Blizzard has now fully canceled BlizzConline, originally slated for early 2022
Well, today's Blizzard news isn't going to surprise anyone: The company has canceled its upcoming BlizzConline event.
The online event was originally set for early...
Ex-WoW devs form Notorious Studios to build MMO-adjacent multiplayer RPG
Even before the recent scandal, Blizzard has seen one hell of an exodus of top-tier talent over the last few years. ("Our mentors are...
Ubisoft devs continue to report harassment and mismanagement in spite of corporate claims
Last year, Ubisoft was thrown into the spotlight thanks to reports of a sexually harassing work culture, which prompted the studio to shed several...
Microsoft’s in-development cloud-native MMO Pax Dei promises scaling complexity and multi-device access
Microsoft's work on an MMO isn't the newest news. Readers will recall the project - a cloud-native MMO being developed by Mainframe - came...
Epic asks the court to deny Apple the right to postpone its anti-steering measures
So let's recap a little bit. The one major victory that Epic won in its lawsuit against Apple was about steering people to only...
Activision-Blizzard is denied its request to pause the DFEH lawsuit
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...
Make My MMO: Book of Travels’ early access, Fractured Veil’s Kickstarter victory
Kickstarted "Tiny MMO" Book of Travels landed in early access this month to the confused delight of cozy-game players everywhere. MOP's own Justin called...
Epic Games retracts a policy that granted extra days off to employees
The 40-hour, five-day work week is something of a de facto standard for a lot of office jobs, but the COVID-19 pandemic shifted a...
Betawatch: Elyon leaves beta for launch
Elyon slipped the surly tides of beta this week by leaping into a rather subdued launch, but a respectable one: Ahead of the weekend,...
Overwatch’s McCree becomes Cole Cassidy on October 26
We've known since August that Overwatch hero McCree was due for a rename, thanks to the fact that the eponymous Jesse McCree was one...
Mythic Quest, the TV series about an MMO studio, is greenlit for another two seasons
One of the few bright spots of 2020 was the announcement of Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest, the Rob McElhenney-run comedy about a game...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on who really owns all the stuff inside your video games
Who owns the stuff inside video games? That's the subject of Raph Koster's latest blog. Koster, of course, is a long-time MMO developer, and...
Lawful Neutral: Managing toxicity in the MMO industry
When I'm playing games, I make a lot of use of the reporting function. If I see a moonkin zerg farming a spot in...
The former lead designer of Ultima Online and Meridian 59 is braving a brutal brain tumor
The universe has been hungry the past couple of years, and now it's threatening another member of the extended MMORPG developer community. This morning,...
Fallen Earth may be returning soon in ‘classic’ form
The other night in LOTRO kinship chat, we were discussing our favorite MMOs. When I mentioned Fallen Earth as one of mine, a friend...
Spry Fox is still building a cozy non-violent MMO – and Epic is publishing it
Since last winter, we've been covering the encouraging news that Spry Fox, the studio best known for games like Road Not Taken and more...
Jagex will publish indie RuneScape spinoff called Melvor Idle
Remember back in January when we covered Melvor Idle, an idle game fan project that was overtly inspired by RuneScape? Well, here's a batch...
The Daily Grind: Is New World’s economy already in trouble?
A couple of weeks ago on the MassivelyOP New World roundtable podcast, we criticized the game's fledgling economy, wondering aloud whether it would perk...
Massively Uplifting: Warframe fights cancer, Square Enix helps the Red Cross, and Extra Life 2021 looms
Summer has ended, school has started, and now the leaves have begun to fall as the air turns cooler. It's a time of coziness...
Activision-Blizzard requests venue change and pause in DFEH lawsuit, says it’s fired 20 people for misconduct
In the course of our coverage of the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal and the ensuing legal battle, we've noted that multiple state...
