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Century Age of Ashes delays early access, plans second beta following player feedback
Century: Age of Ashes popped up almost outta nowhere last month with its closed beta, boasting a dragon-centric aerial PvP mode. MOP's own Not...
MMO Business Roundup: Microsoft’s ZeniMax Vault, Square’s financials, and the Fortnite ‘scapegoat’ lawsuit
Welcome back to another happy fun roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
ZeniMax: Microsoft is apparently creating a subsidiary named Vault...
The MOP Up: Valentine spirit sweeps through MMOs
MMO Love Bear, shine! Warm fuzzies and romantical notions are washing through various online games this month in anticipation of Valentine's Day this month.
Ultima...
Betawatch: Starbase plans to offer an easy build mode
The tricky thing about games that offer you a lot of freedom when it comes to building is that sometimes it's difficult to figure...
MMO Business Roundup: Improbable’s defense contracting, Amazon Games’ internal support
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Improbable: Back in January, CNBC did a big story on Improbable, the massive Herman...
MMO Business Roundup: Gamestonk is tipping toward over as shares dip below $100 a pop
Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news!
Gamestonk: It's starting to look as if last week's wild GameStop stock squeeze...
Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity
Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s 2021 roadmap
For an older MMORPG, Dark Age of Camelot isn't resting on its cyber-laurels. The RvR title posted its initial plans for 2021, and all...
Global Chat: Amazing quality-of-life MMO mechanics
Little things can mean a whole lot, especially if they impact your gameplay for the better. MMO blogger Contains Moderate Peril wrote a list...
Betawatch: Magic Legends hits open beta on March 23
It took a bit longer than expected, possibly longer than the developers had hoped, but it's finally happening. Magic Legends has an official open beta...
MMO Business Roundup: Activision-Blizzard rebuffs diversity proposal, gaming Kickstarters are on the rise again
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
MMO Kickstarters may have lost the faith of the genre's playerbase, but for...
Changyou’s World of Shadowbane opens its Steam page, lists a February release window
Back in December, we caught wind of the 2003 MMORPG Shadowbane preparing for a return on Steam after publisher Changyou snapped up the rights...
EVE Online player’s ashes take last voyage into space as CCP Games adopts ‘gaming genius’ label
Members of the EVE Online community were saddened back in 2019 as they lost one of their own: Bruce R. "Spike" MacPhee aka Paradox...
The MOP Up: Gran Saga’s big Korean launch
NPixel's cross-platform Gran Saga is finally going live this week -- albeit in Korea, for now. The attractive-looking mobile and PC title is supposed...
Betawatch: Pantheon gets a funding runway
The big news this week for Pantheon wasn't really about the game's beta exactly but about a seven-figure investment that supposedly set the game on...
Not So Massively: Haven is a noble but failed experiment in couples’ gaming
This is purely anecdotal, but it has been my experience that most people who play games with other people tend to spend most of...
The MOP Up: Valorant welcomes Yoru to the roster
With the new character of Yoru joining up in Patch 2.0, Valorant's getting more interesting by the day. The team's also helping to clarify...
Betawatch: Fractured opens up a bonus playtest weekend
Here comes the weekend, and that means here comes Fractured. Any and all registered users can get in on the fun of a playtest...
ArcheAge’s Oskmir ArchePass, Aura Kingdom update, and Gamigo’s charity extension
Gamigo's having a busy January across multiple games and initiatives. To wit:Â ArcheAge Unchained has released server transfers and its latest ArchePass to kick off...
MMO Business Roundup: ESA’s PAC, mail criming, Steam by the numbers, and Blizzard charity
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent industry news in our first MMO Business Roundup of 2021!
The ESA: The Entertainment Software...