Funcom is expanding its survival-crafting sandbox Dune: Awakening next month. The studio has dated Chapter 2, the game’s first free story update, for September 10 and will launch a paid add-on called The Lost Harvest on the same day. Players can sample the desert planet for themselves right now thanks to a limited-time Steam trial running alongside Gamescom. Dune: Awakening [...]
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At Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase in Cologne, longtime MMO specialist NCSoft turned heads by unveiling two very different shooters: Time Takers and Cinder City. The announcement marks a clear move beyond the studio’s fantasy comfort zone as it prepares a seven-game slate for 2025-2026. While the last few years have been pretty NCSoft is best known for online staples [...]
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South Korean publisher Ncsoft, best known for long-running MMORPGs like Lineage and Aion, is ready to show its next big swing: Cinder City. The MMO tactical shooter, once code-named Project LLL, will share the spotlight during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live on 19 August. It is scheduled to hit PC and unnamed consoles in 2026. Developed by internal studio BigFire Games, [...]
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Digital Extremes has locked in August 26 for the arrival of Caliban Prime, the latest “Prime Access” addition to its long-running free-to-play looter shooter Warframe. First shown during July’s TennoCon demo for the upcoming The Old Peace story arc, this enhanced frame lands simultaneously on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch. Frame upgrade: Caliban Prime boosts energy, shields, and comes with [...]
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World of Tanks is officially hitting the 15-year mark, and Wargaming is marking the occasion with a month-long schedule of in-game events that begin on August 8. The free-to-play armor sim first rolled onto PC in 2010, popularizing a session-based model built around historically inspired tanks and competitive team play. A decade and a half later, it still draws a [...]
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Nexon has rolled out the Breakthrough update for its free-to-play looter shooter MMO The First Descendant on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC. The Season 3 patch introduces a new open zone, fresh playable character, and the game’s first licensed crossover, giving long-time players more to chase while offering newcomers an easier on-ramp. Key Changes: New zone- Axion Plains: A large [...]
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Nexon has quietly rolled out a limited demo for The First Descendant, its free-to-play third-person looter shooter, giving players two weeks to sample the upcoming “Breakthrough” season. The test runs from July 24 through August 6 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam, offering a hands-on preview of new areas, enemies, and traversal tools before the full update lands [...]
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SUPERVIVE, the free-to-play team moba-like shooter / battle royale from former Riot and Bungie developers at Theorycraft Games, has left Early Access and launched its full 1.0 build on Steam. The update introduces a long-promised progression feature called the Armory, aiming to give players persistent goals that carry over from match to match. The release has already boosted the game’s [...]
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Digital Extremes marked a decade of TennoCon by announcing the next big narrative chapter for Warframe, their long-running free-to-play sci-fi looter shooter. At the 10th annual event, the studio revealed "The Old Peace" will launch in 2025, bringing new quests, a side story, and multiple content expansions across the year. The studio also teased Tau, a major narrative chapter planned [...]
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WEMADE, a South Korean game developer and publisher, is preparing to launch a public playtest for its latest tactical first-person shooter, Black Vultures: Prey of Greed. Developed by THISMEANSWAR, a WEMADE studio, the game will be available for hands-on testing via Steam from July 25 to July 28, specifically targeting players in North and South America. This playtest marks the [...]
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