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, revamped starter sets in Emir’s Arena, and the activation of Deadeye and Mystic Vigour prayers in combat. Cosmetic overrides now survive death, and client updates add expanded mobile UI scaling and separate foreground/background FPS limits. Upcoming sailing adjustments will buff cannons and rebalance sea‑creature XP.
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...
Last Epoch Kicks Off Week Of Season 4 Reveals With New Omen Windows Encounters And Their Shattered Runes Rewards
Last Epoch announced its Season 4 “Shattered Omens” during a Hype Week, introducing Omen Windows – multi‑stage encounters that combine enemy fights with a trailing Omen. Four variations and several difficulty tiers will appear across the campaign and endgame, with Echo...
FFXIV's Annual Hatching-Tide Celebration Hops In With Some Small, Nifty Cosmetics
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV’s annual Hatching‑tide celebration, running from March 23 to April 6. The event offers a handful of Easter‑themed cosmetics, including egg‑, flower‑ and rabbit‑inspired glasses, minions, and furniture. Players can obtain the quest from the Stylish Dreamer in...
Fractured Conquest Cinematic Shows New Visual Design & Brings Back the Mysterious, Creepy Lore
The Fractured Conquest team unveiled a new cinematic trailer that showcases refreshed faction visual designs and re‑introduces the series’ original dark lore. After Happy Cauldron acquired the rights to Fractured Online, the studio pledged to expand the unfinished narrative and...
Profane Delays Multi-Region Playtest, Launches Monthly Fight Pub Combat Event
Profane announced a delay to its multi‑region playtest after encountering technical snags, opting to refine the experience before a wider release. To keep momentum, the studio is launching a monthly community event called Fight Pub, kicking off on March 26....
Water, Protect And Grow Sunflowers In Sky: Children Of The Light's Days of Bloom Spring Event
Sky: Children of the Light launches its spring "Days of Bloom" event, guiding players to nurture sunflowers from March 1‑15 through April 2. Participants water patches, clear dark plants, and harvest seeds for NPC rewards. The event adds side activities like swimming...
Pantheon's Attributes Are Getting Reworked Soon To Better Clarify Their Use And Align Role Expectations
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s developers announced a comprehensive attribute overhaul, removing Constitution and Charisma and introducing Concentration and Presence. The changes aim to make attributes more intuitive, align them with class roles, and improve equipment relevance across multiple classes....
Sea Of Thieves Brings PvP Improvements And Monthly New Festival In Season 19
Sea of Thieves' Season 19, titled "Fights and Festivals," launches on March 19, introducing major PvP updates and a new monthly festival. In the Hourglass mode, the map now contracts over time, ships receive extra supplies at start, and players...
Once Human Announces Details for Console Closed Beta Later This Month
Once Human is launching a closed console beta for its upcoming title, running from March 26 at 7 p.m. PT through April 8 midnight PT. Players with PlayStation 5 (or Pro) or Xbox Series X|S can apply via a Discord‑linked Google form or Xbox Insider,...
Black Desert Online Continues 10th Anniversary and Tweaks War of the Roses for More Strategy, Tighter Map
Pearl Abyss updated Black Desert Online’s War of the Roses mode to prioritize strategy over sheer numbers, adding a third‑legion recruitment system for leaders and trimming Sanctums from ten to seven. The map redesign concentrates conflict toward the center, while...
Elder Scrolls Online Team Talks Dragonknight PTS Changes and Answers Community Questions on the Rework Process
The Elder Scrolls Online released its first class refresh with update 49, overhauling the Dragonknight’s abilities. Developers explained that skill swaps were guided by class identity, niche relevance, and mechanical depth, leading to the removal of legacy tools like Eruption. Public...
Feudal Survival Builder Sengoku Dynasty Overhauls Combat and Village Progression, and Adds Huge New Region
Superkami’s Sengoku Dynasty received the Kanata update, introducing a new subtropical archipelago with three distinct regions. The expansion overhauls combat for smoother action and adds a deeper spiritualism system with extra shrine effects. Village progression is revamped, giving the central...
Eterspire's Next Biweekly Content Update Lets Players Delve Into Dwarven Ruins
Eterspire’s next biweekly patch introduces the Dwarven Mines, a new end‑game region composed of five distinct zones. The content is designed for players level 80 to 105 and includes the side quest “Into the Hall of the Dwarven King.” This...
World of Warcraft Previews 12.0.5: Fight Back Against the Void, Gear Up, and Take on Decor Duels
World of Warcraft’s upcoming 12.0.5 patch introduces a suite of new activities for the Midnight expansion. Players will face rotating Void Strikes and larger Void Incursions in Eversong Woods and Zul’Aman, while Ritual Sites offer tiered challenges and Field Accolades...