john smedley

Its very name was a declaration of rebellion against the status quo. In an era that had yet to shift from a subscription-only model...

Who had this on the end-of-the-year bingo card? Apparently, Daybreak has been bought out - again. The company holding the hot potato this round is...

Happy birthday, sweet sixteen! If you think I've waited 16 years to be able to sing that to EverQuest II, well, you aren't wrong....

Back to school? That quintessential September mantra may not be a given for everyone this year. However, what is still a given is the...

What could online gaming look like going forward? That was the overall topic discussed by a number of devs as part of in a...

Former SOE and Daybreak boss John Smedley has been a fixture at Amazon Game Studios for the last few years, working on at least...

Back in 2012, I was almost a year deep into Lord of the Rings Online and enjoying my time both in the game and...

Amazon Games' John Smedley appears to be pretty fired up about an event that Amazon Web Services is hosting. It's called The Digital Download,...

The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...

It is always a somber occasion to bring to you word of the passing of another MMORPG developer, but it is also the opportunity...

A few weeks back, MMO veteran dev John Smedley posted a tweet about paying for, of all things, coaching in a video game, and...

This story crossed our desk with some signal boosting from John Smedley and Scott Hartsman this weekend: A little less than a year ago, former...

If you aren't in California, you probably missed the real-world memorial for Brad McQuaid, which was held in San Diego earlier this week. Fortunately,...

The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...

Going through our coverage of 2019's MMOs, I realized there are a bunch of games that have previously been on our "anticipated" lists that...

When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...

Please be aware that this post contains discussions of suicide, which we realize may upset some readers. Please read with caution and comment respectfully. We're...

This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...

You folks remember 38 Studios, right? The studio at the heart of one of the most scandalous fiascos in the whole MMO genre? It's...

Note: We'll be updating this piece at the end with the latest, and we've also put out a second piece here with NantG's statement. It...