Reign Of Guilds Studio Head Steps Down After 9 Years At Company
Atlant Studio’s founder and studio head announced his resignation after more than nine years leading the development of the MMORPG *Reign of Guilds*. He cited personal burnout, financial losses, and an over‑reliance on his own vision as reasons for stepping away. The studio confirmed that a new leadership team will take over, though details remain pending. Meanwhile, a minor patch reduced teleportation costs dramatically and introduced weight‑based pricing, signaling continued commitment to the game’s evolution.
Indie MMO Spotlight: To Space And Beyond
The Indie MMO Spotlight roundup highlights a flurry of updates across the indie sandbox, from Hytale’s massive Update 4 with 500 new blocks and proximity voice chat to Zero‑G’s public alpha launch. New titles such as Minimo promise fast, 30‑minute roguelike...
Soulframe Devstream For Preludes 14 Previews Pirate-Like Pact And More
The upcoming Preludes 14 update, slated for mid‑April, introduces the Duelo pact—a pirate‑themed ability set that lets players fire a multi‑target flintlock, boost allies' highest Virtue, and summon a damage‑mirroring ghost clone. Alongside the pact, Soulframe adds rapier‑style longswords such as...
Broken Ranks's March DevBlog Touts Android Playtest Success, Hints At New Boss
Broken Ranks reported that its Android playtest in Poland has approached 100,000 downloads and earned a 4.8‑star rating, with many users playing on both PC and mobile. Over 2,000 returning players were identified, about half logging in via Android. The...
Hunt: Showdown 1896 Gives Players Clear Skies All Weekend To Rack Up Bounty Extractions
The weekend of March 28‑30 will feature Hunt: Showdown 1896’s Clear Skies – Bounty Extract event, guaranteeing clear weather for all players. The Night and Thundershower maps are temporarily removed, forcing hunts in daylight conditions. Community bounty milestones range from 250,000...
The NosFire Fast-Progression Event Server Returns to NosTale Next Week
Gameforge announced that the NosFire fast‑progression event server will launch on April 1 and run until June 10, spanning ten weeks. New characters begin at level 80 with a suite of permanent bonuses, including double experience, quadruple reputation, and doubled gold and drops....
Skull and Bones Reflects on Year 2, Looks Ahead to Year 3 With a Focus on Naval Combat and Core...
Skull and Bones is moving into Year 3 after two years of post‑launch updates that expanded its ship roster and introduced new game modes. Year 2 saw the addition of the Frigate, Corvette, Kraken battles and the delayed but refined Faction War...
Eterspire Revamps All Of Its Major Bosses In Latest Biweekly Update, Plus Adds Three New Endgame Maps
Eterspire’s latest biweekly update delivers a complete overhaul of all major bosses, introducing new area‑of‑effect attacks and more reactive, skill‑driven combat. Players who defeat every boss now earn the exclusive Boss Slayer cloak from Alayna in New Rautala. The update...
Minimo Blends MMO & Roguelike Mechanics in 30-Minute 'Massive Co-Op' Runs That Are Different Each Time
Low Drag Labs unveiled Minimo, a multiplayer title that fuses MMO scale with roguelike brevity. Each 30‑minute run features procedurally generated worlds, allowing up to 200 players to share a single session. The game offers roughly 50 class combinations, letting...
Pantheon Looks At Warrior As First Part Of Combat And Progression Progress Updates
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen revealed a sweeping overhaul of its Warrior class, expanding the base ability kit through level 50 and introducing two distinct masteries—Bastion and Warlord. Weapon and combat skills will now have greater impact, while Battle Points will...
Monsters & Memories Continues Sending Beta Invites, Introduces a PvP-Only Beta Lottery
Monsters & Memories launched its latest open playtest and continued distributing beta invites, reaching a fifth wave of 200 spots. The studio added a separate PvP‑only beta lottery that will run after the open test ends on March 30. Players may...
Titan Quest II Is Bringing Back Summons, Reworking Epics, and More in April
Titan Quest II’s April patch reintroduces summons, adding a unique summon skill and related passives for each Mastery. The update also launches a new off‑hand item type, Talismans, which boost energy for both casters and non‑casters. Epic items receive a comprehensive...
What Multiplayer Features Would You Like to See in Crimson Desert?
Pearl Abyss released Crimson Desert as a solo open‑world action RPG, abandoning its original MMORPG vision. The game moved 3 million units in its first week and peaked at roughly 250,000 concurrent Steam players. In 2024 the studio earmarked about 50...
