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Corepunk devs answer 20 questions about NPC swearing, lack of item durability, and more
Artificial Core's top-down fantasy/sci-fi hybrid emerged this week to follow up on the lengthy profession (and gameplay) video that the studio put out last...
Second Life plans to launch a beta for its new mobile viewer later this year
Linden Lab is bringing a Unity-based mobile viewer to its long-running virtual world Second Life, according to a preview the company posted last weekend.
"This...
Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia will finally enter beta in April after extensive codebase rewrite
It's been a hot minute since we checked in on Ilysia, the VR MMORPG that was Kickstarted to the tune of $159,000 back in...
Mad World drops new teaser video, touts sale of founder packs with headstart
Brace yourselves, folks: Jandisoft issued a press release this morning touting the release of a 15-second teaser video for Mad World. Actually, I think...
Diablo IV adds additional details regarding PC specs, early download timing, and beta content
As the beta tests for Diablo IV loom large, Blizzard has made yet another update to its initial beta announcement to share additional details...
Betawatch: Wayfinder offers little peeks behind the NDA
What is Wayfinder? Where is Wayfinder? Why is Wayfinder? These questions... mostly do not make sense. But there are some answers to perhaps less...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Swordsman X Survival, Legend of Lunia, and X8
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's random and recurring roundup of a few MMOs you've never heard of! Maybe you've heard of some of them. You're...
Escape from Tarkov names-and-shames thousands of cheaters in a Google doc
Ah, welcome to Friday evening, folks, and a video game doing a little bit o' name-and-shame on some dastardly cheaters.
The game is multiplayer shooter...
Capcom confirms open beta and launch for Exoprimal, release of Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak to Xbox and PlayStation
Yesterday saw a pretty interesting livestream come out of Capcom - a Capcom Spotlight, if you will - which was full of game announcements,...
Interview: The Wayfinder team on group size, customization, monetization, and more
Perhaps you're interested in Wayfinder because you like the idea of a small-group dungeon-running game published by Digital Extremes. (The studio made another game...
Blizzard is handing out Diablo IV early beta access in exchange for eating Kentucky Fried Chicken
File this one along with the other weird gaming promos we've seen this week: Blizzard is partnering with Kentucky Fried Chicken aka KFC to...
Wayfinder, still wrapped in NDAs, drops new trailer ahead of PAX demo and panel
As part of its press promo yesterday, Airship Syndicate dropped a new video for Wayfinder, its upcoming PvE-centric multiplayer shooter, and yes, there's a...
Lord of the Rings Online wraps up another leg of update 35 testing with revamp of The Last Homely House
Even as the spring festival begins today, Lord of the Rings Online's devs are back on Bullroarer testing update 35: The Return to Carn...
Albion Online’s latest patch tweaks Crystal League’s ruleset and buffs quarterstaffs
Albion Online's latest update to its Beyond the Veil arc is not going to knock anyone's socks off with its depth, but it does...
Blizzard commissioned artists to paint an entire chapel with Diablo IV’s gothic art
Blizzard is chugging along the train tracks to Diablo IV's beta this month with a drop of several new trailers and a new AMA...
AQ3D dev Artix drops new trailer for AdventureQuest Worlds Infinity, launching beta this year
Last year, we caught wind of a new project out of AdventureQuest developer Artix Entertainment, a new version of the game called AdventureQuest Worlds...
Ashfall provides a brief peek at its crafting system and some of the high-level items players can make
The NetEase post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall is back once more with another quickie dev blog that's all about crafting. Or at least a short...
Betawatch: Blue Protocol projects tests and releases its benchmark
Blue Protocol has released its benchmark and character creator! This is not a drill, people. If you are unsure of what to do, well,...
Mad World is on track to launch ‘before June,’ isn’t worried about Diablo IV
Mad World has been cooking for a long time; it was originally intended to launch in 2018, then 2020, then 2022. "We are 99.9%...
Chronicles of Elyria boss justifies website rebuilding, communication, and re-opening the Discord
Last month, Soulbound Studios' Jeromy Walsh wrote another long-form address discussing the merging of design documents for Kingdoms of Elyria and its erstwhile (i.e.,...
