dev diary
TitanReach attempts to put its controversies in the past with new details on early access development
Indie MMO TitanReach has had a strange run to date. It caught our attention in 2020, when it launched a $430,000 US Kickstarter, which...
Vampire survivalbox V Rising highlights its gothic-horror atmospheric feel
Hey, remember V Rising? It's Stunlock Studios' upcoming multiplayer survival sandbox - yeah, the Battlerite folks. The vampire-themed title just got a new dev...
Project Gorgon talks Vampirism, player housing, mounts, Orcs, and new hires
Indie sandbox Project Gorgon is exactly a month out from its big May update, which added an optional subscription and perks like an offline...
SEED writes blogs about Seedling design and emotions, production gameplay, and delicious algae
Followers of the colony creation MMO SEED have borne witness to an absolute deluge of dev blogs out of the game over the past...
Book of Travels features Breath of the Wild-inspired cooking, food, and even moonshine
We're barreling on toward Book of Travels' "chapter zero" early access launch on August 9th, but in the meantime... who's hungry? Yes, the latest...
Swords of Legends Online previews crafting mechanics and elaborates on Rampage PvP flagging
There will undoubtedly be monsters to fight and quests to complete in Swords of Legends Online, but sometimes you need to cool your jets,...
Neverwinter devs explain why they’re squishing the whole game down to level 20
Neverwinter's release and announcement cadence the past few weeks has been confusing, to say the least. Now that the last chunk of Sharandar is...
SEED puts out dev blogs on caring for digital life, code cleanup, Seedling needs, music, and sprint demos
When developer Klang Games said that future SEED updates would be moving to the game's blog, they were not kidding. Since then, the devs...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Three better ways Guild Wars 2 could have wrapped up The Icebrood Saga
It’s easy to be critical of a game when it lets us down. In some ways, it’s equally easy to fall into the trap...
Atlas talks post-Tradewinds update plans, introduces buff-granting towers
Now that Atlas has released its Tradewinds update (after a bit of a delay), players are maybe wondering what's next for the seafaring sandbox....
Chronicles of Elyria previews its Kingdoms of Elyria alpha
Progress apparently continues on Chronicles of Elyria spin-off game Kingdoms of Elyria, as outlined in Soulbound Studios' latest dev blog. The studio has recapped...
Ashes of Creation addresses extra player questions on music, election systems, and more
Much as they did last time, the devs of Ashes of Creation saw fit to round up every single question that players have asked...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Elethor, Astonia, Guardians of Cloudia, Lands of Kehliel
Let's take a peek through some MMOs you've never heard of or have totally forgotten about. The tinier and more obscure, the better, we...
The Repopulation team recreated over 1100 pieces of furniture from earlier builds
Let's be honest, it's never a good sign that I forget about an MMO until I see a developer tweet about it, but in...
Book of Travels shares a preview of its tiny Omin spirits
The entire idea of Book of Travels is roaming a wide world, which would certainly leave some to look at wide vistas and potentially...
The Wagadu Chronicles recaps progress on biomes, UI, and tabletop RPG
Have you been keeping up with what's happening in The Wagadu Chronicles' development? No? Well that's OK because the devs at Twin Drums have...
Superhero MMO City of Titans teases player housing and team base decorating
If you'd forgotten that City of Titans was planning to offer housing at some point, well, so had I, but we can be forgiven...
New World ‘won’t consider selling anything other than cosmetic items until 2022 at the earliest’
Amazon's New World was the subject of much debate this month when a leaker exposed the state of the game's cash shop in the...
TitanReach shows off pets, discusses programming, previews new props and the Glimmermoore area
Once again the folks behind TitanReach are just itching to showcase all of the work they've been doing for their developing MMORPG. As with...
Destiny 2 offers an explanation for seasonal challenge XP payouts
"We know XP in Destiny 2 can be confusing - sometimes to the point that we miss things ourselves," admits Bungie in a recent...