Easter Returns in Old School RuneScape, Jagex Makes Series of PvP Quality of Life Tweaks
Old School RuneScape’s Easter event runs through April 15, featuring a new holdable pet rock called Archibald and a quest to retrieve a runaway chocolate egg. Jagex also rolled out a suite of PvP quality‑of‑life tweaks, including meta‑aligned gear changes,...
Star Citizen Alpha 4.7, 'Welcome to the Rock, Adds New Multi-Part Mission, and First Iteration of Crafting
Cloud Imperium Games launched Star Citizen Alpha 4.7, dubbed “Welcome to the Rock,” featuring the multi‑part Operation Breaker Stations mission, the Aurora Mk II starter ship, and the first version of a crafting system (Crafting T0). Players must infiltrate dormant QV Breaker stations in the Keeger...
Wargaming Reveals the Modes and Real-Location Inspired Maps of World of Tanks HEAT
Wargaming unveiled World of Tanks: HEAT, a cross‑platform tactical vehicle shooter featuring maps modeled after real‑world locations. The launch includes four competitive modes—Conquest (10v10), Hardpoint (5v5), Control (5v5), and Kill Confirmed (5v5)—each with distinct objectives and dynamic elements. All modes...
Former New World World Lead Answers Community Questions in a Wide-Ranging AMA
David McKenzie, former lead designer of New World: Aeternum, hosted an AMA on Reddit where he addressed a range of topics from abandoned projects to the content shortage preceding the console launch. He highlighted the "successful failure" of the Brimstone...
Reign of Guilds Adds High-Risk, High-Reward New Island, and 'Eternal Siege' Castle
Atlant Games has launched the Age of Brave update for Reign of Guilds, adding the Island of the Brave—a level‑60, high‑risk zone where equipment degrades tenfold and death reduces ticket time. Access is controlled by tiered tickets that provide up...
Dune: Awakening Adds New 'The Ruins of Tsimpo' Overland Area In Latest Minor Content Patch
Dune: Awakening has rolled out a minor content patch that introduces a new overland location called The Ruins of Tsimpo, along with five location‑specific Landsraad missions and UI tweaks to streamline house NPC redemption. The update also adjusts Landsraad end...
Warframe Is Live On Switch 2 With 'The Shadowgrapher' Update, Featuring New Missions And Playable Warframe
Warframe officially launched on Nintendo Switch 2, replacing the previous backward‑compatible version with a dedicated port that delivers smoother performance and higher frame rates. The same update, dubbed “The Shadowgrapher,” introduces a new playable Warframe called Follies, featuring high mobility, a...
Gerion's Reckoning Is Live in EverQuest II, Bringing New and Old Threats to Norrath
The GU‑131 update for EverQuest II, titled Gerion’s Reckoning, is now live, delivering level 135 content that continues the storyline from Rage of Cthurath. Players gain access to 20 new missions, nine Adventure Quests, ten collections, and fresh tradeskill opportunities. The patch...
Guild Wars 2's New Hero Jump Start Bonus Event Is Back Today
ArenaNet has re‑launched the New Hero Jump Start Bonus event in Guild Wars 2, running through April 7, 2024. Players who create a fresh character receive a suite of temporary boosts, including +50% experience, +30% Magic Find, and +30% progress on both...
FFXIV's Pre-Patch Moogle Treasure Trove Event Returns With Fat Cat Parasol And Miner Pickaxe Earrings
Square Enix has launched the pre‑patch Moogle Treasure Trove event for Final Fantasy 14, running from March 31 to April 28 ahead of Patch 7.50. Players earn a Mogpendium, complete tasks, and receive Irregular Tomestones to redeem new cosmetics such as the Miner’s Earring,...
Star Trek Online Releases Documentary-Style Video and Four Ships From Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek Online celebrates its 16th anniversary with a new Enterprise ship bundle released on PC, and slated for console launch on April 7. The bundle adds four starships from the 2001‑2005 series, each with unique visual variants, and can also...
Grounded 2 Announces 'Playground' Custom Game Builder Mode Will Return Anew
Grounded 2, the bug‑themed survival sequel, is reintroducing the “Playgrounds” custom mode, allowing players to design, script, and share their own maps and game experiences. The mode provides in‑game tools such as area triggers, random item spawners, and enemy generators to...
