In its latest development stream, Playable Worlds sketched out the jump from pre-alpha to alpha for Raph Koster's sandbox: a couple more updates and the MMORPG should be ready for Steam Early Access.
Dungeons & Dragons Online's Terror of Demogorgon expansion finally has a date: it descends into the Underdark on July 22 with thirteen quests, a raid, the Duergar race and a level cap bump. Here's everything in it — and what it costs.
The second incremental patch for Update 50 is live on every platform: Werewolf kit tweaks, a week-long item set test in the Vengeance campaign, and a batch of fixes left over from Season One.
Star Trek Online's Season 36 hits PlayStation and Xbox on July 29 with "The Ultimate Klingon" rebuilt from scratch, two Voyager voices back in the cast, and a full rework of Deep Space Encounters.
NetEase's massive-battle MMO launches Three Kingdoms, a free DLC with its own server, 60-plus cities, and an anniversary season running on the official servers.
NCsoft has detailed how Aion 2's five-day head start works: dedicated servers for Founder's Pack owners, a local market from day one but no regional auction house yet, and cross-server dungeon queues shared with the launch servers.
Jagex flipped the switch on RuneScape's mid-game rebalance and dated Wyrmscraig, Old School's first player-designed island: it arrives July 29 with a quest, a repeatable boss and the first new Slayer Master in seven years.
Update 4.3.0 adds a new Battlegrounds mode, "Seal Battle: Frostbite Fortress," and starts PvP Regular Season 2.
Joe Burba took over ZeniMax Online Studios just a year ago, and now he's leaving alongside three other senior leaders. Microsoft has already confirmed new leadership.
Patch 7.55 is a couple of weeks away —arriving right after the upcoming fan festival— and Square Enix has already started showing its hand to build the hype.