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Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh: ‘Learn from my mistakes’
To say that Chronicles of Elyria boarded the drama train a while back with a long-distance ticket is a bit of an understatement (and...
Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing reorganization
The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure...
SMITE, Paladins company Hi-Rez is hit by layoffs following major restructuring and new CEO
Hi-Rez's Stewart Chisam has announced a major restructure of the company and its multiple online games studios - and unfortunately, it includes layoffs.
Chisam wrote...
Post-Gamigo Fractured, back home with Dynamight, is finally reopening testing June 22
It appears the long-running Fractured drama might truly be over as Dynamight Studios is getting back to its test plans.
Readers will recall that Fractured...
Embracer (Gearbox) announces major restructure with layoffs and canceled games
Just three weeks ago, Embracer Group - the megacorp that owns gobs of properties, including Gearbox, which governs Cryptic and a bunch of MMORPGs...
Diablo IV fixes PC stuttering, balances classes and glyphs, releases Halsey-SUGA vid
While the wider playerbase is still a day away from Diablo IV's launch, the game has been getting patches for its biggest and earliest...
Activision-Blizzard offers (some) hard numbers on its harassment and discrimination problem
Within the Variety puff piece on Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick earlier this week, Kotick insisted that the volumes of harassment accusations against the company...
Bobby Kotick decries ‘aggressive labor movement’ trying to ‘destabilize’ Activision-Blizzard
We're just a few days from the launch of Diablo IV, so naturally Variety has offered up a mushy interview with... Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick,...
NCsoft West restructures as NC America, with shared CM for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul
Back in February, we reported on a wave of layoffs that struck NCsoft West, which saw 20% of its workforce handed their walking papers...
MMO Business Roundup: SEGA’s layoffs, Diablo Immortal’s fines, and MY.GAMES’ Middle East ambitions
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
SEGA: Sega's issued yet another round of layoffs this week, slashing 121...
Blizzard suggests WoW Token RMT in WoW Classic is ‘for the good of the community’ because of RMT bots
World of Warcraft's WoW Classic community has been on fire for the last few days following Blizzard's announcement that it will port the WoW...
Whatever happened to Osiris New Dawn, Cinderstone Online, and Magnificent 5?
Welcome back to a fresh edition of Whatever Happened To, the randomly occurring column in which we realize some MMOs have fallen off our...
CD Projekt Red lays off employees working on a multiplayer version of The Witcher as a result of a ‘new framework’
This story will need a bit of a primer before we get into the details of the headline, so let's review: Last October, CD...
MMO Business Roundup: Krafton and Nexon break records in Q1 2023, Ubisoft lays off 60 workers
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...
Blizzard devs lament talent bleed and Diablo IV support capacity following return-to-office mandate
Last month, we reported on a producer for World of Warcraft who expressed his frustration about seeing developers leave Blizzard, saying the team has...
Diablo Immortal preps S13 as Diablo 2 Resurrected talks grind and Diablo IV readies server slam weekend
Blizzard's Diablo franchise is a busy bee this week, starting with a length post on the Battlenet blog about Diablo II Resurrected in which...
Eden Eternal has relaunched with a side order of NFTs and a delay on Steam
It's re-launch day for Eden Eternal, and if you haven't been following along, well sit back because we're about to do a recap, and...
Unity slashes 600 jobs in its latest round of layoffs
It's not been the best year to work at Unity, as the tech company has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs and office closures....
Dauntless and Fae Farm studio Phoenix Labs hit with layoffs, restructuring following investor buyout
Last week, we learned the disturbing news that Dauntless and Fae Farm studio Phoenix Labs has been hit with what our sources tell us...
Fractured and Gamigo finally confirm their split as Dynamight says it’s reclaimed ‘the rights of Fractured Online’
Until yesterday, Fractured Online's website hadn't had a single update since before Christmas, when the game basically imploded in a blast of publisher shenanigans...