Preview Old School RuneScape's Demonic Pacts Leagues Event Ahead of April 15th Launch
Old School RuneScape’s sixth Leagues season, titled Demonic Pacts, launches on April 15 and runs for 56 days through June 10. The mode is an Ironman‑only experience, prohibiting player trading and the Grand Exchange while automatically granting certain quests, achievements,...
Brew Day Is Back in EverQuest, With New Quests and Returning Content
EverQuest’s annual Brew Day event has returned, running through April 5, and celebrates the game’s 27th anniversary. The celebration adds four brand‑new quests centered on Andy Littlefoot’s missing beer, decorations, and pony, alongside a fresh Pony Bridle Parts collection. Returning content...
Soulframe Removing Fey Pact XP in Preludes 14, Which Gets a Preview Devstream This Week
Digital Extremes announced that XP earned from the discontinued Fey Pact in Soulframe will be stripped from player accounts in the upcoming Preludes 14 update. The company promises new equipment in the next patch to help players recover the lost progression....
The Elder Scrolls Online Team Will Outline Update 50's Player Experience Improvements This Week
ZeniMax Online Studios will stream a detailed briefing on March 26 at 2 p.m. ET to unveil the player‑experience changes slated for Elder Scrolls Online Update 50. The session, led by player‑experience director Kira Schlitt, follows Update 49’s rollout of visual upgrades, customizable difficulty,...
Midnight's Magic and Mayhem: WoW's Latest Expansion Is a Wild Ride
Blizzard released the Midnight expansion for World of Warcraft three weeks ago, introducing the Abundance event that let players farm a new currency for gear and cosmetics. Early solo runs were praised for chaotic fun, but recent changes slowed orb...
Neverwinter Adds Shoulder Cats and Brings Back April Fowls, With a New Mount and Chicken Outfit
Neverwinter’s April Fowls event returns through April 2, featuring the mischievous Earl the Chickenmancer and a suite of new rewards. Players can earn Bird Feathers and Bird Feed to purchase the Mechanical Goose mount and a year‑round Chicken Onesie costume. The...
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Hero Wars Is Dropping Its Most Exciting New Hero Yet, and She Brought a Bear [Sponsored]
Hero Wars: Dominion Era, celebrating its 10th anniversary, has added a new hero named Byrna, an orc shaman empowered by the Bear Spirit Ursa. Byrna functions as a hybrid support, delivering sustained healing, health‑based damage boosts, and a 50 percent damage‑splitting...
Once Human Reveals More Details About This Week's Console Closed Beta and 'Deviant Update'
Once Human’s console closed beta launches on March 26 and runs through April 8, targeting PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S users. Participants who are selected receive a Discord role and exclusive reward pack, with all progress wiped at beta’s end but rewards...
Havenhythe Part 1 Has Arrived in RuneScape, The Biggest Area Expansion Yet
RuneScape has launched the first phase of the Havenhythe expansion, introducing the game’s largest new region east of Morytania. Players begin in the village of Wendlewick and can tackle the free introductory quests “Visions of Havenhythe” and “Hearts of Sanguine.”...
Vawraek Ships 20th Quinfall Patch Since February Launch as Player Counts Hold Steady
Vawraek Technology rolled out patches v1.0.0.19 and v1.0.0.20 for The Quinfall, marking the 20th update since the February 6 launch. The fixes trimmed Combat Mode to ten seconds, corrected shield and teleport exploits, expanded auto‑turret range, and boosted legendary loot drop...
Indie MMO Spotlight: The Year Of New Monsters
The weekly Indie MMO Spotlight highlights a flurry of updates across the genre, from new monster previews in Once Human to a fresh Air Map Boss in Ethyrial’s Echoes of Yore. Palia’s Spring Spectacle patch expands the world with the...
Newest Elder Scrolls Online Dev Stream Previews Class Mastery Passives, Werewolf Rework And Challenge Difficulty
The latest Elder Scrolls Online developer stream unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the Werewolf form, adding vibrant new models, a female variant, and a two‑part bite attack that inflicts bleed. It also introduced Class Mastery Passives—two selectable, skill‑free bonuses designed...
Marvel Heroes Lives Again: MHServerEmu Hits Version 1.0.0
Community‑built server emulator MHServerEmu has officially launched version 1.0.0, fully replicating Marvel Heroes’ final 2017 build. The release resets player data, disables auto‑unlock by default, and resolves a critical data‑loss bug that could erase progress. New admin tools let operators...
