dev diary
Elder Scrolls Online’s furniture crafting guide will help you spiff up your Homestead house
If you watched Larry's and my stream on The Elder Scrolls Online's new Homestead patch last week, you probably heard us speculate on how...
Five reasons behind the failure of Hero’s Song
In July of 2015, MMORPG fans were stunned to hear that John Smedley was stepping down from his post as president of Daybreak. After...
Neverwinter’s Spellplague Caverns gets a tune-up
Do you like it when a developer goes back into a familiar dungeon to retune it? There's a case for familiarity and a case...
Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy introduces new randomized skirmish, weapon sets
When Neverwinter's Cloaked Ascendancy expansion launches on February 21st, players are heading into the city itself to defend it from onslaught. And one of...
EVE Valkyrie’s upcoming patch introduces fresh mechanics and maps via Wormholes
EVE Valkyrie is getting an enormous patch next week on February 15th. Dubbed Wormholes, it's got wormholes. Story over. Just kidding. Wormholes are familiar...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake
If you're reading this, then the poor ArenaNet team has finally managed to battle the crazy weather and pressed the big red button: The...
PvP sandbox Albion Online is planning instanced PvE dungeons
If you're wondering how ostensibly PvP MMOs are finding ways to implement PvE in 2017, look no further than Albion Online. Over the weekend,...
Neverwinter details the making of the River District adventure zone
PWE put out a pair of matching dev diaries today on Neverwinter's River District area, the chief adventure zone coming in the game's next...
Heroes and Villains explains its goals for seamless zoning
Heroes and Villains was one chunk of the original trifecta of superhero MMORPGs that sprang from the grave of City of Heroes, but it's...
Project Genom on early access dev progress and the ‘Google tax’
Sci-fi MMO Project Genom's latest dev post says studio NeuronHaze is "totally wrapped up" in development and apologizes for its lack of a timeline,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A guide to Forsaken Thicket, Guild Wars 2’s first raid
I have to apologise to raiders for not finishing my boss guides I began back in 2015: This is one of those articles that...
These are the gods overseeing your fate in Conan Exiles
With just one week to go before its early access launch, Conan Exiles wants you to get spiritual. Specifically, Funcom's released a dev blog...
Ship of Heroes reveals signature characters, costume slots
City of Heroes spiritual successor Ship of Heroes has a new dev blog out today on what it's calling one of its "signature heroes":...
Revelation Online has a buffet of PvP activities for CBT3
When Revelation Online goes into its third closed beta test on January 19th, it will keep things spicy with a special focus on the...
Funcom stresses the importance of lore and mystery in Conan Exiles
Conan lore is probably the most contentious thing about the franchise, and Funcom today has clarified the focus of that lore in Conan Exiles when...
Neverwinter: Better dungeon loot and expansion preview
A January 11th patch for Neverwinter might have been one of those updates with little tweaks and fixes that your eyes gloss over, save...
Here’s how Crowfall is tweaking resource harvesting for Big World
Crowfall Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair has a new dev blog out this afternoon on the resource harvesting slice of the big world testing going...
Revelation Online details closed beta 3’s PvE content
Debuting in the third round of Revelation Online's western beta that kicks off next week is a big chunk of new PvE content. My.com...
Pantheon recaps 2016, explores vertical grouping dungeon Amberfaet
"2016 was a formidable year for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and its fans," Visionary Realms declares in its latest newsletter, which includes two...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Ten things I’d forgotten from Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1
I spent quite a while poring over a recent gem of a video that served as a fantastically nostalgic trip down memory lane through its...
