Bless outlines its new box price and sub plan, which it does not want you to call a sub
Bless Online's media event and pricing reveal last week may not have gone entirely to plan. You'll recall that Neowiz announced at the time...
It’s been three weeks since Hand of the Gods players have had any news from Hi-Rez
Stretch your mind back to February 20th, when Hi-Rez's SMITE-infused free-to-play online card game Hand of the Gods formally launched. The studio appeared to...
Revelation Online merges Western and Russian dev teams, unifies client build
Change is coming to Revelation Online, even if it's largely under the hood for the moment. You folks might recall that the My.com MMO...
Guild Wars 2 game director talks about the free market and lootboxes
Convenience and cosmetics. These are the foundational pillars of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions, and back at GDC earlier this year, Game Director Crystin Cox...
Radical Heights’ CliffyB posts some ‘what could’ve been’ concepts
Alas, poor Cliff Bleszinski, forced to give up on so many game ideas after the closure of Boss Key Productions. If you're interested in...
TERA’s console versions cruise to two million players in month one
One month. Two million players. Three cheers for TERA!
En Masse Entertainment certainly is crowing about its accomplishments this week after TERA's console editions had...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
Expect e-sports betting to blossom thanks to new Supreme Court ruling
Gambling and gaming are two sides of the same coin. You guys wouldn't believe how many gambling companies request to put ads on MOP...
Boss Key shutters after Radical Heights, LawBreakers fizzle
Boss Key is closing down following the struggles of LawBreakers and Radical Heights, though the latter will apparently remain playable for now. Cliff Bleszinski...
Conan Exiles boasts about its concurrency while looking to stability improvements
While Conan Exiles may have made a fairly quick trip out of early access compared to its peers in the genre, there's always the...
Nexon posts strong Q1 2018 results, Final Fantasy XI mobile screens leaked
Nexon posted a strong first quarter in 2018, with its earnings call reporting that the game publisher raked in $827M in revenue (a 21%...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMORPG to offer an optional sub that isn’t pay-to-win?
Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...
Make My MMO: Greed Monger’s Jason Appleton is launching a cryptocurrency TV show as donors still await refunds (May 12, 2018)
Here's a bizarre one for you:Â Greed Monger's Jason Appleton is now being billed as a "crypto YouTuber" ahead of the launch of his 13-episode...
Betawatch: Boxes of sand survival for Conan Exiles and Wild West Online (May 11, 2018)
Sometimes, the title "survival sandbox" might seem a bit inaccurate or limiting. But then you get into stuff like Conan Exiles and Wild West...
Bless fansite leaks founder pack info and partial subscription plan ahead of today’s stream, and people aren’t happy
This story has been heavily updated post-stream - keep on scrollin'!
An apparent leak on a Bless fansite - which was hastily scrubbed but nevertheless...
Q1 2018: Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss had a record first quarter thanks to mobile
Pearl Abyss' financial report for the first quarter of 2018 is good news for both the Black Desert franchise and the company. PA, which...
NCsoft Q2 2018: Revenues for all NCsoft MMORPGs are down in Q1 2018 except… Aion?
NCsoft's first quarter 2018 financial results are in, and it's... kinda OK? Guild Wars 2 saw a big drop-off, though that's to be expected...
Belgian Gaming Commission releases full report barring gambleboxes in video games
Back in 2017, at the height of mainstream outrage over lockbox shenanigans, Belgium became one of the very first countries to take the problem seriously (instead...
APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth developer GamersFirst acquired by Little Orbit
It's been exceedingly quiet for a long while when it comes to APB Reloaded, and it'd be easy to think that the game's second...
Capcom posts its best financial year ever thanks to Monster Hunter World
It must have been some time ago at Capcom's business strategy meeting where the top executives were sitting around and talking in hushed tones...