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MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Zooming to the same dang nonsense.

Storyboard: Pros and cons for purely player-driven story experiences in MMOs

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What is the right way to tell a story in an MMO? That is a silly question, like asking what the right way is...

Activision-Blizzard’s new lawsuit is another attack on the state agency pursuing it for discrimination and harassment

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Activision-Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against California's Civil Rights Department (fka the DFEH) alleging that the agency "slow-walked" and "unlawfully redacted" documents the company...

DECEIVE INC is a new ’70s-spy-themed multiplayer shooter from Tripwire

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Our use of the term "deceive-em-ups" to characterize stealthy multiplayer mystery titles just got a little more confusing with the reveal of a new...

The Game Archaeologist: The history of Hi-Rez’s Global Agenda

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This past week, former Global Agenda players woke up to a surprising reality: Their game, which went offline in 2018, suddenly was back. Hi-Rez...
FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT.

Activision-Blizzard is denied its request to pause the DFEH lawsuit

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Over the course of Activision-Blizzard's continued legal and federal scrutiny for its sexual harassment and discrimination issues, a strange wrinkle had developed. Readers will...
spooky, kinda

Regulators in China and the UK turn their eyes toward streaming, gaming currency

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China isn't content to bulldoze its own local gaming industry by freezing game approvals, blocking kids from gaming outside of tiny windows, and freaking...

Desert Oasis: The problem with Black Desert’s season servers – and how to fix it

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Black Desert's had some exceptional growth over the past year. What I've always liked about this game is that it's never tried to be...

Perfect Ten: Original MMOs that never came to be

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"What could have been" is a path that I travel frequently, especially when I write The Game Archaeologist column. It genuinely haunts me that...

Massively Overthinking: The undeath of the MMORPG genre

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Last week, there was a provocative thread on the MMORPG subreddit that subverted the tired idea that the genre is "dead." It's not, u/Selphea...

EVE Online will officially arrive to Korea on November 14

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Remember back in April when CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petersson said that the Korean and Chinese playerbase of EVE Online was due to expand...

EVE Evolved: Getting ready for the Invasion in EVE Online

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EVE Online's Invasion expansion lands in just two days on May 28th, and there are plenty of things you can do now to make...

EVE Online: Invasion expansion lands May 28th

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The virtual universe of EVE Online is bracing itself for an invasion, and it looks like things will be kicking off much sooner than...

EVE Evolved: Big things are happening in EVE Online this spring

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There's a lot going on in EVE Online right now, from the insane storyline playing out right now in-game and new Triglavian ships on...

EVE Evolved: How working with NPCs could improve EVE Online

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While EVE Online is primarily based around the conflicts that arise between groups of players competing in the same virtual universe, the New Eden...

EVE Vegas 2018: Player-built stargates and co-op Abyssal Deadspace coming to EVE Online this winter

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CCP Games delved into detail on this winter's upcoming EVE Online expansion this weekend at EVE Vegas 2018, and it sounds like it will...
Health deferred.

EVE Online overhauls a half-dozen ships and improves the starter experience

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You notice how other studios, rather than scrambling away from next Tuesday's World of Warcraft expansion release, seem to be trying to compete with...

EVE Online launches the Dawn of Liberation event along with its July update today

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EVE Online has a decent-size release up this month - today, in fact, as it's already live. Notably, today's update tweaks Abyss looot drops...

EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools

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Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...

EVE Evolved: 2017 EVE Online year in review

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We've reached the end of another year, and it's certainly been a busy one for EVE Online. This year saw heavy gameplay iteration, with...

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