dev diary
City of Titans defines alpha and beta, teases a patcher, and shows off unisex outfits
There's been a little bit of a news burst coming out of the City of Titans camp. The devs have taken a moment to...
EVE Online releases CSM 14 summit minutes as players quibble over metrics
The Council of Stellar Management (CSM) in EVE Online has had its first summit and those who are eager to learn a bit about...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary crowdfunding drive sees nearly every extra item unlocked
Last week we told you about an anniversary/crowdfunding event for Chronicles of Elyria which was set to open up new items and new gameplay...
Legends of Aria’s Point Release 8 introduces threat generation, macros, and the Runebook
Job one of the tank is to generate threat and keep aggro. Job two is to hope you're not teamed with a DPS who...
APB Reloaded discusses expansion into Asia, world consolidation, and engine upgrades
Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott has written up a dev blog full of tidbits of information for APB Reloaded players, including the game's expansion...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ future looks bright
Don't let games like Fortnite and Overwatch make you forget that League of Legends is still a thing. In fact, Riot Games' MOBA saw...
Dota 2 issues decades-long bans against bad actors and account violators
As I understand it, most MOBAs are unfriendly places, especially the larger ones like Dota 2. In an announcement made by Valve in a...
Path of Exile’s devs say its performance issues are down to ‘calculation complexity,’ not the engine
The word "performance" is being kicked around the Path of Exile community kind of a lot lately, but lest you think Grinding Gear Games...
First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga prelude, Bound by Blood, now live
It was just two short weeks ago that ArenaNet invited its fans to Seattle for the announcement of the continuation of Guild Wars 2's...
Discord is shutting down its Nitro subber games after one year of operation
After a year of attempting to bring a little something extra to the service in the form of a catalogue of games for purchase...
Smuggler’s Fortune brings the cash shop and the Black Market to Sea of Thieves
It's time to go shopping in Sea of Thieves! The Smuggler's Fortune update has gone live for the piratical sandbox, offering players a couple...
Star Trek Online Awakening is officially live today, starring Discovery’s Anthony Rapp
Star Trek Online Awakening is formally launching on PC today, with Star Trek Discovery's Anthony Rapp's voice and visage at the helm of the...
Torchlight Frontiers’ ninth alpha update will introduce item enchanting and a lucky tree
Luck doesn't grow on trees, except for the world of Torchlight Frontiers. The in-development MMOARPG has shared some features of its next alpha update,...
Ship of Heroes pushes character creator beta to later in 2019, says its toons are more advanced than City of Heroes’
With summer drawing to a close, Heroic Games is barreling ahead on Ship of Heroes' character creation tool beta, which was originally aimed at...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What we saw (and what we didn’t) in Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga announcement event
This past weekend’s announcement of Guild Wars 2’s continuation of the Living World story, entitled The Icebrood Saga, was met with all of the...
Prosperous Universe explains new free-to-play model, vows to avoid microtransactions
So Prosperous Universe has officially gone free-to-play. But why? What makes a commerce-centric MMO open its doors to possible exploitation from free accounts? What...
Mankind Reborn shares new Union City, gameplay improvements, and alpha roadmap
Anyone remember Mankind Reborn? It's a cyberpunk sandbox MMO that looks to be a spiritual successor to the sunsetted Face of Mankind; we touched...
Atlas’s new lead designer admits the MMO has ‘struggled to find its sea legs,’ plots new course
If you put any great measure of weight to Steam user reviews, the fact that Atlas is sitting on mostly negative reviews at the...
DC Universe Online shares plans to adjust weapons and artifacts
The so-called Precision meta needs some work if a dev blog from the folks at DC Universe Online is to be believed. In order...
Aion NA offers a closer look at the new Vandal class
August 21st will see the arrival of the new Vandal class to Aion in North America among other things, but all we really could...