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Chinese authorities arrest 15 more accused PUBG hackers, fining them over $5M

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Bluehole and PUBG Corp are apparently continuing their government-backed crackdown on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds cheaters. Last week, PUBG Corp told Steam players that it takes cheating...

EVE Online is losing another developer – this time, it’s CCP Punkturis

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Another prominent member of the EVE Online team is apparently departing. Senior Software Engineer Katrín Atladóttir, aka CCP Punkturis, announced on Twitter last night...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy the Daybreak-owns-Standing Stone Games rumor?

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Buried in the Daybreak ruckus of last week was the rumor that Daybreak is not in fact merely the publisher of Standing Stone Games'...
We chill.

Betawatch: World of Warcraft moves Battle for Azeroth to beta testing (April 27, 2018)

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We spent most of this week watching the slow-motion (and not-so-slow-motion) implosion of a well-known company, so it's easy for big beta news to...

Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?

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Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
Hooray.

Conan Exiles is being brought to Asian territories (to the tune of ‘Beauty and the Beast’)

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Korea and Japan are places you can game, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan; Ignoring them is lame. As Conan Exiles moves closer to release, Funcom has revealed...

EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose

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How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...
Healing girl.

Blizzard’s latest job listing suggests at a PvP focus in its unannounced game

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If you love trying to speculate about the next title coming from Blizzard based on vague job postings, you'll be happy to know that...

Black Desert celebrates South and North Korean peace summit with global buff tonight

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Anybody for some good news? Yeah? Me too! If you follow real-world international headlines even a little bit, you surely are aware that history...
Bye Felicia

Elite: Dangerous is discontinuing support for the Mac [Updated]

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We're sorry to inform fans of Elite: Dangerous on Apple computers that they're soon going to be forced to choose between the platform and...

The Daily Grind: What is the greatest hoax or fake leak in all of MMORPG history?

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Hah, you thought this one was going to be about Daybreak. But it's not. No, today's Daily Grind was actually inspired by something Guild Wars...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 167: Daybreaking news

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Justin and Bree host a special edition of the podcast focused entirely on the Daybreak denial and layoff story as it's unfolded.
If at first you don't succeed, that means nothing now.

Echo of Soul closes its Classic servers on May 23

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It's been a while since we've talked about Echo of Soul, but it turns out that a lot has been happening with the game...
Nope!

Daybreak has now been hit with layoffs [Confirmed]

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Daybreak has now confirmed the layoffs, and we've got lots more information from our own sources - see below for updates and context. Multiple game...
Win more!

Epic Games’ Paragon closes down tomorrow

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The day is just about here. After announcing its intentions to close Paragon in January due to lackluster popularity, Epic Games is about to flip...
A prison of your own making.

Kids these days: Fortnite fights a 14-year-old in court, signs 13-year-old to e-sports team

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Epic Games is still doggedly pursuing supposed Fortnite cheaters. As we reported back in November, one of the defendants in Epic's many lawsuits is...

Fortnite has become the ‘largest free-to-play console game of all time,’ SuperData says

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"Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users," SuperData has declared in its monthly...
Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?

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Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...

Ragnarok Online shuts down in Europe due to new regulations [Update: US servers blocking EU access]

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Update: This story was a miscommunication in the media. It turns out that while the servers are staying up, Ragnarok Online's North American servers...

EVE Online Executive Producer Andie ‘CCP Seagull’ Nordgren is leaving CCP Games [Updated]

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It's always tough when a development studio loses one of its top people, but today's news is sure to sting more than usual for...

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