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Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s S1 reboot with episode 5, The Battle for Lion’s Arch
It's finally here! The most memorable, most important part of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1 story. The moment we've all been waiting...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with double XP and concurrency record attempt
Rogue Planet Games is marking 10 years of PlanetSide 2 in a couple of ways. There's the upcoming November update, an attempt to break...
Star Stable calls Halloween’s soul shards a way to give players the power of choice, but fans largely disagree
Last month, the online horse game Star Stable was among the many MMOs that held a Halloween event that added a bunch of spooky...
Ilysia showcases a variety of visual upgrades as development focuses on the beta build
Last month we took a moment to check in on Ilysia, the VR MMO being developed by Team 21 Studio, as it recently talked...
Path of Exile elaborates on the punishing handicaps that December’s Ruthless mode applies
Last week Grinding Gear Games had expounded on, among other things, a new name and initial details for Path of Exile's new hard mode...
Netflix acquires cozy game dev studio Spry Fox, which promises work on non-violent MMO will continue
Last January we had gotten word that developer Spry Fox, the studio behind cozy games like Road Not Taken and Cozy Grove, was working...
The MOP Up: ARK’s ultimate survival edition lands on Switch
Everyone's favorite prehistoric survival simulator is making a big splash on the Nintendo Switch this week. ARK: Survival Evolved's base game is becoming available...
New World recaps recent game development, releases Nightveil event creation blog
You've probably heard a lot about how New World has changed (or maybe you've even read about it here), but if you're still not...
Guild Wars 2 makes public the principles guiding its current balance philosophy
Whether fans of Guild Wars 2 are curious about what ArenaNet is thinking when it makes balance changes or are looking for a cherry-picked...
Dual Universe plans new talents and updated tools in future patches, offers free sub time for sick CSGO clips
Yes, we know that the intersection of CSGO and Dual Universe doesn't seem like one that should be; we'll get to that in a...
Star Citizen reiterates anti-bigotry policy in response to toxic fan feedback on rainbow ship paint
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium is once again having to tap the sign at its more unruly members of the community. A forum thread...
OrbusVR hosts its fourth harvest festival this month, prepares another chaos realm for late November
OrbusVR might be flying under the wider MMO radar, but it most certainly is continuing to fly if the game's last dev blog is...
Neverwinter revamps its Temple of the Spider for its upcoming Northdark Reaches module
How do you feel about giving spiders a more comfortable home? What about absolutely massive spiders that are worshiped by some sort of insane...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Firesong DLC zone was inspired by Olmec, Moai, and Anatolian art
So, you've scored yourself a free Firesong DLC thanks to The Elder Scrolls Online's community challenge - what are you actually getting out of...
VR MMO Ilysia shares footage and development updates from its second alpha test
Let's take a moment to look back in on the progress of Ilysia, shall we? As a refresher, this is a Kickstarted VR MMORPG...
Blizzard discusses Overwatch 2 launch balance and season two hero adjustments
With the chaos of its launch (hopefully?) now behind it, Overwatch 2 is ready to talk about the future - or at least the...
Magic the Gathering Online details the last leg of its transition to Daybreak next week
I'm betting folks have forgotten all about this by now, but last December, Daybreak and Wizards of the Coast announced that Daybreak would be...
Massively on the Go: Comms failures exacerbated Pokemon Go’s underwhelming raid day
Almost one year ago, the Pokemon GOÂ community rallied around #PokemonNO, a movement spawned from players who knew #HearUsNiantic would fall on deaf ears. Well,...
New World discusses fresh start character slots and servers, proposes territory management overhaul
Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement that New World will launch fresh start servers on November 2nd, Amazon reps have been dropping useful...
Last Oasis promises map adjustments and PvP content, ponders whether it should have PvE at all
Season 5 of Last Oasis was originally meant to bring a PvE focus - albeit a "brutal" one - but it looks like the...
