dev diary
The Finals deep-dives Cashout mode changes as Season 4 gets underway
The middle of September saw the team vs. team FPS The Finals bring back Cashout mode for Season 3, albeit with a few adjustments...
EVE Vanguard drops dev blogs themed around art, lore, and gameplay mechanics
The devs behind EVE Online's FPS module EVE Vanguard have never shied away from talking about the game's wider design philosophy, but now CCP...
Star Citizen recaps its server meshing efforts and outlines future testing plans
It would be easy to assume that the server meshing technology being attempted by Star Citizen has just been spinning its wheels, but evidently...
Conan Exiles Age of Heroes adds a dynamic needs system to your army of thralls
Funcom has dropped a new dev blog on Conan Exiles' Age of Heroes release, and it's all about thralls - you know, your NPC...
EVE Online shares further adjustments coming to Equinox’s skyhook buildings
The skyhook is one of the primary features of EVE Online's Equinox expansion, so naturally any adjustments made to it would very likely perk...
Elite Dangerous confirms next update for October 22 as it answers questions about ‘Powerplay 2.0’
Hot on the heels of its Type-8 Update (or at least as hot on those heels as far as Frontier Developments' update cadence is...
Ubisoft’s ‘XDefiant is not dying’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt
If you had forgotten all about Ubisoft's newish shooter XDefiant, then you're not alone. It actually launched back in May and apparently did fine,...
Stars Reach’s technical testing provoked emergent landscaping, player creativity, and the lag monster
Playable Worlds - technical designer Light Bates this time, not Raph Koster - has dished out another dev blog on Stars Reach's pre-alpha playtest....
Ultima Online wraps up eighth New Legacy beta weekend as launch window looms
Since the last time we checked in on Ultima Online's New Legacy beta testing, Broadsword has rolled out three more test weekends - and...
Destiny 2 plans two ‘medium-sized’ expansions and four free content updates through early 2026
With today marking the official 10th anniversary of the first Destiny - and the future of Destiny 2 still feeling pretty wobbly thanks to...
New World offers in-game loot for testing Aeternum next week – open beta preloading begins September 11
New week starting on September 13th, Amazon is finally opening up the Aeternum beta for all comers, both PC and console. But if you've...
Here’s what to expect from Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update when it lands next week
Nightingale fans have been waiting for Realms Rebuilt all summer - since even before we knew it was called Realms Rebuilt. But your wait...
Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week
Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...
Stars Reach releases video footage of its movement tech from earliest testing to now
When writing up a post about last week's Stars Reach dev blog on character movement, I kept thinking one thing: This article needs a...
Tarisland opens SilverLit Cup guild PvP tourney registrations, previews its Viking-inspired season
Tencent has dropped several new dev blogs for Tarisland over the last few days, including previews of Blight Dragon Elegy and its PvP tourney.
Let's...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era:
"New engine,...
Survival sandbox Aloft explains how its all-new momentum system will work
"Out with the old and in with the new," declares survival sandbox Aloft, as studio Astrolabe's latest dev blog takes a look at the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank
Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds
While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...
Valheim begins dropping teases for its next update due in the fall
This past May saw Valheim finally introduce its Ashlands biome and related gameplay additions after a year and a half of wait, but if...
