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One More Game’s latest blog talks bot AI, peppers in hints at a possible but ‘hypothetical’ PvP RTS
We're going to lead off by stating that dev studio One More Game - the one that was founded by former ArenaNet and Riot...
Dual Universe elaborates on PvP features and changes arriving with the Athena update
Players of Dual Universe already have the overall gist of the Athena update and its primary focus on PvP features, but that doesn't mean...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s open world is not the place for hardcore content
If you're paying any attention to Guild Wars 2, you have, by now, no doubt heard the debate over the Battle for the Jade...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s post-End of Dragons roadmap
Last week, we got a tsunami of good news from Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet. Studio directors Colin Johanson and John "JT" Taylor, along...
Diablo II Resurrected delays update 2.4 due to ‘showstopper’ bugs, Overwatch 2 outlines its new ping system
For those who are looking forward to the class balancing and competitive ladder features of Diablo II: Resurrected's update 2.4, there's some bad news:...
EVE Online begins testing changes to upwell structure defenses and ships, adds a feature preview opt-in function
While EVE Online is continuing to flap excitedly at the upcoming Fanfest event and all of its planned reveals, there are still adjustments to...
Ship of Heroes teases challenge missions and its 20-mile-long spaceship
When a dev blog begins with "Massive Plasma Cannons!" you know you're in for something explode-y. So begins Ship of Heroes' latest entry, in...
Guild Wars 2 promises fourth expansion, brings back first Living World season as proper episodes
ArenaNet has just dropped a press release and dev blog full of good news for Guild Wars 2 and its players. Let's go over...
Wizard101 invests in its PvP game while getting ready to reveal a ‘magical wave of new things’
The devs at Wizard101 conjured up a new patch for the game this week. The primary focus for this patch was tweaking various spells...
Space sandbox Astroneer has seen more than 8M players over its lifetime
Astroneer has been a fan-favorite multiplayer sandbox both on MOP and in my own household for years now - five years, in fact, since...
Halo Infinite discusses Season 2’s May 3 arrival, attacking critical issues, and online campaign co-op delay
The devs at 343 Industries have put together a dev blog outlining the future of the multiplayer side of Halo Infinite, granting a look...
Elder Scrolls Online teases Ascending Tide’s Coral Aerie four-person dungeon
We're less than two weeks away from the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online's first DLC of the year, Ascending Tide, and those of...
Lost Ark addresses gold spam, EU queues, and the big raid and dungeon nerf
Yesterday's Lost Ark preview from Amazon and Smilegate focused on the big March update - content, lore, and islands. But what about everything players...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Spoiler-free first impressions of Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Remember when "Cantha confirmed" was a Guild Wars 2 meme? I, along with many other players, never thought we'd actually see Cantha in the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What to do first in Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Happy launch day! Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is finally here! A big, meaty chunk of content the likes of which we haven't...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
An EverQuest dev details how a ‘simple’ bug fix is anything but
Any MMO gamer who plays old MMOs or listens to developers (or rogue server developers) talk about keeping those old games alive has probably...
Albion Online launches controller support next week ahead of Steam Deck support
If you aren't a big fan of trying to manipulate Albion Online on your phone, but you also don't want to deal with your...
Ship of Heroes teases next round of beta with deep-dive into housing and player bases
Hey housing folks! Ship of Heroes has a fresh dev blog out this week aimed squarely at your proclivities as it features player bases...
Fractured Online recaps the mechanics of player-run towns and houses
As we've been noting before, Fractured Online has been reiterating and re-sharing several dev blogs about its mechanics since the sandbox got a spotlight...
