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The Lord of the Rings Online's Corsairs of Umbar expansion has finally launched and we're wrapping up our interview series on building the expansion. In this final part we explore how the studio sets expectations and pricing, localizes the MMO and then starts to show it to the community.

After reports circulated by Bloomberg last night, Rockstar Games has officially announced it will be finally showing the first trailer of the next Grand Theft Auto to fans next month.

The Lord of the Rings Online is taking players to the southern edge of the Middle-earth map today as Corsairs of Umbar is now live on the game servers. The latest expansion continues the story of the epic MMORPG and takes players to a location never before seen in Tolkien-based media.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen released its latest recap post, which details the pre-alpha testing that has been occurring recently. As part of this month's newsletter, the team at Visionary Realms has touted its recent extraction mode testing as helping to improve its production pace since the testing began.

EVE Online is the subject of a new documentary by prolific YouTube documentarian Fredrick Knudsen. Known for his series "Down the Rabbit Hole," Knudson did just that when detailing the twenty-year history of EVE Online in a six-hour video.

Enshrouded, the most played demo in last month's Steam Next Fest, has a release date, as Keen Games dropped a new trailer this morning.

Up for a new Baldur's Gate 3 challenge? If a leaked achievement proves accurate, an upcoming Honour Mode could be just the challenge you're looking for, if so.

During BlizzCon 2023, the World of Warcraft team announced that the next few expansions would be released faster than players are used to, highlighted by the fact that the MMO developer showcased the next three expansions on stage. The team's development process to do so apparently results from feedback from Shadowlands' glacial pace of content releases, according to the developers in a group interview over the weekend.

World of Warcraft hosted its What's Next panel yesterday at BlizzCon 2023, with the development highlighting the next expansion, The War Within.

World of Warcraft Classic got quite a few new announcements during BlizzCon 2023, from its new Season of Discovery, updates to Hardcore, and the official reveal of Cataclysm Classic. The What's Next panel during BlizzCon dove deeper into what Classic players can expect.

BlizzCon 2023 is upon us as the venerable MMO developer is poised to shower fans with announcements for Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and others. You can check out the Opening Ceremony here and follow along with all the big announcements made in Anaheim today.

After weeks of speculating why members of the Cryptic Studios team would all start to open their LinkedIn accounts to new work at the same time, reports have now come out that the MMORPG studio is experiencing layoffs.

It's no secret that buzz around Blizzard has waned in recent years. However, with the first BlizzCon set to happen in person since before the Pandemic, there just might be something that sends a spark through the community once again.

Greg Street's next adventure is finally more fully revealed. His new studio, Fantastic Pixel Castle, is a first-party independent studio part of NetEase Games, embracing a fully remote set up to build the next triple-A MMO.

EVE Online is gearing up for its upcoming expansion, Havoc, which launches on November 14th. Since its announcement at FanFest 2023 in Iceland earlier this Fall, the CCP Games team has been showcasing the various changes coming with Havoc, this time how they are building stronger organizations.