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Exclusive: MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its Warrior and Scholar classes
Korean-born Astellia has been hovering on the horizon for the last few years of its development as Barunson E&A - the majority owner of...
Neverwinter is making a loony old guy dance in tomorrow’s Undermountain expansion
In anticipation of the Undermountain expansion launch, Neverwinter took us on a trip behind the scenes on how it made one of the premier...
Neverwinter previews the Lair of the Mad Mage adventure in latest dev blog
Many trials await adventurers in Neverwinter's upcoming Undermountain expansion, and the game's latest dev blog is all about one of the final challenges players...
Grim Dawn previews Shattered Realm tweaks, old-school gear revamps in latest dev blog
It's been a few weeks since Grim Dawn's latest expansion, Forgotten Gods, hit the proverbial shelves, which of course means it's time for the...
Guild Wars 2 is heavily overhauling some class’ elite specs in next week’s balance patch
Guild Wars 2 fans, are you ready for your favorite thing ever: a balance patch? Because that's coming next week along with the map...
Atlas shuts down the Empire server in favor of an NA PvE server and announces Easter plans
Hot on the heels of update 1.5 to Atlas comes this week's Captains Log dev blog, which provides word of the Empire PvP server's...
Torchlight Frontiers’ new Railmaster is the most creative class MMOs have seen in years
CHOO CHOO all aboard the Torchlight Frontiers train. Yep, PWE this afternoon revealed a new class, the Railmaster. Now, I have no idea why...
Hop behind the wheel of Prince Noctis’s Regalia in Final Fantasy XIV’s latest crossover event
The latest Final Fantasy XIV collaboration event, A Nocturne for Heroes, is revving up to go live tomorrow. Final Fantasy XV's heroic and totes...
Population Zero dishes on three of its planned player factions
Enplex Games' upcoming survival MMO Population Zero has thus far distinguished itself from other multiplayer survival titles with features including a hand-crafted world, factions,...
Path of Exile plans a melee system rework for June’s 3.7.0 expansion
One of the biggest endeavors in Path of Exile's recent Synthesis expansion was making massive rebalancing adjustments to the game's spells, and Grinding Gear...
Neverwinter previews Undermountain’s randomized expeditions
Among the myriad new features coming to Neverwinter in its upcoming Undermountain expansion are the new expeditions, which are the subject of the game's...
Old School RuneScape hopes to improve player input polling by hiding results
Classically, the development focus of Old School RuneScape has been steered by polls, and those poll results have always been visible. That will be...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s guild sigils are live today in 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory
It's patch day for Star Wars The Old Republic! BioWare is patching in 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory today, complete with the guild heraldry system...
Hyperspace Beacon: I can’t believe I forgot these things about Star Wars Galaxies
For the last couple of weeks, I've been able to re-experience Star Wars Galaxies. After eight years, I noticed that I might have forgotten...
Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks
Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...
Neverwinter dev confirms Cryptic’s Magic: The Gathering MMO is still in dev in an Undermountain blog
It's been a pretty heckin' long time since we heard about the Magic: The Gathering MMO that Cryptic first announced in June of 2017....
More news from the Undermountain: Neverwinter Ranger and Wizard changes on preview server now
If it wasn't apparent by now, just about every Neverwinter class is getting some kind of overhaul. Although PerfectWorld hasn't decided to change Rangers...
Project Gorgon previews its new War Cache dungeon feature in latest developer blog
Some brand-new level-50 content is coming to Project Gorgon in the form of War Caches, a new feature coming in the game's next update....
Flameseeker Chronicles: Stories Guild Wars 2 could tell without dragons
Thus far, Guild Wars 2’s story has revolved largely around the six elder dragons. The base game’s personal story crescendoed with the slaying of...
Crypic devs totally spoil Neverwinter’s newest endgame dungeon
Neverwinter's newest expansion isn't even out, but Cryptic is totally fine spoiling the ending of the campaign for you. You know, if you're the...