Christina Gonzalez

The Ravendawn team announced that they are working on a huge PvP update, but has decided to expand that patch even more and include a number of new PvE systems and blended systems. They’ve released a preview of one of the new features on the way, Aether Rifts.

If you’ve been waiting to check out the Corsairs of Umbar expansion and the Mariner class in The Lord of the Rings Online, both are now available for points from the LOTRO store.

The Quinfall has a brand new lore video taking us into the history of the realm, setting up the very biomes and conflicts we'll be stepping into.

Final Fantasy XIV is experiencing a series of DDoS attacks again, with not much known about what is going on just yet.

If you’ve been waiting to check out the Corsairs of Umbar expansion and the Mariner class in The Lord of the Rings Online, both are now available for points from the LOTRO store.

Gold Road will begin rolling out for The Elder Scrolls Online in less than a month, first on PC and Mac. The ESO team has a new preview to prepare for the Chapter’s release, this time taking us into the West Weald.

After several days of player outcry, pushback, and extensive review bombing, Sony has backed down from its demand that Helldivers 2 players be required to link a PSN account on PC if they wanted to continue playing. 

Diablo Immortal is offering up some new mayhem in its next season, Treacherous Reflection. The update will add a new limited-time event, event updates, a new Tower War season, and the Season 26 Battle Pass.

The next content update, Dark Heart, is coming to World of Warcraft on May 7th. Blizzard has released a new in-game cinematic to whet your appetite and details on the update. This also comes as The War Within alpha enters its next phase.

Redfall, Arkane Studios’ co-op, squad -based vampire shooter, was released a year ago, and quickly panned as broken and undercooked. Despite vowing to work on the issues, and owing players who bought their $100 deluxe edition two promised post-launch heroes, some are still waiting for what they were promised for their purchase.

Riot Games is standing by its decision to add its proprietary Vanguard anti-cheat system to League of Legends with update 14.9, refuting complaints that the change has bricked people’s PCs. 

Legends of Aria Classic is preparing for its May 9th launch, but before then, everyone has a chance to see what the revamped ‘back to 2019’ MMORPG is like by participating in the open beta starting today.

MapleStory is celebrating its 19th anniversary with a special event, a new playable class, and new rewards to earn.

Protea Prime has arrived in Warframe, bringing her time twisting ancient tech in a brand new way. Protea Prime Access means new weapons, and additional cosmetics available to collect.

In less than a week, V Rising 1.0 will finally be out, and developer Stunlock Studios is reminding us of that May 8th launch date with the official launch trailer.

When the Land of the Morning Light expansion made its way to Black Desert Mobile, only some of the challenging bosses were added in the first batch of content. More bosses followed. Pearl Abyss has expanded the expansion’s content again in the latest mobile update with new bosses and new tales.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic team revealed details about Update 7.5 in a special stream today. We can expect the next chapter of the Desperate Defiance story, a new spring event on Dantooine, new single-player content, PvP Season 6, and more.

Old School RuneScape will be getting more Varlamore, including new Herblore training method, a new group boss challenge, and the team is polling on several key proposals.

Darkest Dungeon II is getting a free update, Kingdoms, later this year that will add a new campaign game mode. 

Mortal Online 2’s second Sprint patch PTR is now open, with second character slot, major siege changes to encourage participation via new rules, new mounts, and a battle test today.

Once Human has opened up pre-registration on the Google Play Store, ahead of tonight’s mobile closed beta test start.

The Elder Scrolls Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary and getting ready for the new Gold Road Chapter. The team just released a deep dive video on Scribing, the new feature coming in Gold Road that will let you customize your skills and play in new ways. 

New Worldis bringing back Springtide Bloom next week. The event returns to get Aeternum all spring ready, with flowers all over and of course, the wasps that come with them.

HoYoverse has opened signups for a PlayStation 5 technical test for its upcoming fantasy ARPG, Zenless Zone Zero.

Seekers of Skyveil recently held a new playtest, and the team is sharing some details and stats from the experience, from how many creatures everyone defeated to how successful they were at extraction in the fantasy extraction title.

Sky: Children of the Light is finally making its way to PC today via Steam Early Access. Along with the arrival, thatgamecompany is marking the release by adding some new cosmpetics, including a formerly PlayStation-exclusive Journey pack.

Cryptic Studios is in a period of transition under Deca Games after recent changes at parent company Embracer Group moved Cryptic under that division. While all of Cryptic’s MMOs will continue to get new content and updates, there will be Deca devs starting to “take over the creation of some of the content”.

