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Black Desert preps for next week’s ocean patch, talks life skills
Black Desert is back online this morning after a brief patch intended to help prep for next week's massive ocean content update -- or...
Valiance Online will launch free-to-play, heads into alpha
Valiance Online Creative Director, Programming Director, and Executive Producer IronSight has penned a dev blog today explaining that the game is finally moving on...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fully unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
I've been aching to share more of my thoughts about Guild Wars 2's second Living World instalment for Season 3 and am finally convinced that enough...
Neverwinter reveals the storyline for the upcoming Sea of Moving Ice
Last week, PWE announced a new update for Neverwinter, Sea of Moving Ice, that ties in with its Storm King's Thunder storyline. Senior Content...
Skyforge’s Ascension includes content adjusted for player gear
When October 19th rolls around, Skyforge is getting a truly epic ground-up revamp -- Ascension -- designed to introduce more casual-friendly gameplay to the...
RIFT explores the legendary powers of the Rogue and Primalist
One of the major features of RIFT's upcoming Starfall Prophecy expansion is the new high-level legendary powers that take normal skills and abilities and...
Indie sandbox The Exiled hires on a new lore writing team
If you've been thinking of The Exiled (formerly known as Das Tal) as a hardcore indie PvP sandbox where the players make the story,...
Here’s how Elder Scrolls Online’s weapon ultimate skills will work in update 12
When The Elder Scrolls Online's One Tamriel and update 12 go live for PC players next week, everyone will be able to take advantage...
Slay your enemies with their own limbs when Skyforge’s Ascension patch drops October 19
Don't call it an NGE, but when Skyforge's Ascension patch is live next month, it's bringing sweeping, casual-friendly change to the game. We've previously...
Revelation Online delivers the skinny on gear
If it's an MMO, it's going to have gear. And if there's gear, then it's going to have stats. And if there are stats,...
World of Warcraft brings players up to speed on artifact weapons
As we're now almost a month in World of Warcraft: Legion, it stands to reason that the artifact weapon system is an old hat...
How voxel tech is powering sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe
Dual Universe has a fresh dev diary out this week on how it's employing voxel technology for its builder-centric space sandbox.
"The idea of voxel...
The Black Death team has at least one mystery class up its sleeve
Do you trust Q&A sessions over Plain Jane dev diaries, if only to hear the team field questions that you might like to know?...
Guild Wars 2 resumes development of legendary weapons
Guild Wars 2 players might recall that back in March, ArenaNet President and Game Director Mike O'Brien announced that he was instructing the team...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
Logging into your Guild Wars 2 account right now will grant you access to an absolute treat in the form of episode 2 of the...
Get your first glimpse of Age of Wushu 2
There's great curiosity and very little actual information concerning the upcoming Age of Wushu 2. Other than a few scraps of information, fans of...
RIFT outlines Starfall Prophecy’s new legendary skills
When it comes to RIFT's new legendary skills, the magic numbers to remember are five and three. Players will get five legendary skills as they...
Atlas Reactor: Blur trailer, September 30 head-start, October 4 launch
Turn-based strategy MOBAÂ Atlas Reactor is launching for real on October 4th on both Steam and Trion's Glyph platform, the studio announced in a press...
The Black Death is working on new professions, skill trees, and the illness system
Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a dev blog out today apologizing for the delay in its latest test patch, which is expected...
Elder Scrolls Online launches gold edition, dueling guide
The Elder Scrolls Online's gold edition formally launches today for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The $59.99 repackage of the game includes most of...