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Another leg of the Oculus-ZeniMax lawsuit drama has ended as John Carmack and ZeniMax settle dispute

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If it seems like we've been talking about the Oculus lawsuit for a really long time, that's because we have. The original suit itself...
So. Bye?

Heroes of the Storm director Alan Dabiri is moving on to other things in Blizzard

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It's time for a shifting of the guard within Heroes of the Storm's development staff, as game director Alan Dabiri announced that he is...

Star Citizen’s CitizenCon didn’t help make as much money as last year, but damn it made a lot

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So, how much money did Star Citizen make last week as a result of its CitizenCon push and concomitant ship sale? A lot. Eurogamer's...

Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss claims Russian publisher is using players as a ‘weapon’

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Over the month, we've been covering the supposed license transfer of Black Desert’s Russian branch from publisher GameNet back to Korean owner Pearl Abyss. Initially,...
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road until I get a poncho.

Rockstar boasts of 100-hour work weeks on Red Dead Redemption 2

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If you're looking forward to Red Dead Redemption 2, we can hardly blame you as it seems like half of the civilized world is...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s dazzling CitizenCon

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen wowed audiences in Austin and at home with its annual CitizenCon event, plus CIG rolled out...

Black Desert’s Russian servers and accounts are toast as Pearl Abyss says transfer negotiations failed

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Over the last month and change, we've been covering the news that GameNet, Black Desert's Russian publisher, was handing the service in the CIS...

Federation 2, a text-based intergalactic trading game from the 1980s, has sunsetted

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While the common assumption about text-based MMOs is that they can and will last forever, the truth is that many of these are subject...

MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft Moscow, A:IR publishing, OSU esports, SpatialOS, and Square-Enix

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Business business business numbers, is this working?! Let's dip into some of the scattered online gaming business tidbits of the week that might otherwise...
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Diablo ‘Reign of Terror’ merch in Blizz store revives speculation on Diablo IV

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Set aside your French history knowledge for a sec and consider the phrase Reign of Terror in a new light: a light that also...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott sheds CEO title for Creative Director role

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It looks as if some corporate reorganization is going on over at Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium, as Richard Garriott's CEO title has...

The Daily Grind: How important are minimaps to your MMORPG experience?

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MMO minimaps became the topic of a weird debate this week, as multiple sites appeared to have misunderstood a Belgian magazine's interpretation of the...

Black Desert’s Russian publishing transfers this week, and we still don’t know the fate of player accounts

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Back in September, we covered the surprise announcement from GameNet that it was handing back its Russian Black Desert publishing rights back to Pearl Abyss...
Happiness is a warm car.

APB Reloaded is turning its premium fee into a recurring subscription

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Well here's an odd one to be writing in 2018: APB Reloaded is getting a subscription. Technically, it already had a premium upgrade that...

Greed Monger’s original lead programmer now says he’s working on a prototype for the failed Kickstarter MMO

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The Greed Monger saga never freakin' ends. But hey, at least we're getting some twists and turns for the Kickstarter money that got pissed...
Launch or do not, folks.

Skyforge launches into open beta in Japan on October 11

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If there's one thing Japanese people like, it's science fantasy action RPGs. (If there are two things, the other one is not having kids.)...
GO LEFT YOU IDIOT

Visionary Realms is hiring more staff to develop throwback MMORPG Pantheon

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Good news for fans of old-school development or those looking for a career in that field, as Visionary Realms is hiring once again. While...
It's a playground.

The Daily Grind: What online game template will be the next to take off?

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Like many of you, I remember the rise of MMOs when it was actually happening. I remember when shooters were king too. And I...
Which one of you is the Juno Reactor and which one is the Don Davis?

Massively Overthinking: The sunsetted MMOs we never played

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I've been thinking a lot about MMO sunsets lately, thanks to WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and even that ridiculous Free Guy movie...

Leaderboard: Are you buying a BlizzCon virtual ticket this year, and is WoW Classic the reason?

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Oof, some people really, really do not like jokes about BlizzCon, as I found out Sunday when my throwaway headline about paying Blizzard 50...

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