dev diary
New World’s PvP seasonal worlds and season 7 launch January 21
At the end of November, Amazon finally released a roadmap for New World, revealing its plan to launch the PvP-themed season 7 early in...
Blizzard’s 2024 infographic is light on useful info, but gamers did play 8.34B hours in Blizz games this year
Blizzard president Johanna Faries penned a dev blog to the Blizzard community last night, with kind words for players and developers alongside one of...
Co-op skyship survivalbox Echoes of Elysium will be published by Snail Games
Remember Echoes of Elysium, the multiplayer survivalbox coming from Loric Games? It's one of multiple co-op skyship-themed sandboxes we've been watching for the last few...
Dauntless details plans to change rewards, progression, and gear after Awakening’s player backlash
Both gamers and our own writers agree that the Dauntless Awakening update is just plain awful, with limited weapon options, hamstrung build crafting features,...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Old School RuneScape provides an updated deep-dive into its new Sailing skill, confirms alpha for 2025
It's been quite a while since Old School RuneScape talked about the development of its new Sailing skill, but that's not because Jagex has...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration teases new species, a housing deco upgrade, and a combat tree overhaul
Star Wars Galaxies fans always get a little sad every December as it marks the original MMORPG's deathiversary. But we're blessed to have multiple...
War Thunder discusses Firebirds patch adjustments, confirms upcoming use of BattleEye anti-cheat software
The recently released Firebirds update to War Thunder could use some fixing up. That's the general message from a recent dev blog by Gaijin,...
Old School RuneScape applies another round of Leagues V updates and transforms its gods into plushies
It's probably going to come as little surprise to Old School RuneScape players that Jagex is absolutely laser-focused on Leagues V. Following a dev...
Dauntless showcases some of the new weapon abilities landing with today’s Awakening update
Today is the day when Dauntless finally gets its long-awaited Awakening update, which brings a whole bunch of new things to the co-op hunting...
Marvel Heroes emulator project gets loot updates and functioning missions in 0.4.0 build
The long and hard work of getting Marvel Heroes back into a functional state for emulator runners pushes forth, as the 0.4.0 version of...
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
Ubisoft is shuttering XDefiant already, along with multiple studios – around 277 workers affected
Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off.
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‘We own our shortcomings’: Old School RuneScape solicits support feedback from players
"Your experience in Old School RuneScape matters deeply to us, and we know that includes getting quality support when it’s needed. We own our...
Dauntless’ big Awakening revamp arrives December 5 along with a confirmed Steam release
It's been teased, detailed, talked about, and planned for summer while wholly missing that mark. It's the Awakening update for the multiplayer critter hunting...
Ship of Heroes spent its fall working on everything from difficulty sliders to an auction hall
Crowdfunded superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes is still trucking along in development, I'm happy to report today, and the latest bits are recapped in...
Dofus hypes up next week’s 3.0 engine upgrade servers with a new trailer and a thank-you note to fans
Tuesday, December 3rd, stands to be a pretty momentous date for Dofus. That's when the game will officially move from Flash to Unity and...
Tarisland’s top raids are seeing a completion rate under 20 percent, Tencent says
Tencent is plunging onward with Tarisland development: Last week, we got an abbreviated roadmap consisting of, well, December its winter event layout, but today,...
Old School RuneScape will sunset its Java client next year and revive Leagues V next week
If you can remember all the way back to 2020, then good for you. Would you care to tell me what sort of diet...
