dev diary
‘No more punching trees and building shacks,’ says multiplayer survivalbox Echoes of Elysium
Loric Games' Echoes of Elysium has released another dev blog - quite a bit earlier than expected, as you might recall head of production...
Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones plans season 2 endgame revamp with two new solo PvE modes
Last week, we got a bit of a tease from Ubisoft's Skull and Bones as it wound down its first quarterly season of play,...
Solarpunk showcases an overhauled merchant platform in its latest development update
"We wasted a lot of time but Minecraft inspired us." That's the throughline of a recent update blog and the literal title of a...
Tarisland says male mages and female paladins are the next step in gender-unlocking
We're down to the last of Tencent's announced dev blogs for Tarisland focusing on how the studio has tweaked the game between the last...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure’s final chapter, The Midnight King
It's strange to say it after just one year, but Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure era is drawing to a close! Don't...
Nightingale outlines the benefits and limitations of today’s offline mode release
The primarily multiplayer survival sandbox that is Nightingale is now becoming an optional solo act, as today sees the game introduce its single-player offline...
MultiVersus offers an overview of the all-new PvE mode arriving with its May 28 relaunch
How exactly does the otherwise PvP-centric platform fighter MultiVersus plan on introducing PvE when it relaunches on May 28th (without adding an arcade mode,...
Lost Ark outlines plan for merging South American region into US East
Amazon has been talking up a big global merge for Lost Ark for the last few weeks, and now, we're finally getting some hard...
Tencent discusses plans for Tarisland’s experience, raid, class, and energy optimization
Apparently all we had to do is complain a lil bit about Tarisland going quiet because this week, Tencent has opened the floodgates. Just...
Elder Scrolls Online devs offer their favorite Scribing spell combos ahead of Gold Road
So here's the thing about the Elder Scrolls franchise's spellcrafting systems: Whenever I get my hands on them, imagination kind of flies out the...
Elder Scrolls Online discusses Gold Road’s Tales of Tribute update and Brazil community gathering
Last week, MOP's Justin alluded to Elder Scrolls Online's Tales of Tribute as one of the game's many systems features that were added and...
Marvel Rivals discusses adding environmental destruction to a competitive shooter
Generally speaking, the maps of a team vs. team shooter are static; you can blast all of the buildings you want, but they'll be...
EVE Online’s latest video details how the Equinox expansion will ‘reinvigorate’ nullsec
When the Equinox expansion arrives for EVE Online on June 11th, it'll dramatically overhaul and "reinvigorate" nullsec space - the game's designation for lawless...
Lost Ark appeases Echidna fans and sets server merges for June 5 – but not for NA West
Amazon's latest dev blog for Lost Ark is generating cheers from the playerbase, which is rare enough that you know we have to dig...
Kickstarted multiplayer cozygame Loftia talks minigames, NPCs, and accessibility
Mediumly multiplayer solarpunk cozy game Loftia closed out April with another dev blog about the team's progress this week.
Bolstered by last year's half-million-dollar Kickstarter,...
Elder Scrolls Online teases the regions and destinations of the Gold Road chapter
We're less than a month out from the PC launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, and if you're still wondering what the...
New World players have a better than 90% clear rate in the Winter Rune Forge raid
One of the headline features of New World's latest season is the hard-to-say-10-times-fast Winter Rune Forge raid, which Amazon is toasting this week with...
Evercore Heroes, back from the dead, talks new game flow and the rationale for rebirth
Now that we know Evercore Heroes is returning from its competitive team vs. team PvE origin to a co-operative roguelike, there might be some...
V Rising details gameplay waiting in the Ruins of Mortium, Valheim continues its Ashlands test
This is either a tale of two games that start with the letter V, two games that are working on new zones, or two...
Here’s how EverQuest and EverQuest II 2024 progression servers – Anashti Sul, Teek, and Tormax – will work
When Daybreak dropped producer letters for EverQuest and EverQuest II earlier this month, the MMORPG fanbase immediately started buzzing about the new progression servers...
