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Having Anthem trouble on your PS4? Sony might be granting refunds
Multiple sites are now reporting that Sony is granting at least some refunds to Anthem players suffering from frequent crashes on PlayStation 4. Players...
The Daily Grind: Do you game on a budget?
Last week, a friend of mine made an offhand comment about how much something dear to her cost, joking that it wouldn't seem like...
Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium temporarily closes office in favor of remote studio
It sounds as if Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium has uprooted its home office.
"We are nomadic now," Portalarium's Starr Long told players on...
Nexon settles on five bidders in corporate sale as Tencent splits from Netmarble and MBK
Welp, I'm sorry, guys: You're not on the shortlist to buy Nexon. I know you really wanted it, but it's not to be.
As we've...
PWE is sunsetting the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter
Cryptic's Foundry system, implemented in both Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, has traditionally been one of the best-loved player content creation tools in the...
Black Desert has officially launched for the Xbox One with an ambitious content cadence planned
It's happening today: MMORPG sandpark Black Desert Online is officially launching on the Xbox One.
Like the PC version, this edition of the game is...
Derek Smart says he’s working on partnership deals to revivify 2009 MMORPG Alganon
A year and change ago, we covered the strange case of MMO Alganon, and now it's back in the news.
We've been covering the game...
EVE Online and CCP Games are losing another key developer: CCP Guard
EVE Online is losing a key dev today as Senior Community Development Lead Sveinn "CCP Guard" Kjarval announced his departure from CCP Games.
"After sixteen...
Apex Legends just secured its 50 millionth player
Respawn and EA announced this morning a big milestone for surprise battle royale hit Apex Legends: It's just racked up its 50 millionth player.
Like...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you wish would come to console?
I've never been a console-first kind of gamer, so I've never felt a great pull to invest heavily in consoles, even when more major...
MMO Week in Review: 143
This week I learned that in the '90s, the number "143" was used as code for "I love you." There was no way my...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s spaceports and alpha 3.5, Spycursion’s Kickstarter
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped a nifty Around the Verse that focuses on the Area18 spaceport. Remember the demo video CIG...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator celebrates third birthday with a quest for cake
Look, folks, some MMOs have been sunsetted for so long, their emulators are celebrating big birthdays. Such is the case for Star Wars Galaxies...
MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning
Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip.
Fortnite's...
Population Zero begins first founder alpha today with building mechanics trailer
Happy alpha day for Population Zero! The crafting-centric survival MMO is launching its first alpha event today, specifically testing the faction-change quest system, mutation...
Blizzard posts update on WoW Classic, implies it’s still launching this summer
Earlier this week, in discussing other positions we'd like to hire extra writers for later this year, we fell on the topic of World...
Camelot Unchained now boasts a record 5100 bots and humans in a single battle
Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment has posted its monthly newsletter today, and it's big news indeed: The studio's just hit 5100 ARCs (autonomous remote...
Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion
Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for...
Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the all-in-one MMO
One of the forever-arguments MMORPG players seem to enjoy having is the one about niche MMOs. There are quite a lot of gamers out...
Daybreak is rearranging and hopefully salvaging Player Studio, its player designer program
It looks as if Daybreak has fresh plans for Player Studio, the nifty system that allowed players to create and submit in-game content for...