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Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’
One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...
Abyss is open now for playtesting ahead of its early access launch, delayed to May 7
It wasn't all that long ago that the PvP MMORPG Abyss promised it was going to open testing for free ahead of the game's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.
Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...
New World talks buffs and nerfs for weapons and siege weapons coming in May
Amazon is back with another episode of Forged in Aeternum this week, this time homing in on New World's combat, although technically, player experience...
Survival MMO Myth of Empires hopes to make ancient Greek armor cool again
Two months out from launch, survival sandbox Myth of Empires is ramping up for post-release civilizations. One of those is Greece, which is slated...
Wisdom of Nym: Benchmarks, better graphics, and bountiful schedules for Final Fantasy XIV
What kind of deal does Final Fantasy XIV have with the Yo-Kai Watch people? For some reason this event keeps not just re-running but...
SMITE 2’s founder’s editions will get you into this spring’s alpha tests
Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez's next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder's Editions,...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box
Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...
Final Fantasy XIV shares pre-Dawntrail schedule, releases the benchmark on April 14
Want to make yourself a Hrothgal in Final Fantasy XIV? Want to see what you'll look like Vipering about? (Yes, Viper is not a...
Ultima Online’s publish 117 sends players scavenging for pirate hats on the high seas
The release of Ultima Online's publish 117 to the live servers isn't far off now, as the third set of patch notes hit the...
Cozy multiplayer game Farm Together 2 is launching early access in May
You might not know this about me, but I really love the idea of farming in video games. I just... almost universally hate the...
Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes a whole new game
If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole...
PlayStation players are flooding the Sea of Thieves PS5 closed beta servers
Sea of Thieves officially rolled into closed beta on PlayStation 5 early this morning, continuing its forked path far away from the exclusivity it...
WoW Factor: What’s a Mists of Pandaria remix and why is World of Warcraft doing it?
In hindsight, I feel like I was gentler toward Season of Mastery than I should have been. World of Warcraft has turned everything into...
Star Citizen releases a new launcher and talks about its ongoing Overdrive Initiative missions
CIG is certainly not the first MMO to unleash an inordinate amount of fanfare for releasing a new game launcher, but even so, there...
V Rising teases Dracula, new difficulty modes, and its Castlevania DLC ahead of the May launch
V Rising is barreling along toward its May 8th launch and 1.0 update with a new landing page that outlines what players can expect...
Fallout 76 kicks off free-play week in celebration of the Fallout TV show’s launch
Bethsoft knows how to work some transmedia synergy: It's running a bunch of Fallout 76 promos in conjunction with the premiere of the Fallout...
KingsIsle announces Wizard101 single-player spinoff Ravenwood Academy
If you've ever wanted to dive back into the Wizard101 world without actually being in Wizard101, now is your time, as this morning KingsIsle...
Gigantic readies another attempt at a server fix and plans a compensation package for players
Gigantic continues to unfortunately be caught in the throes of server-related launch problems, but Arc Games and Abstraction believe that they may have a...
