Funcom is back with another Dune: Awakening teaser reel starring yet another member of its dev team. This time around, lead game designer Leo Welter shares a preview of the open world survival MMO’s building system. As in the real world, building a shelter is one of the keys to surviving the harsh climate of Arrakis, particularly its nasty sandstorms. [...]
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The big bosses of Clockwork Labs sat down for a new Bitcraft developer video where they dive into the intricacies of the upcoming sandbox MMO’s design. The video doesn’t include gameplay footage, but it does offer insight into what players can and can’t do within its terraformable world, courtesy of game director Carter Minshull and CTO Alessandro Asoni. According to [...]
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Palia is celebrating the Lunar New Year with the reopening of the Maji Market next week in line with its own in-game Luna New Year event. The event will feature three new Maji Market questlines, season-appropriate mini-games, merchant booths, a wishing tree, lucky envelope rewards, and the mandatory fireworks show. “During the Luna New Year event, Grimalkin, Galdur, Majiri and [...]
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Just when we thought that They Day Before drama had come to an end, developer Fntastic has come out of the woodwork to defend the now-defunct game. The studio issued a statement on X to address alleged “misinformation” that’s been making its rounds on the internet following the game’s official closure earlier this week. In a now-deleted thread on X, [...]
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Palworld came under scrutiny by the video game community and several developers earlier this week for its alleged use of copied 3D assets from Pokémon games, accusations that the game’s developer claimed as “slanderous.” While the issue is certainly debatable, The Pokemon Company, had been ominously silent about the matter, until today. The company recently issued a statement on its [...]
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Multiplayer survival game Valheim is still awaiting its second major update three years after its wildly successful early access launch. Developer Iron Gate Studio has been teasing the upcoming Ashlands update for almost a year now as development plods along on its new ashy, lava-filled biome. Iron Gate, however, is determined to move at its own pace as it works [...]
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Sea of Thieves Season 11 has officially begun as promised, bringing with it a rather controversial quality-of-life feature called the Quest Table. It basically acts as a central quest hub on ships that lists all available quests and activities along with the option to instantly teleport the ship to their general locations. “Rather than having to return to an Outpost [...]
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Palworld’s incredible success story continues to unfold as the Pokémon-inspired survival MMO breaks the 2 million concurrency mark. As of this writing, the record sits at 2,018,905 concurrent players. It’s still way behind PUBG: Battlegrounds’ all-time concurrency record, but it’s getting there. Developer Pocket Pair also reports that the game has sold over 7 million copies barely a week after [...]
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We’re now less than a month from the launch of Nightingale, one of the biggest and most anticipated games of the year. Surprisingly, there’s been a lack of gameplay previews that usually accompany big releases as the Victorian Gaslamp survival crafting game prepares to make its debut on February 22. Fortunately, IGN has got the video game community covered with [...]
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Overwatch 2 is returning to the esports scene after Blizzard Entertainment announced the end of its long-running Overwatch League a few days before Christmas. The studio has now partnered with Saudi Arabian video game and esports company Savvy Game Group to usher in the next chapter of the hero shooter’s professional tournament series. The new Overwatch Championship Series is a [...]
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