Betawatch: Moonlight Blade is defying gravity (November 24, 2017)
For those of us in this part of the world, this has been a quiet week of little news, because, well... Thanksgiving. (That is,...
The Soapbox: The long tail of game development isn’t an excuse for gouging
Don't be too mad at Star Wars: Battlefront II. It's a symptom of a problem, not the cause. I mean, be mad at people...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO made you rethink your hobby?
This past week, my husband has been obsessed with Succubox. It's a satirical clicker game where you start out by click-fighting monsters and buying...
Massively Overthinking: What are you grateful for in the MMORPG genre?
I've been keeping a gratitude journal for the first time in my life this month, and it turns out that it's freaking hard. Why?...
Perfect World Entertainment gives Blacklight: Retribution back to its developer
Usually, when we talk about a company giving up a game that it is publishing, it includes phrases like "shutdown." But that's not what's...
Gazillion is dead and Marvel Heroes is shutting down Friday, NOT at the end of the year
Massively OP has received a credible tip from a former Gazillion employee who told us under condition of anonymity that Marvel Heroes will be...
Steam continues reviews system tinkering to thwart spam
Steam has been doubling down on addressing review problems lately, starting with its attempt to counter review bombing. This has been a good thing,...
Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR
Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
City of Titans vows ‘no lockboxes’ for its business model
You might have missed the riots in the streets over lockboxes these past few months, but we assure you, the controversy is very real....
Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in
Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...
Analyst blames EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco on the press, Reddit, and video game purists
KeyBanc Capital Markets financial analyst Evan Wingren, who surely makes more money than you do, wants you to know that he's a gamer too!...
Phantasy Star Online 2 website quietly shutters
Players hoping for Phantasy Star Online 2 in the west have been holding onto a thin sliver of hope for five years now. Back...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see the return of experience-loss-on-death in MMORPGs?
Last week, I mentioned experience-loss-on-death in EverQuest that was particularly irritating when caused by so-called GM events. Yes, that was in the long long...
Saga of Lucimia says it’s turned down two publishers to avoid going free-to-play
It's a good time to pile on predatory cash-shop models, especially if you've got a better one, and in-development hardcore MMORPG sandbox Saga of Lucimia...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has now set seven Guinness World Records
Bluehole and Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene ought to be pretty pleased with themselves, and not just because they're rolling around in piles of money: They...
MMO Mechanics: What can be learned from Guild Wars 2 Mountgate?
Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...
For Science! Researchers find link between fluid intelligence and elite MOBA play
In a new paper released last week, University of York researchers sought to examine whether research that strategy gaming (like chess and arcade games)...
Star Wars Battlefront II lockbox controversy prompted Disney intervention
To put it simply, it has not been the best of weeks for Electronic Arts, DICE, or Star Wars Battlefront II.
The publisher's decision to...
Lineage 2: Revolution recruits Conan O’Brien for western domination
What is the mobile game that everyone will be talking about this holiday season? Netmarble is confident that the answer to that is "Lineage...
PlayerUnknown thinks PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds doesn’t deserve game of the year
Did you know that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is up for a Game of the Year award? Probably not, because... like, there are a lot of...