dev diary
Sci-fi sandbox SpaceCraft confirms multiplayer focus, offers vague closed alpha plans
Last December we were all introduced to SpaceCraft, a sci-fi sandbox about building, exploration, and eventually growing an interstellar trading empire with - or...
Overwatch 2 deep-dives the new Stadium mode arriving with Season 16 on April 22
While there are already lots of team vs. team fights to be had in Overwatch 2, none of them is in a more structured...
Global MapleStory is bringing back its OG lead dev for Classic MapleStory
From our vantage point, the splitting of Global MapleStory from its Korean version a year ago has been more than a success, with multiple...
BitCraft lays out its combat and territory philosophy and its plan to stay ‘resilient to griefing’
Happy Monday! Let's talk about griefing. Specifically, griefing in BitCraft, as studio Clockwork Labs has released a new dev blog on the topic along...
Last Epoch showcases April 17’s new faction, new and reworked skills, and quality-of-life additions
While Last Epoch might have shuffled its next update out of the way in order for Path of Exile 2 to make its bellyflop,...
Overwatch 2 previews Season 16’s new and adjusted perks, prepares to showcase Stadium mode next week
The new season of Overwatch 2 content is slowly building on the horizon, which means that Blizzard is eager to get people excited for...
Stars Reach has wiped its pre-alpha and revamped for a (hopefully) less messy testing experience
You might not expect devs of an MMORPG in testing to be quite this excited to be perpetrating a wipe of the game worlds,...
Ship of Heroes calls attention to its ‘gorgeous’ visuals and how they serve game design as donations reopen
One would expect that a game set in a sci-fi superheroic setting would have a lot of dynamic things to look at, and Ship...
RuneScape releases the Pharaoh’s Folly quest, Old School RuneScape discusses Sailing alpha
It's time once again for RuneScape players to return to the desert and head towards the finale of a quest line that's been ongoing...
Devs promise to ‘finally present’ Chrono Odyssey soon while recapping February testing
A lot of the details for the upcoming Kakao-pubbed MMO Chrono Odyssey have effectively been a collection of drips and drabs from Twitter previews...
Last Oasis marks rising player counts and new gameplay additions during its Season 6 testing
Readers may remember that the all-but-abandoned survival sandbox MMO Last Oasis was roused back from its slumber by developer Donkey Crew at the latter...
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...
