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Dauntless teases next Escalation and battle pass, previews the Torgadoro monster
While we got an earlier, more broad-strokes look at what's coming next to Dauntless, the development roadmap update is often the location where players...
Riot Games defends Valorant’s Vanguard security driver, offers a $100k bounty to exploit it
Last week, Riot Games unveiled that their in-development competitive FPS Valorant runs an anti-cheat process in the background of player systems, which caused no...
Riot Games talks about the tech that keeps Valorant running smoothly and free of wallhack cheats
Riot Games is all in on making sure Valorant is one of the better-running and protected competitive FPS titles in the industry, and they're...
Book of Travels previews its paper- and card-inspired user interface
One of the selling points of Book of Travels that originally caught my eye way back before its successful Kickstarter last year was its...
Sea of Thieves looks back at updates, events, and crossovers from this past March
If you haven't been following Sea of Thieves too closely this past month, then there's no need to worry; the folks at Rare Ltd....
Last Oasis discusses a new walker, meteor strike events, and solutions for zerging
It looks like there's some new things to play with coming to survival sandbox Last Oasis. A new dev blog posted on the game's...
LOTRO Legendarium: Breaking down LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter
It may be a month or two overdue, but the producer's letter for Lord of the Rings Online finally arrived this week. While we...
Check out Population Zero’s new combat video – and pick up a key for this weekend’s beta
Population Zero is dropping two fun things today for watchers of the MMO survival sandbox: a dev blog all about combat, including a new...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the messiest combat?
I don't like messes. They freak me out. The chaos, the uncertainty, it gets to me. And it's as true in real life as...
Magic Legends’ combat is going to make you ‘think on your feet’
Can Magic Legends take the frenetic pace of action combat and introduce tactics into the mix? Cryptic says that, yes, it can do just...
EVE Online crowns its Champion of Lowsec, posts Pulse video and charity campaign
Last week, EVE Online challenged player alliances and corps to blow up the most stuff possible in the Champions of Lowsec event and offered...
Path of Exile’s latest patch introduces a mid-season nerf to an overpowered notable
So there's a new patch on the way for Path of Exile, and like other updates to this multiplayer ARPG, it's another particularly beefy...
EVE Online details management of the sandbox ecosystem and explains the intention of resource distribution
The one constant in EVE Online is that things are always changing, but sometimes it's not always clear why things are changing. In a...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features
I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...
Torchlight III shows off the Sharpshooter class in new alpha video
Multiplayer not-an-MMO-anymore Torchlight III has a new dev blog and video out today on the Sharpshooter, its very last new class before launch. MMO...
Guild Wars 2 explores player variety and choices in Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire
Not gonna lie, my kids have been begging me for Super Adventure Box all week, and everytime ArenaNet tweets something on the Guild Wars...
SEED elaborates on how and when it will moderate its community
If you're in a sandbox MMO where people are generally meant to work together and your community draws in a pretty varied number of...
Survival MMO Population Zero previews world design and exploration
Need a break from watching the news in horror? Population Zero's dev diary might do the trick. Developer Enplex Games has a new one...
New World details how players will battle the PvE baddies known as The Corrupted
So, you can't just gank everyone you see in New World anymore. That means there's no sense of danger, right? Yeah, not so much....
Book of Travels’ skills aren’t the same-old, same-old
When you think of skills in MMORPGs, you most likely envision combat abilities. Fighting, after all, is 90% of what MMO design seems to...