Monsters & Memories Co-Founder Departs With Early Access Around the Corner
Monsters & Memories co‑founder and design lead Nick has exited Niche Worlds Cult, the studio developing the old‑school indie MMO. The departure was disclosed on March 20 via a Discord post by co‑founder Shawn, with no details on the reasons....
Jagex Reveals RuneScape's Road to Restoration Player-Owned Housing Overhauls
Jagex has unveiled a major revamp of RuneScape’s Player Owned Housing, raising the Construction skill cap to 120 and allowing furniture to be crafted directly in‑house. The new system discards the rigid square‑grid in favor of hallways, varied room shapes,...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Outlines Planned Changes to Make Armor & Resistances Meaningful (and Nuanced)
Visionary Realms announced a major combat and progression overhaul for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, revamping armor and resistance mechanics. The new system ensures armor upgrades provide noticeable benefits at all levels, including spellcasters, and scales with player progression. Resistances...
Gods, Death & Reapers Announces Alpha 6 Playtest Taking Place End Of April
Gods, Death & Reapers announced an Alpha 5 playtest scheduled for April 30 1:00 a.m. PDT through May 4 9:00 a.m. PDT. The test follows the smaller Alpha 4.1 playtest held in December and will be accessible through the Wolcen Studio Playtest Program. Existing invited players can join automatically via...
After Layoffs, Lost Ark Teases Roadmap To Assure Players Content Is Still Coming Despite 'Times Like These'
Lost Ark’s development team announced that, despite a recent round of layoffs affecting the studio and broader Amazon Games cuts, new in‑game content remains on schedule. A forthcoming roadmap video will outline updates slated for April, May and June, including...
Last Epoch Previews New Set Items, Uniques, Animations, and More in Season 4 Next Week
Eleventh Hour Games announced the March 26 launch of Last Epoch Season 4, "Shattered Omens," featuring new set and unique items, animation overhauls, and quality‑of‑life tweaks. The update reintroduces set items—Doppelganger, Apiarist’s, and Abandoned—allowing players to reforge them into Affix Shards. Rogue‑focused...
Star Citizen To Launch Long-Awaited Crafting System Plus New Combat Missions In Alpha 4.7
Star Citizen’s upcoming Alpha 4.7 patch introduces the first iteration of a crafting system, allowing players to fabricate and upgrade weapons via an Item Fabricator. The update also adds “Operation: Breaker” missions, a PvPvE extraction mode where crews clear derelict stations...
In April, Throne and Liberty Gets a Brooch Accessory, New Battleground Map, and Two Co-Op Dungeons
Throne and Liberty’s April 2 update introduces a new accessory slot—brooches—tailored for PvE and PvP, two co‑op dungeons (Hellfire Crucible and Deathless Queen’s Lair), and a fresh Battleground map featuring bridge‑building mechanics. Brooches will be earned through the new dungeons or...
Daybreak and The Heroes Journey Creators Settle Lawsuit, $3.5 Million in Damages Possible if Deal Violated
Daybreak Games settled its lawsuit against the EverQuest emulator The Heroes Journey and its creators, Kristopher Takahashi and Alexander Taylor. The agreement bars the developers from distributing or promoting any EverQuest‑related emulator, with a $3.5 million damages clause if they breach...
Embers Adrift Servers Are Back Up After Outage and Server Migration
Embers Adrift’s servers were down Tuesday after a catastrophic hardware failure, prompting the team to accelerate a planned migration. A brief 15‑minute rollback restored service, though activity between 3:00‑3:15 PM Central was lost. Players now need a small Steam patch to...
Destiny: Rising Season 4, 'Season of Wishes', Coming Next Week, With New Content & Player-Friendly Improvements
NetEase Games will launch Destiny: Rising Season 4, titled “Season of Wishes,” on March 26. The update removes Pinnacle Energy limits, unlocks all new Mythic characters for free, and raises the level cap to 90. It adds a Paragon Board for deeper end‑game...
RuneScape's DailyScape Overhauls Have Arrived, With Some Changes After Community Feedback
Jagex has launched a major overhaul of RuneScape’s DailyScape system, keeping daily challenges while scrapping weekly reward tracks and several timed caps. Community feedback forced the team to retain the daily challenges but redesign them for more player freedom. Caps...