Legal expert argues that Palworld might get legal argument help from an old GTA 5 mod
Readers already know that Palworld developer Pocketpair is gearing up for a legal fight against Nintendo over three alleged patent infringements and $66K, and...
Unity’s CEO says he flew around the world to understand why devs didn’t like runtime fees
Last year Unity decided it wanted to manufacture some discord within the games industry in the name of a quick buck when it added...
Elder Scrolls Online’s former creative director talks about making an MMO under WoW’s influence
It's an oft-repeated point but one that still holds water: World of Warcraft has made an indelible mark on MMORPGs, for good or for...
Minecraft and War Thunder military leaker is sentenced to 15 years in prison
Readers might remember a story last year about Massachusetts Air National Guard airman Jack Teixiera, who was caught spreading classified military documents related to...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer Q2 2024, Steam toxicity, and GOG’s game preservation program
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer
Embracer - the failson megacorp we keep an eye on because...
Elder Scrolls Online releases U44 on console as ZeniMax Workers United goes on strike
Elder Scrolls Online console players are finally getting their crack at the unexcitingly named Update 44 today as the update that's been live on...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers
Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...
Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues
Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...
EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year
The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...
Nintendo is suing an influencer who streamed multiple unreleased games and taunted the company
It is not exactly a controversial statement to say that Nintendo loves suing people, with everyone from fans who made art Nintendo didn't like...
NCsoft Q3 2024: NCsoft teases Aion 2 for 2025, says Throne & Liberty sales ‘surpassed internal projections’
It's been one hell of a quarter for NCsoft - and we mean that for every interpretation of the phrase.
As readers might recall, in...
Ubisoft faces proposed class action lawsuit over shutdown of The Crew
In spite of Ubisoft's attempts to mollify angry gamers over its shuttering and subsequent removal of The Crew by confirming offline modes for the...
GeForce NOW will impose 100-hour monthly play limits to all users, but you can buy more time
If you're among those gamers who likes using the cloud gaming service of GeForce NOW, then this news will be important for you: Nvidia...
MultiVersus takes a $100M bite out of WB Games’ profits as the fighter outlines Season 4
You would be forgiven for believing that platform fighter MultiVersus was doing well enough from the outside looking in, as the game continued to...
Nintendo’s patent lawsuit against Palworld studio is hunting for an injunction and $66K
The middle of September saw the megahit monster collecting survivalbox Palworld rouse the boundless litigious ire of Nintendo when the latter slapped the former...
Sony reflects on team FPS Concord’s disaster: ‘We are still in the process of learning’
The flash-in-the-pan launch and then nearly immediate cancellation of Firewalk Studios' Concord remains one of the more startling game disasters of the year, and...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’s Ascendancy, Embers Adrift’s misfortune
Kickstarted MMORPGs have been a rollercoaster over the last few weeks: Elite Dangerous is finally getting a major revival with the release of Ascendancy....
Final Fantasy XIV just announced a collab with a… camping gear brand
We've got a late-breaking candidate for "weirdest cross-promo of the year" right here, and it's all thanks to Final Fantasy XIV, which is apparently...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
Riot Games’ Arcane S2 launches this week as new details about an abandoned League of Legends movie surface
Remember a few years back during the big gaming boom when Riot Games was talking about trying to become a media empire that transcended...
