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Stars Reach hits $650K in crowdfunding and unlocks a construction overhaul for player builders
As I type this, there's just about a day left to go on the Stars Reach Kickstarter, which obviously will fund as it's pulled...
Stars Reach adds procedural creature variance, combat updates, and new mining tweaks in latest build
Stars Reach has put forth another update to its pre-alpha, and this one has some pretty impactful additions that players will want to know...
MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach previews its procedural planet generation tech
When Stars Reach says that it's capable of generating infinite worlds, that's not really meant to be taken literally; it's just a word that...
Diablo Immortal’s 2025 roadmap promises Writhing Wilds next week and a new class this summer
NetEase might be pulling back in other corners of the global market, but it's apparently full-speed ahead on its Blizzard Diablo Immortal collaboration, as...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds’ latest episode, Repentance
Repent! For the penultimate update to Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds expansion is at hand!
We are at the midpoint of this expansion's continuing story...
Tibia’s first test of its upcoming new Monk is termed a rousing success with a new test scheduled March 18
Tibia surprised its playerbase with the introduction of its first new class in 25 years in the form of the Monk, and with the...
Stars Reach passes $550K on Kickstarter and unlocks a detailed guild alliance system
The Stars Reach Kickstarter continues to climb since its debut last week, as Playable Worlds has now pulled in over $550,000 from players eager...
‘Infinite’ sandbox MMO DreamWorld unveils a gameplay trailer and runs an open playtest until March 16
Four years ago we first started covering Kickstarted game DreamWorld, a so-called "infinite sandbox MMO" that made some sky-high promises and hung its hat...
Once Human unveils big plans for account-wide unlocks and long-term scenario servers
If you hear the name NetEase, you probably think Marvel Rivals these days, but the company has a huge number of other titles still...
The Quinfall promises better comms, dupe rollbacks, and avoidance of wipes as it adds a new anti-cheat
It's been a pretty bumpy ride through early access for survival sandbox MMO The Quinfall, particularly in recent weeks when a coin duping exploit...
Stars Reach teases adorable retro bug people for its newly unlocked species
As we noted yesterday, when Stars Reach crossed the $500,000 crowdfunding threshhold on Kickstarter, players effectively unlocked the pre-launch (rather than post-launch) addition of...
Whatever happened to Minecraft-esque multiplayer sandbox Hytale?
Who here recalls Hytale? We first started reporting on this one back in 2018 and have seen it pop up on the wider radar...
EVE Online elaborates on planned tweaks to mining as Fanfest tickets have officially sold out
To hear it from CCP Games itself - and likely from its playerbase - mining in EVE Online isn't in a really good place...
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...
Anvil Empires highlights player signs and armor racks, shows off a siege between pre-alpha testers
The most recent dev blog from Anvil Empires is once more about some pretty specific additions to its test build, and while things like...
Bossa Studios’ multiplayer PvE airship sandbox Lost Skies launches its demo on Steam ahead of schedule
Last month, Bossa Studios promised that the demo for its airship-centric survival sandbox Lost Skies would release its demo as part of Steam Next...
Lost Ark teases the Wildsoul class, updates booster events, and limits bussing and spam
Amazon's latest dev blog for Lost Ark is a melange of info, starting with news that the studio plans to properly support the upcoming...
Voxel-y survival RPG SkyVerse highlights biomes, combat, and co-op as it prepares to open a Kickstarter
Last year we first reported on SkyVerse, a voxel boxy survival sandbox from developer Enjoy Studio and publisher Bohemia Interactive that invites players to...
EVE Online talks up recent updates to its internet spaceship user experience
EVE Online, at a brass tacks and arguably reductive level, is a PvP gankbox where internet spaceships are thrown at one another because massive...
Pax Dei outlines its building revamp with an eye toward accessibility and consistency
Mainframe's sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is back with yet another Discord dev blog today, this one homing in on homes - well, more specifically,...
