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GDC 2018: Games can help humanity, be profitable, and get support from gamers
Games alone won't make the world better. They won't even make gamers better. We publish some articles that certainly seem pretty pro-games, but we're...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar launches for real (March 30, 2018)
Did it happen? Are the rumors true? Yes, my friends, Shroud of the Avatar is actually launched now. The game has launched. Which probably...
Worlds Adrift adds 300 brand-new player-made islands to its early access build
Last week, the Worlds Adrift team asked you to break its servers. You didn't. But you did give them a thorough test, which pushes...
GDC 2018: Exploring SpatialOS with Improbable CCO Bill Roper
SpatialOS: You've probably been seeing this name pop up more and more in the MMO sphere. Worlds Adrift, Mavericks, Fractured, Seed, MetaWorld, and Identity are just some of the titles we've...
Twitch Prime members get tons of TERA console freebies
With the headstart live for its console edition, TERA is drawing all sorts of attention to its big monsters and bigger action. So how...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
Shroud of the Avatar officially launches today
The sun is rising over New Britannia today with the official release of Shroud of the Avatar. While the game has been in a...
TERA’s console edition launches April 3, with headstart beginning tomorrow
Action-combat MMORPG TERA's on the way to console following its weekend beta rounds, and as of today, it has a shiny new date for...
Camelot Unchained rescues lost souls trapped underground
In one of the quieter weeks for Camelot Unchained as of late, the dev team nevertheless made progress toward this July's beta test.
Among the...
The Game Archaeologist: Shattered Galaxy
War. War never ends. Especially if it was designed and encouraged to wage forever.
One of the most popular computer gaming genres of the late...
Betawatch: A Bless Online-ed event (March 23, 2018)
After all of the false starts, delays, and dearths of information, we finally know the truth this week. Bless Online is coming to early...
Dauntless continues to refine its user interface to balance form and function
As Dauntless pushes through beta and toward launch, the team is hard at work refining its user interface to strike that critical balance between...
Ship of Heroes’ map is ‘larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes’
If you're a City of Heroes fan - or any kind of superhero fan - then you're gonna want to check out the brand-new...
Sea of Thieves says 5000 people logging in per minute – 1M users total – are why the servers are struggling
No MMORPG player will be surprised to hear that Sea of Thieves' biggest problem right now is that too many people are wanting to...
Trion plans Defiance 2050 closed beta for April – here’s how to sign up
Defiance players itching to give the game's reinvention as Defiance 2050 a spin are going to get that chance in April.
"We’re thrilled to announce...
Bless Online interview: On soft launch, monetization, classes – and no lockboxes
Earlier today, we posted up Bless Online's new trailer and big news: That's it's launching on Steam early access as a buy-to-play title this coming...
Magic: The Gathering Arena moves into the next phase of its closed beta
Wizards of the Coast's most famous card game continues to prepare its newest multiplayer version for public consumption. This Thursday, Magic: The Gathering Arena...
Legends of Aria is pushing out a quality-of-life patch ahead of PAX East
The next big patch for Legends of Aria does not signal the start of the next beta phase. Instead, it signals moving to a...
Here’s when Sea of Thieves officially launches around the globe
Ahoy and avast and all that, pirate peeps. Are you ready for Sea of Thieves' official launch? If you're in Australia, you're already in....
Camelot Unchained works on crafting and building prototypes
Building blocks and baby steps: This is the approach that Camelot Unchained is taking in developing some of its key systems for the upcoming...