dev diary
Vampire survival game V Rising is finally launching out of early access on May 8
We've been gently ribbing V Rising about its extended stay in early access for almost two years now, but in its defense, Stunlock Studios...
Mobile and PC multiplayer RPG ASTRA Knights of Veda launches its pre-registration campaign
It is the way of mobile titles to drum up hype for their release through a pre-registration drive. The decree was carved in ancient...
Helldivers 2 tries to further explain recent balancing as players push back against nerfs
The days after a balance patch are never usually ones that are full of celebration and excitement, so in that regard the reaction from...
Mediumly multiplayer Loftia, bolstered by investor funding, talks quests, energy, and sustainability
We've had our eye on solarpunk-themed "mediumly multiplayer" sandbox Loftia since last year, when Aussie developer Qloud scored a whopping $1.27M on Kickstarter to...
New World’s Winter Rune Forge trial includes parkour and puzzles – but no LFG functionality
Say it five times fast: Winter Rune Forge Trial. That's the formal name of New World's next 10-person endgame raid, coming as part of...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
RuneScape offers a deep-dive into its latest general combat improvements arriving March 4
When RuneScape put out its Necromancy skill, it did so alongside some specific combat updates that were so well-received by the playerbase that gamers...
BitCraft talks up gameplay features and progress for its upcoming closed alpha test
BitCraft is inching ever closer to its first closed alpha testing round, and that means that the studio is back on its dev blog...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends turns eight years old with badges, paintings, and a history lesson
It's hard for me to believe that Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is officially eight years old this week, but it's true,...
Ship of Heroes demonstrates how its character creator can be used to convey personal stories
When it comes to superheroes, you can generally get a lot of information from the costume they wear - it's a big part of...
New World grants a close look at Season of the Guardian’s gamepad features
How does New World work when using a gamepad as a control input? Well, you can either wait for the Season of the Guardian...
Sandbox MMO Anvil Empires previews chunks of its smithing and weaponcrafting systems
The latest Anvil Empires dev blog is all about making the pointy end part of "stick 'em with the pointy end" as the Siege...
Mabinogi opens a new microsite that details the MMO’s upgrade to Unreal Engine 5
Unreal Engine 5 seems to be the bees knees among game devs, especially those who are looking to upgrade their existing games to the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
New World talks cooking, PvP metrics, and Amazon’s ‘correction of errors’ for season 5
So, who's hungry?! You, hopefully, and if not, you will be by the time you make it through the newest New World dev blogs...
EVE Online adjusts spaceship balance as CSM member pivots on CCP’s Project Awakening NFT project
With ships and interstellar warfare being expanded in EVE Online's Havoc update, it was only a matter of time before some adjustment knobs were...
Old School RuneScape elevates its fight against botting, hits back against fake Varlamore leaks
Bots continue to be a constant source of conversation and presumption among the players of Old School RuneScape, particularly as Jagex made changes to...
New Gigantic vid sees current and former devs discuss reviving the shooter MOBA
With news of the MOBA Gigantic making a return as the buy-to-play Gigantic: Rampage Edition, many fans are probably curious exactly how Gearbox, Abstraction...
New World details its upcoming Slayer Script backend tech that seeks to improve combat performance
Slayer Script might sound like someone's created character in a cyberpunk RPG, but it's not; it's the pet name Amazon Games is giving the...
Guild Wars 2 previews pre-launch updates to its class weapons proliferation
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet dropped a fresh dev blog last night on V-day to herald the impending launch of the game's new weapon...
