PvP Push beta in May
Yesterday's full announcement of Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds Repentance chapter came with more than a trailer and date: It also came with a...
Midnight Murder Club unveils new game mode and ‘guest pass edition’ as it eyes March 13 early access
Since last summer we've been keeping an eye on Midnight Murder Club, a hide-and-seek multiplayer FPS that puts players into a dark mansion to...
Monsters & Memories dates its next open playtest for April 11, firms up its early access launch plans
Monsters & Memories has had open test weekends a few times along its development track, so hearing about a new one isn't necessarily a...
Betawatch: Monster Hunter Wilds lands with quite an impact
While I tease our editor-in-chief occasionally about the games that we highlight here in Betawatch, she is not the only person who plays video...
Tickets for Warframe’s first TennoConcert become available March
Every year, Warframe's TennoCon expands, and every year I wonder just how it could possibly get bigger. For 2025, it grows in a very...
The Stream Team: Taking a live look at the open beta of MMO-style dungeon crawler Fellowship
MOP's Chris is once again heading into Fellowship, the multiplayer game all about delving MMO-styled dungeons. He's been here a couple of times before,...
Life is Feudal Arden, the F2P second resurrection of the medieval MMO, enters open beta on Steam
If you get a second chance to make a first impression but that second chance makes the exact same impression as the first, did...
Elite Dangerous plans four more ships, an update for squadrons, and a new feature in 2025 roadmap
The current year looks to be another one where Elite: Dangerous is stepping on the gas. Or considering we're talking about internet spaceships, is...
‘Co-op PvE space adventure’ Jump Ship shifts early access to summer as closed beta rolls on
Do you all remember Jump Ship? It's a self-described "co-op PvE space adventure" for up to four players that lets teams seamlessly fly through...
CipSoft’s PvPvE zombie shooter MMO Persist Online has ‘all core mechanics now implemented’ as it plots its testing course
Last year we heard about Tibia developer CipSoft entering the PvPvE sub-genre with Persist Online, which the studio classed as "a true, old-school MMORPG...
