World of Warcraft upcoming expansion, Dragonflight, won’t feature the reputation system players of Blizzard’s MMORPG have long been accustomed to. Instead, it will use an improved system from the game’s Shadowlands expansion, renown. Reputations have been a part of WoW from the game’s launch way back in 2004. Each new …

Tower of Fantasy may have just arrived in the West, but developer Hotta Studio has announced at Gamescom that the first major expansion for the free-to-play gacha MMORPG will be released this fall at no cost to players. The free update will introduce the new Vera region, which is part …

Genshin Impact’s huge 3.0 update is right around the corner, and a new Gamescom trailer shows off some of the new characters players will soon be able to add to their roster while exploring lush rainforests of the new Sumeru region. The trailer, which debuted during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live …

Bandai Namco’s amusement park builder Park Beyond is now slated for a 2023 release, with a new trailer that debuted as part of Gamescom’s Opening Night Live highlighting the level of creativity possible in-game. Though the trailer is largely cinematic in nature, there are brief glimpses that look to be …

Announced as part of Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale is the next game from German game studio Gaming Minds, best known for its Port Royale strategy game series. The trailer, which is partly a pre-rendered cinematic of a pirate captain looking for new recruits, does offer a …

Lost Ark’s August update is set to arrive August 24, and while it’s not as sizable as previous monthly updates, it does introduce one critical new feature–the Pet Ranch. Pets have always been important in Lost Ark. In addition to certain pets granting various stat boosts, they also conveniently gather …

Lapsed World of Warcraft players can claim the game’s current Shadowlands expansion, and a level-50 character boost, for free now until September 5. The level-50 boost will make it so new characters can jump into the beginning of Shadowlands without needing to level through older content. That’s a pretty good …

Lord of the Rings Online’s next expansion, Before the Shadow, will serve as a prequel of sorts, with two new leveling zones for players levels 1-32 and a story that takes place prior to the events of the Fellowship of the Ring. The content update, which developer Standing Stone Games …

Fortnite could soon get a splash of Lord of the Rings, if a recently discovered Easter egg in Epic Games’ battle royale is to be believed. As highlighted by ShiinaBR on Twitter, an in-game sandcastle that has been a work-in-progress over the course of the most recent season was recently …

To celebrate the start of QuakeCon 2022, a slew of classic Bethesda and id Software titles have been added to the PC version of Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service. Iconic id Software shooters like Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and the Raven Software-developed Quake 4 have all been added …