dev diary
Black Desert launches PC season+ server, offers next-gen console support and roadmap
It's Wednesday, which means another weekly deluge of Black Desert news.
First, over on the PC servers, where the game is celebrating 2000 days online...
Dual Universe outlines core combat stress, shield changes, and PvP fixes coming in the Ares update
When Dual Universe kicked out a tease to its Ares update on the game's roadmap, it had plenty to list but not a whole...
Lost Ark previews four regions of Luterra as we wait for the new 2022 launch
So you're bummed about Lost Ark getting the boot to 2022. I get it. You know what might make you feel better? Lore! That's...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything we learned about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ fishing and skiffs
Fishing is one of those weirdly ubiquitous RPG systems. Nobody picks an MMO based on how good its fishing skill is, and nobody complains...
Star Wars The Old Republic talks system design as a new KOTOR remake is unveiled
The gameplay loops that keep players chasing goals in Star Wars: The Old Republic is all powered by system design, which is the topic...
Destiny 2 releases its revamped Trials of Osiris, touts anti-cheat progress, and recounts seven years of updates
It's time once more to face the Trials. This past Friday saw Destiny 2 bring back the Trials of Osiris, this time with a...
Diablo II Resurrected addresses chat, parties, TCP/IP support, and big honkin’ monitors
With Diablo II Resurrected's remaster release right around the corner and more or less expected to carry Blizzard through the rest of the year,...
Lost Ark on localization, latency, and the Striker’s western release
Last week, Amazon admitted that it has delayed the western release of Lost Ark from this fall to next year; the studio said it...
PlanetSide 2’s inbound patch makes map adjustments for low and high population situations
PlanetSide 2 has a big PTS patch in store for later this week, Daybreak announced just ahead of the long weekend. While the new...
AA indie sandbox MMO Galaxies of Eden discusses classic vs. action combat switch and skill balancing
A month ago, we covered a new sandbox MMORPG under development by MIR Cybernetics Corporation: Galaxies of Eden. It's absurdly ambitious, with an alpha...
The MOP Up: Perfect World Mobile celebrates its second anniversary with extra bonuses
Perfect World Mobile just reached its second birthday, and with that comes a string of extra goodies, bonuses, login rewards, and even a special...
DC Universe Online is fixing episode 41’s endgame source marks situation
As surveys for DC Universe Online continue rolling in, Daybreak and Dimensional Ink are forging ahead with plans for future development, as catalogued in...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster has all but said he’s building a metaverse
If you've been listening to companies like Epic Games yammer about the "metaverse" over the last year and wondered whether it's all just a...
Old School RuneScape makes adjustments to Deadman and unveils a Group Ironman mode
Last week saw the start of the new Reborn version of the Deadman tournament to Old School RuneScape, and already the mode has seen...
Albion Online teases ‘hideout HQs’ and new weapon lines
Sandbox Interactive has pushed out a new dev blog this week focusing on upcoming balancing changes in Albion Online, all part of its push...
Massively on the Go: Everything we learned from Pokemon Go’s post-backlash Task Force
While Niantic already reverted its Pokemon GOÂ gym and PokeStop nerf in late August, the company said that more changes would be announced on September...
Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently suspended development as ‘funds have dried up’
I have some bad news for fans of indie MMORPG TitanReach: The game has apparently suspended development thanks to a lack of funding. Australian studio...
Sandbox MMO SEED talks cameras and previews its cinematic mode
The three week-long vacation from the dev blogging scene for colony building MMO SEED is at an end, and the game has come back...
Halo Infinite’s head of creative explains why gameplay previews weren’t available at Gamescom
If you were following along on our Gamescom Opening Night coverage and are a fan or follower of the shooter Halo Infinite, you probably...
VR MMO Orbus previews next week’s Highsteppe revamp
VR MMO Orbus has a big patch coming next week, when the Highsteppe map and the hub town of Patreayl will get a full...
