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Crowfall confirms layoffs, attributing them to switching to a ‘live service’ op

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On Labor Day, we reported that Crowfall team ArtCraft had suffered a round of layoffs. While ArtCraft itself declined to comment on the record...

T3Fun is shutting down its version of Granado Espada this month

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Considering that no updates or even maintenance has been done on Granado Espada (also called Sword of the New World) over the past year,...
Massively Minecraft

Minecraft mod Mammoth is meant to allow more than 1000 players to play together

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We're probably not going to blow anyone's mind with this revelation, but here it is: Making a lag-free environment for a bunch of people...

Gamers’ class-action against Chronicles of Elyria studio proceeds, suit against Xsolla deferred

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We now return you to the Chronicles of Elyria legal drama in progress. When we last left the story, the lawsuit levied against developer...

Star Citizen backer reports CIG to the UK Advertising Standards Agency over ship concept sales

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Are you among those fed up that Star Citizen can sell concept ships -- internet spaceships that haven't even materialized in the game yet...
Maybe? Maybe not.

Sony puts an end to free first-party PlayStation 5 game upgrades

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Bad news for PlayStation 5 owners looking to upgrade their libraries: Sony said that it's putting an end to the practice of upgrading first-party...
Tiptoe through the something-or-other.

Crowfall studio ArtCraft has apparently suffered a round of layoffs

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We've got some bad news for fans of Crowfall: It appears that the team behind the game, ArtCraft, is going through some layoffs. The news...
Nope!

Betawatch: TitanReach suspends development

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Exeunt TitanReach, pursued by former backers angry that the game is no more. The studio behind the game announced this week that development was being...

MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more

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Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business! Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster has all but said he’s building a metaverse

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If you've been listening to companies like Epic Games yammer about the "metaverse" over the last year and wondered whether it's all just a...

Daybreak parent Enad Global 7 plans a Q&A presentation for next week

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Hey, do you have questions for the owner of Daybreak Game Company and Standing Stone Games? Get in line, then, because so do a...
Not offline.

DC Universe Online has opened a survey to judge how players are feeling about the game

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Are you happy with DC Universe Online at the moment or unhappy with it? The developers want to hear from you, and they're using the...

World of Warships finally issues apology for August debacles, addresses communication and monetization

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World of Warships has really not had the best run over the last couple of weeks. As our own WoWS expert Ben has been...

Dungeons and Dragons Online seeks out a new producer, improves its grouping tool

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Seeing as how getting a producer has helped to kickstart communication and organization over at Lord of the Rings Online, SSG apparently figured that...
CAKE

Final Fantasy XIV shows you how to make its 8-year anniversary cake in painstaking detail

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As part of the celebration for Final Fantasy XIV's eight-year celebration, celebrity baker Kim-Joy took the time to create an elaborate cake including cactuars, fat...
Don't care, bored.

Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra clarifies that Ion Hazzikostas is still running World of Warcraft

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Ever since Bobby Kotick removed J. Allen Brack from his post atop Blizzard and replaced him with Mike Ybarra and Jen Oneal in the...
Fandaniel is a bad person, don't be like Fandaniel.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida reflects on the progress of the game in a new interview

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The release date of Endwalker comes ever closer, and that means Final Fantasy XIV fans are eager for every scrap of information available about the game......

Blizzard offers piles of Hearthstone and World of Warcraft loot to boost subs

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If you were among the gamers who thought it was a little thirsty of Blizzard to finally be dishing out long-wanted changes in World...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best at respecting your time?

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A few weeks ago, in response to our Daily Grind about how many MMOs we've all logged into this summer, one reader replied with...

Pokemon Go subreddit goes dark to protest Reddit’s stance on COVID disinfo

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For once, the Pokemon Go community is protesting someone other than Niantic when it comes to COVID. Earlier this month, Reddit community leaders began agitating...