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Riot Games collabs with Coca-Cola on Coke Ultimate flavor, the taste of League of Legends XP

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You know, I came very close to sending a MOP staffer in California to the reveal of this promo, but since it has almost...
well then

Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard gets full clearance from China

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Microsoft has cleared yet another hurdle in its slow subsumption of Activision-Blizzard, as China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has completed its investigation of...

Tencent’s Tarisland offers a global release window of later this year and a new CG hype trailer

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When NetEase and Blizzard had their messy breakup that ultimately lead to World of Warcraft being pulled from China, Tencent swooped in with an...

MMO Business Roundup: Krafton and Nexon break records in Q1 2023, Ubisoft lays off 60 workers

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We're continuing our May roundup of MMO and gaming business news, which means it's time for Business Kitty to make her comeback as well...

The EU has conditionally approved Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard

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Today's Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout news won't come as a surprise to anyone who read the leaks last week, but yes, EU regulators have officially...

NCsoft Q1 2023: NCsoft confirms Throne & Liberty’s delay to back half of 2023

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NCsoft's Q1 2023 financials have arrived, and it wasn't the best quarter for the Korean gaming giant, which saw both mobile and PC games...

Activision-Blizzard Q1 2023: ABK revenues are up as Blizzard MAUs fall back down to reality

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Activision blinked: Activision-Blizzard wasn't supposed to release its Q1 2023 financials until tomorrow after the bell, but it's just done it this morning out of...
Let's dig our way out!

NetEase is suing Blizzard for 300M CNÂ¥ over licensing agreements [Updated]

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We've updated this story at the end as NetEase's name has been removed from the lawsuit. The original article follows. If you thought the NetEase...

Tencent’s World of Warcraft clone, Tarisland, plans global rollout

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The vacuum created by World of Warcraft's closure in China back in January created an opportunity for a new title to fill that void:...
Same old story.

Activision-Blizzard and NetEase’s breakup was caused by long-brewing disputes and alleged threats

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One of the biggest MMO and gaming stories capping off the end of 2022 and spilling over into the start of 2023 was the...

Could an AI bot do a better job as a games company CEO than an actual human?

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That headline's not an idle question: Chinese gaming company NetDragon decided to give it a try. Last August, NetDragon, which runs multiple MMOs including...

The MOP Up: SWTOR gets swoopy and plaguey in March

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Star Wars: The Old Republic may not have a big patch coming out this month, but the MMO does have a couple of events...

Whatever happened to PixArk, Ship of Fools, and Justice Online?

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Welcome back to another edition of Whatever Happened To, our intermittent roundup on MMOs and multiplayer games that have somehow slipped off our radar...

Conqueror’s Blade new update, Eternal, takes the battle to ancient China

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It's a fresh season for MY.GAMES' Conqueror's Blade as Eternal launched today with a new game mode dubbed Escalation that includes an ancient-China-themed campaign,...

Pearl Abyss Q4 2022: Revenues decline as Black Desert and EVE hold steady and Crimson Desert malingers

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Pearl Abyss posted its Q4 2022 financials this week, and unlike some of its regional counterparts whose chief interest is China or South Korea,...

Q4 2022: Nexon counts huge YOY revenue boost, pushes harder into blockchain

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Nexon's Q4 2022 financial figures are the latest to arrive this week, as CEO Owen Mahoney presided over a mostly decent quarter for the...
Meh.

WoW Factor: Blizzard’s latest earnings report was mixed news for World of Warcraft

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On one level, the most interesting thing that came out of the most recent earnings call for Activision-Blizzard was how much stuff the company...

World of Tanks details its new clan battle-centered War Gods event arriving February 13

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Players of World of Tanks are probably familiar with Clan Wars, the global map battle mode where clans vie to capture and hold provinces...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 406: Ulduar and Umbar

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard vs. NetEase and the demise of WoW China, Wrath Classic, FFXIV 6.3, and LOTRO's 2023 roadmap, with adventures in LOTRO and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on the future of Blizzard.

Blizzard’s Proletariat ends bid to unionize after unionbusting tactics succeed

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Activision-Blizzard's latest efforts to head off worker unions were apparently successful: Union group Communication Workers of America has ended its bid to launch a...

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