You could jump into a different New Eden inEVE Vanguard, the upcoming sci-fi sandbox FPS on the way, as CCP has announced more on the nextFirst Strike playtest, which begins tomorrow.

Sky: Children of the Light is celebrating the return of spring with the Days of Bloom event, beginning next week. Travel around the lands in Sky to take in the flowers, where storms and rain will help them blossom.

Tarisland has opened up its Chinese beta, and the team is sharing a few screenshots and details while we all wait for future global testing.

Lost Ark’s “Break Through to Thaemine” update will go live tomorrow, bringing the Breaker advanced class, a new horizontal progression catch-up mechanic, new story quests, and events.

Palia’s March update is on the way, and will coincide with the game’s Steam launch on March 25th. The team previewed the new temple, new decor items, and more on the way in the patch, and gave a glimpse at future features in development.

Dark and Darker’s twisty road to launch on PC is back on after legal filings by Nexon and an injunction were dismissed. The game now has an Epic Games Store page as the team prepares to bring the game to “a wider audience”.

The Quinfall is set for its second closed beta test soon, developer Vawraek announced.

Gameforge has announced update 2.7, “Rise of the Revenant” for Aion Classic Europe. Bringing a new starting region of Telos, and a new class, the Soldier (and the Revenants they become). The packed update adds new systems, new instances, and a series of updates and improvements.

 Skull and Bones has extended its first season by a week, re-enabled chat, and added opt-in open world PvP, a major community request.

The latest New World Forged in Aeternum is out, and the team discusses the narrative and mechanics of Soul Trials, including why they’re not replayable (yet), goals behind them, and answer community questions.

Ravendawn will be getting a major PvP update that the Tavernlight Games devs are calling like a “mini expansion”. There’s also a new update coming to address market oversupply issues from land rules.

Originally announced back at Gamescom 2022, dark historical fantasy RPG Wyrdsong’s developer, Something Wicked Games, seems to be the most recent studio to suffer mass layoffs.

Dune: Spice Wars, the 4x strategy game has its first DLC, including a new faction, as well as a major free update reworking combat and adding 14 legendary playable characters.

Today, theMortal Online 2 PTR opens for what the team is calling their “sprint patch”, intended to reflect a number of promised changes from the latest roadmap. You can hop on to check out new combat features, make use of additional carry weight, pet adjustments, bug fixes, and you can also now ride bears.

Fatshark has opened upWarhammer: Vermintide 2’s sixth anniversary event, with the return of “A Quiet Drink” and opening up the game’s Versus mode alpha to all owners.

Monster Hunter Now is getting its first season, “The Vernal Invader” next week, with new content, new monsters, features, quests, and more. 

Inflexion Games CEO Aaryn Flynn has released a new devblog on what we can expect from Nightingale’s dev team in the short term and a little further down the line. The survival crafting MMO entered Early Access almost three weeks ago, and the team has mentioned a few things they’re working on, but this is our clearest roadmap so far.

On Tuesday, March 12th,Star Wars: The Old Republic update 7.4.1, “Building a Foundation” is set to go live, and Broadsword is highlighting some of the highlights on the way.

Look for Apex Legends to begin to expand past just the traditional battle royale format in the coming year as part of an overall plan to grow the community and evolve the IP. 

The Elder Scrolls Online has a new lore dive to get everyone ready for Scions of Ithelia’s release on March 11th. This time, Demiprince Fa-Nuit-Hen and the Daedric Prince Malacath get a spotlight in the same feature.

Clockwork Labs has announced that BitCraft will begin its closed alpha on April 4th. The team revealed the news along with the survival crafting MMORPG’s first official gameplay trailer.

More details are out on next week’s collaboration between Tower of Fantasy x Evangelion. New clips show off some of what to expect, along with dates on expected updates, including availability of Asuka and Rei.

Magical family-friendly MMORPG Wizard101 has made its way onto Steam in all European countries. This brings the long running MMO to a larger global audience, in new supported languages.

Frostpunk 2 is set to launch on July 25th, 11 bit Studios announced via today’s Xbox showcase. The upcoming sequel to the survival title will release first on PC and will be a day one Game Pass release.

Unforetold: Witchstone entered Early Access in January, and developer Spearhead Games is now ending production “indefinitely” this week on the CRPG after “difficult” financial circumstances that also see the studio laying off most of its staff.

Fractured Online is holding its first Steam free weekend since the Early Access relaunch, along with a special discount on founders’ packs.

