dev diary
Dual Universe promises less tedium, more meaningful PvP, and prettier graphics in latest dev blog
Followers of Dual Universe have been fed a series of dev blogs outlining the future of the in-development sci-fi building sandbox, with the first...
Dual Universe adds self-support features, posts dev letters on live game challenges and costs
Dual Universe has taken to the belief that players of the game should be allowed to help themselves and one another instead of coming...
Elder Scrolls Online’s new Endeavors dailies offer a new path to lockbox loot
If dailies aren't your thing in MMOs, you can probably keep on scrolling. But if they are, or if you're planning to return to...
PlanetSide 2 pushes back Chapter 3 and focuses on Containment Site updates after enthusiastic testing
Judging by reports from PlanetSide 2's lead designer Michael "Wrel" Henderson, the upcoming Containment Site battlefield is going over a treat, so much so...
Elder Scrolls Online details Blackwood’s multi-armed bosses, the ruinachs
As hype for Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood chapter continues to mount, ZeniMax is pushing out more dev blogs exploring the lore behind the content....
Chronicles of Elyria, now back up to five devs, examines its development achievements and shortcomings
As work on Kingdoms of Elyria (and by extension Chronicles of Elyria, according to claims made by Soulbound Studio CEO Jeromy Walsh) continues to...
World of Warships announces still more reworks to its controversial captain skills
Naval warfare arcade World of Warships has certainly been busy lately, but not all of the recent changes nor announcements have been well-received. The...
New World discusses the ‘vision’ behind its alpha dungeons
"Expeditions" turns out to be a pretty popular concept right about now, but New World's might be a bit different from what you're expecting,...
RuneScape restores its first wave of accounts and applies combat changes, OSRS talks next steps for equipment balance
After a March that the devs of Jagex and the fans of RuneScape would likely love to forget, the process of bringing back locked-out...
Chronicles of Elyria on the purpose and mechanics of Kingdoms of Elyria’s fog of war
To read the latest dev blog from Chronicles of Elyria's side project-cum-parallel dev title Kingdoms of Elyria, you'd think they invented the fog of...
LOTRO Legendarium: Finding purpose in Lord of the Rings Online’s Wildwood
In what promises to be quite the busy year for Lord of the Rings Online, the game's first content update -- Wildwood -- arrived...
New World alpha teases its overhauled quest design as AGS expands to Canada
When New World shifted its design balance from being less about PvP to more about PvE last year, many MMO gamers worried about the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons can learn from previous expansions
Any expansion announcement for any MMO is always a cause for excitement, but it's been four years since Guild Wars 2 shipped a new...
Ship of Heroes talks up new missions and locations, plans its next open beta event for April or May
The next couple of months could potentially be very interesting ones for followers of the in-development superheroic MMORPG Ship of Heroes. The devs at...
Bless Unleashed is reworking the game’s interface and controls for PC
Believe it or not, Bless Unleashed has still not launched for PC, after launching on pretty much everything else. But it is still slated...
OrbusVR plans a beta for its hard mode raid, new quests, and balancing for tanks and healers in next updates
Whether it's taking on harder content, exploring new farms, or tanking and healing, OrbusVR has plans for the game's next couple of patches, all...
Among Us will launch The Airship patch at the end of March
Don't tell my kids, but Among Us is getting a juicy free update this month. It's called The Airship, and studio Innersloth says it...
RuneScape eyeballs March 22 for next game update as account restoration efforts move into a third week
The folks at Jagex continue to wrestle with the bear of RuneScape login issues. As we've been reporting, the game's login servers tanked on...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2 sanctions unorthodox raiding
Just because the devs think you're going to play the game one way doesn't mean that players aren't going to pour a whole lot...
Magic Legends lays out its ZEN market, broker system, and battlepass tracks
Anyone who has played a Cryptic game probably is well-acquainted with its slightly convoluted business model. Basically, the studio has a cash shop (the...
