dev diary
Colony-building MMO SEED outlines playtest plans for the rest of 2022
It's been some time since we've gotten some major news out of SEED, the colony-building sandbox MMO from developer Klang Games that we first...
Osiris New Dawn is now two major updates away from leaving early access
Big news for those following the progress of sci-fi survivalbox Osiris: New Dawn: The game is now two major updates away from heading into...
Last Oasis implements rarity adjustments and teases Season 5 content updates
When last we heard from Last Oasis, the survivalbox was planning on adjustments to map rarity while also shifting gears to tie that to...
Neverwinter outlines changes coming to the Band of Air item and elaborates on overall balance rationale
Do you own the Band of Air ring in Neverwinter? Then you're going to want to take a look at a recently announced set...
Overwatch 2 officially reveals its new hero Kiriko along with seasonal content plans
While Blizzard's surprise may have been spoiled thanks to its own mistakes as well as a fan leak, we now all know much more...
Ravendawn deep-dives card system ahead of September 28 closed beta
Ravendawn is continuing to herald the coming of its September closed beta, which will be making a host of previously noted updates to the...
Dauntless’ roadmap teases community-built Behemoth, new game mode, and mini-events
There are not too many months remaining in 2022, but just because time is running out on the year doesn't mean that players of...
Blade & Soul posts patch notes and season 4 battle pass for this week’s Autumn Overture
Later this week, players of Blade & Soul will be getting the Autumn Overture update and its various features. One of those features is...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored S1E4 Tower of Nightmares
Here we are at the penultimate episode of Guild Wars 2's restored and retooled Season 1 content! The pieces are finally starting to fall...
Camelot Unchained devs are working on siege models and a UI refresh
While City State Games has been relatively quiet this summer, work on the long-awaited Kickstarted MMO Camelot Unchained apparently continues, as the game's latest...
Old School RuneScape preps a beta for its Wilderness boss rework while RuneScape pretties up starter zones
Old School RuneScape has discussed changing the bosses and lairs of the Wilderness zone before, but later this week on Wednesday, September 14th, players...
Albion Online details changes to the Roads of Avalon and a new single-player environment
Albion Online is ready to talk its next upcoming content update, which is making some changes to the Roads of Avalon based on player...
Lost Ark is finally back online as Amazon announces which servers will be merged
Lost Ark players were understandably frustrated yesterday when the servers didn't return after maintenance with the patch and instead was offline thanks to a...
ArcheAge Unchained’s new fresh start server won’t time-gate progression
We're just two weeks out from the launch of ArcheAge Unchained's new fresh start server now, and Kakao is finally explaining just what to...
Skull and Bones’ latest dev blog talks about plundering settlements, outposts, and forts
Sure, you can attack a ship and get its goods in Skull and Bones, but the true buccaneering loot goblin knows that plundering locations...
MMO dev Raph Koster disambiguates sandboxes, themeparks, simulation, and stagecraft
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster, who himself is working on a sandbox MMO couched in a metaverse, is back with another dev blog this...
World of Warcraft brings back the glory days of graph paper with its Dragonflight UI revamp
After years of leaning on the modding community to make World of Warcraft's user interface a better place in which to live, Blizzard's picking...
V Rising delays its first major content patch into 2023
Vampire survival MMO V Rising dominated the gaming landscape back in early summer, with 2.5M copies sold and 150,000 peak players. So you might...
Diablo Immortal’s patched in its latest update as season four begins tomorrow
If you're still playing Diablo Immortal, then first of all, I must congratulate you on managing to navigate August's many, many launches and events...
Old School RuneScape elaborates on speedrunning worlds and tweaks Amascut, RuneScape launches a new Yak Track
Fancy yourself a speedrunner? Do you love playing Old School RuneScape? Soon you can experience both with the release of the sandbox MMORPG's speedrunning...