TheTower of Fantasy x Evangelion collaboration is coming next week on March 12th, and the team is previewing some of what we can expect, with a story teaser and new look at Mirroria Mech Bay.

War Thunder’s next major update, Alpha Strike, will bring the Hungarian aviation tech tree, and a slew of new vehicles. 

A new developer update video from the Tarisland team dives into how cross-platform play will work in the upcoming MMORPG. Importantly, they show examples of how they've created a fully cross-platform experience, without sacrificing quality.

With Scions of Ithelia coming in March, and the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls Online, ZeniMax has an important early gift to kick off the celebration: The Orisinum DLC.

Destiny 2 brings back the Guardian Games competition, this time as an all-stars event. The event and offers new challenges, new rewards, and Destiny 2's first hoverboard.

RuneScape’s venture into the tabletop gaming era is here, as RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg, the new board game, and RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game, have both launched.

World of Tanks has announced a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration with a brand new Season 13 Battle Pass, themed rewards, customization options, and vehicle event makeovers.

After several recent brief preview videos, breaking down some of the mechanics, gameplay elements, and the characteristics of the environment of Arrakis and why a survival MMO works there, the latest Dune: Awakening video takes a different direction.

Keen Games announced that its voxel-based co-op survival ARPG, Enshrouded, has hit two million players in its first month of launch.

Pocketpair’s survival crafting monster collecting game Palworld has hit yet another milestone, hitting 25 million players in its first month. 

The Tarisland team has a new behind the scenes video featuring award-winning composer, Russell Brower, who was announced as part of the project last fall, detailing the process of composing for Tarisland, how tailoring the music to the story matters, and creating a cohesive musical identity for the game.

Palia is about to make its debut on another platform, with Singularity 6 announcing the game’s arrival on Steam on March 25th. 

Myth of Empires, the multiplayer sandbox survival MMO taking place in a feudal world where the threat of war looms, has officially launched on PC via Steam. Explore the world, gather resources and supplies, and craft a society and an army to fit your playstyle. 

Elden Ring’s upcoming expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, got its first gameplay trailer, and FromSoftware isn’t easing up on the mystery, or the depth in the new content on the way. 

Ravendawn is previewing Friday’s major update that will bring the Elder Coast, along with Northern Steppes, and over 660 new pieces of land to claim per server. The Tavernlight Games team also addressed the community about recentefforts to combat scammers, reinforced rules, and announced another banwave had taken place.

Yanuo joins the Tower of Fantasy roster tomorrow, and there’s a new showcase showing off the latest simulacrum and her weapon, Wicked.

In the upcoming Season of the Guardian, New World is not only adding new content, the team is overhauling and improving a few things. One of those overhauls is coming for the old combat and animation system, and the team has a preview of what this all means.

Daybreak Game Company has confirmed earlier reports that there had been layoffs across its teams, but said the number is under 15.

WithSkull and Bones wrapping preorder head start and officially launching for all tomorrow, the Ubisoft Singapore team is detailing some fixes following beta feedback and testing data and what’s still on the way.

The Nightingale team is prepping for the game’s big launch into Early Access next week. Not only did Inflexion Games move the start up by two days to February 20th, they’re highlighting the recent stress test, what they’ve learned from community feedback, and more.

Hawked, a treasure hunting and extraction shooter from My.Games, has now fully launched on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. This comes after PC Early Access since November, and a cross-playbeta.

Dune: Awakening is holding a new closed beta test soon. Funcom has already begun sendiing the first invites to the next test phase of its multiplayer survival game.

Development studio Flying Wild Hog has unionized, marking the latest unionization effort in a very rough time for gaming industry workers. The Polish studio, owned by Embracer Group, has seen its parent company shed nearly 1,400 jobs and more planned in a reorganization process.

The latest Black Desert Online update features adjustments to War of the Roses and the Guild League, tweaks to progression, help for PKed players, and some Valentine’s events that continue through the month.

Fractured Online’s Endgame Changer update is fast approaching, and the team is previewing some more of the features on the way. This time, get a look at Primal Energy and Potions in a new video.

Layoffs are being reported at Daybreak Game Company, with some at Dimensional Ink, responsible for DC Universe Online, said to be hit. Others across the company are affected in an unknown number of cuts, with more senior staff said to be mostly affected.

Today’s the day when Destiny 2 and EA’s Mass Effect collaboration begins, bringing cosmetics and in-game goodies inspired by the Normandy crew.