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Path of Exile heralds August’s Trial of the Ancestor league while smirking at Diablo IV
While visions of next year's Path of Exile 2 are swimming in the heads of fans, Grinding Gear Games hopes that they'll spare some...
ExileCon 2023: Previewing Path of Exile 2’s Monk and Sorceress skills
During the sneak peek press preview ahead of ExileCon 2023, Game Director Jonathan Rogers highlighted many different things. So. Many. Things. But in this...
ExileCon 2023: Path of Exile 2 is now a true sequel with a closed beta June 7, 2024
ExileCon 2023 kicked off this evening as Path of Exile fans have gathered both live in New Zealand and in front of screens all...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Las Vegas: Keynote takeaways, Dawntrail, and Xbox X|S
The Final Fantasy XIV fan festival is upon us yet again, and as we all expected, we now know the name of the next...
Hawked is a new team vs. team PvPvE extraction shooter that’s entering PC open beta August 3
Are you ready for another PvPvE extraction shooter to come over the horizon? Whether you are or not, MY.GAMES is rumbling forward with Hawked,...
Survival MMO Dawnlands is set to launch on PC and mobile August 8
Dawnlands first hit our radar last month, when we wondered whether it would fill in the gap while everyone waits for Blue Protocol. As...
Tarisland vows to boost endgame PvP, crafting, and exploration following beta feedback
Tencent's Tarisland devs have descended on Discord again, this time to discuss player beta feedback on the don't-call-it-a-WoW-clone's endgame. The studio says that it...
Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia announces beta 1 starting tomorrow
Readers might recall that Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia has been in alpha since 2021, when it picked up a chunk of investor funding, but...
Pantheon reviews its pre-alpha format, shares in-game screenshots
Still waiting and twiddling your thumbs for the day that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen releases? We get you. Unfortunately, with the game still...
NetEase’s post-apoc MMO Ashfall plans NA PC closed beta August 3rd
When last we checked in on NetEase's post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall, it was running a spring closed beta - and delaying its launch to...
Tarisland might be reconsidering gender-locked classes following beta feedback
Tarisland dropped a big dev burst early this morning buried in its Discord, addressing three key bits of feedback from the recent beta test:...
Betawatch: Wayfinder has found the way to early access in August
Good news, everyone, Wayfinder has found the way. Specifically, it has found the way to charge people for early access ahead of its free-to-play...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO Routes are already problematic and unsafe
Pokemon Go and Niantic by the time you read this, will have launched a new feature: routes. While we covered the event and a...
Cabal Return of Action is an auto-playing mobile version of MMORPG Cabal Online
For over 15 years now, Cabal Online has stayed alive, but now it's headed to mobile devices in the form of Cabal: Return of...
Lord of the Rings Online just offered a first look at the new Hobbit premium housing
Yesterday, Standing Stone Game's senior world designer Matt "Scenario" Elliot was kind enough to spend an hour showing off my next house in Lord...
Palia shares an hour of crafting, gathering, exploring, and multiplayer gameplay footage in livestream
Before you know it, the month of August will be here, which is when the beta testing rounds for Palia will be starting for...
Nightingale recaps its most recent playtest and dishes on future plans
So how did playtesting go for Nightingale during its June event? Well, the latest video from Inflexion Games definitely seems pretty positive, although there's...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Secrets of the Obscure has me concerned for Guild Wars 2’s future
If you haven't picked up on it by now, I really like Guild Wars 2. It is my favorite MMORPG of all time and...
Evercore Heroes struggles to get enough matches going in its paid closed beta
So here's a situation that everyone could see coming. You have a competitive MOBA-like title that you want to put through closed beta testing,...
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite plans a ‘basic online feature’ for a future patch
When will Torchlight Infinite grow the online game it clearly aspires to be? The studio addressed co-op expansion in a recent Q&A, saying, "We...
