Ashes of Creation News

A game’s UI design might not seem all that important, but it actually comes into play in every aspect of gameplay, from the very first time your roll a character to taking down endgame bosses and everything in between. Ashes of Creation’s latest development update video offers a comprehensive look into the work that went into the upcoming high fantasy [...]

2022 has been a “crazy year of growth” for Intrepid Studios with the team moving into its new offices and doubling its size over the past year. With a bigger team, Intrepid Studios was able to step up its update cadence for its flagship MMORPG, Ashes of eCreation, which saw several big improvements and new features in preparation for its [...]

Intrepid Studios continues to expand the high fantasy world of Ashes of Creation in preparation for the start of its second alpha test. Alpha 2 will mark the start of persistent alpha testing for the dynamic MMORPG and will feature a larger world map with around 1,200 km2 of land area to explore, including new desert and forest biomes. The [...]

Intrepid Studios has just released their Ashes of Creation development update for February which shines the spotlight on several new features and updates coming to the sandbox MMORPG in its next alpha build. During the livestream, the team put special emphasis on the game’s animal husbandry system which will allow players to tame and breed the local fauna. Real-world genetics [...]

With Unreal Engine 5 nearing full release, Intrepid Studios is now working on upgrading Ashes of Creation to the latest version of Epic Games proprietary game engine. Creative Director Steven Sharif offers a preview of what the PvP sandbox MMORPG will look like in UE5 in the studio’s latest dev update. During the stream, Sharif highlighted UE5’s new Lumen lighting [...]

After multiple delays, Ashes of Creation has finally kicked off its Alpha One test. The playtest was initially scheduled for April this year but was later moved to June, and then to July so as not to compete with other major MMO launches at that that time, specifically World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade Classic and The Elder Scrolls Online’s Blackwood [...]

Last month, Intrepid Studios revealed partial gameplay footage of Ashes of Creation’s siege area gameplay which is now available in the Alpha One Preview test. The footage showed off the PvE part of the new mode, specifically world boss encounters. Over the weekend, the studio released a new video that showcases the full siege gameplay in glorious 4K resolution. The [...]

Intrepid Studios has decided to delay the Ashes of Creation second alpha test in June due to the start date coinciding with two major MMO expansion launches, namely Elder Scroll Online’s Blackwood and World of Warcraft Classic’s The Burning Crusade. Creative Director Steven Sharif explains in his latest dev update: “[. . .] Several new expansion launches for other live [...]

Intrepid Studios has just published another Ashes of Creation Alpha One preview blog featuring the Mage Archetype. As you might expect, the Mage is a magic user that can deal massive amounts of damage using both AoE, DoT, and single target skills. “As Verra brims with high magic, no party would be complete without a Mage. These masters of the [...]

Intrepid Studios Creative Director Steven Sharif has just announced the schedule of Ashes of Creation Alpha One tests in his latest letter to the community. The actual Alpha One test will be preceded by three pre-tests the first of which will be happening in December. The first Alpha One pre-test is set to begin on December 18th and will run [...]