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Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.
Blizzard’s return to China has already counted over two million interested WoW players
After over a year of bad blood following the removal of most all Blizzard's games from China, the World of Warcraft studio is poised...
NetEase and Blizzard ink deal to revive World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and Diablo IV in China
(As of late tonight, Blizzard has officially confirmed the rumors. Our original post follows, and we've updated with the official news at the end.)
It's...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer finishes restructure, Riot settles lawsuit, Ubisoft continues layoffs
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer: Embracer has been a dumpster fire of epic proportions...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that experienced a surprising comeback
It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out......
Pearl Abyss Q4 2023: Well at least EVE Online had a good financial year
Pearl Abyss, best known to MMO fans for Black Desert and CCP Games' EVE Online, has continued its humdrum financial performance in Q4 2023,...
War Thunder welcomes Lunar New Year with beefy Chinese tanks
With an increase of Lunar New Year celebrations in online games across the world, it's not quite as surprising that War Thunder wants to...
Q4 2023: Nexon, Krafton, and Roblox all posted soaring revenues in 2023
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup - this one all about financials for some of the companies we keep an eye on 'round...
RuneScape’s Jagex confirms it’s being sold for the fourth time in eight years as it talks up ‘forever games’
Rumors from earlier this week that suggested RuneScape company Jagex was once again for sale have now been proven correct, thanks to a formal...
Tencent buys up majority stake of Swords of Legends developer and gains access to the IP
Tencent has walked over to another games studio and smacked it with its wallet, only this time it's a bit of a surprise purchase...
RuneScape’s Jagex is apparently being sold yet again, this time to a private equity firm for over $1B
Stop me if you've heard this one: RuneScape company Jagex is for sale yet again.
Back in September, we first caught the rumor that Jagex's...
The Daily Grind: What do you think the next viral MMO will look like?
I am the first to admit that I didn't see Palworld coming. Oh, I knew about Palworld; we'd covered Palworld. We'd also been covering...
The MOP Up: DDO’s Snowpeaks Festival returns
Just because winter is in full swing doesn't mean it has to be dour! Dungeons and Dragons Online is keeping things lively with the...
Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it's a pretty salty one. We always come away...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2023
If preserving MMORPGs is your jam, 2023 was not a great year. The one nice thing I can say about it is that we...
Chinese government fires media official over announced gaming rules proposal that battered the market
The last few weeks saw the Chinese games industry turn into a tinderbox thanks to an announced draft of new restrictions on gaming in...
Rumor: With Kotick gone, Blizzard and NetEase might repair year-long rift over China publishing
Readers likely remember that 2023 started off with a tire fire as Blizzard and NetEase had a particularly nasty dissolution of a licensing deal...
Chinese regulators go into damage control mode after proposed gaming restrictions burn $80B in market value
Last week we reported on some newly drafted restrictions by Chinese regulators that were aimed at curbing game time, limiting rewards for spending and...
China’s government drafts new restrictions on gaming time, spending and login rewards, and lockboxes
The Chinese government has decided to once more consider a tightening of the thumbscrews on gaming, as regulators in the country have issued a...
Bobby Kotick finally departs Activision-Blizzard next week, but Microsoft will keep some of his execs
Bobby Kotick - a man who somehow hung onto his job even after The Wall Street Journal published the revelation that he'd threatened to...
