Apex Legends devs discuss season 2, content cadence, and avoiding development crunch
Although the frankly obscene amount of hype that surrounded Apex Legends in the weeks following its launch earlier this year has subsided to more...
Cox Communications is rolling out a new Elite Gamer ‘fast lane’ internet connection
Who wants to pay more for your internet connection to make sure you can play games on it? Because that's what Cox Communications is...
Amid crunch allegations and another dance lawsuit, Epic Games challenges Steam to buff developer payouts
The conflict between Steam and its newest challenger, the Epic Games Store, has thus far been a Cold War of sorts, but the other...
PUBG Corp. is suing over the Chinese term for Chicken Dinner as Update 28 goes live
PUBG Corp. is back in court, and this time it's suing not another game company or clone but the Chinese bureaucracy itself.
As MMO Culture...
SWTOR’s James Ohlen is heading up a new Wizards of the Coast game studio working on a new IP
I guess James Ohlen isn't totally out of game dev quite yet. After announcing his retirement in July of 2018 and then going on...
CCP Games withdraws all accusations against EVE Online CSM member it banned for supposed leaks
At the beginning of April, we covered the latest scandal to rock MMORPG EVE Online, as studio CCP Games rather publicly removed a member...
Another crunch-ridden game studio exposed: This time it’s Fortnite’s Epic Games
"Crunch" was surely the gaming industry word of the year in 2018, thanks to a massive backlash over horrible working conditions at some Rockstar...
World of Warships and metal band Sabaton make over-the-top music video for the Bismarck
Wargaming has never been subtle in its advertising and promotions. It also prides itself in the historical accuracy of its vehicles in its various...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 218: A pretty darn good week
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Peria Chronicles, Torchlight Frontiers, Caravan Stories, Villagers & Heroes, and Star Trek Online.
SuperData March 2019: The Division 2’s strong entry and the dominance of battle royale
Were you worried about the success of The Division 2? Maybe don't be. Ubisoft's big multiplayer sequel entered Superdata's global gaming revenue charts at...
Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new owners aim to revitalize the game after rescuing it from certain doom
City of Heroes' resurrection and preservation efforts are big news this month, but we've covered similar stories about playerbases rescuing video games from certain...
MMO Business Roundup: Apex Legends’ Twitch decline, PUBG’s funding, and crappy gaming myths
Welcome back to another roundup of smaller business stories affecting the MMO industry and orbiting genres.
It's not just your imagination: Apex Legends hasn't been...
China reveals new regulatory system for online video games after more than a year of confusion
For the last year and change, we watched in slowly dawning horror during China's big game "freeze," when bureaucrats shut down avenues for game...
1998’s Lineage finally adopts free-to-play in Korea
It's one of the oldest continually running graphical MMORPGs -- and also one of the last free-to-play holdouts in the industry. That last part...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO in 2019 offers the best content for healers?
A few weeks ago, there was a neat post on the MMORPG subreddit about healing. Author Rapthorne Lightweaver points out that "the industry seems...
Make My MMO: City of Titans’ enemy mob design, Oath’s Kickstarter, and Star Citizen 3.5
This week in MMO crowdfunding, it's been superhero insanity, and I don't even mean City of Heroes. We got updates from Ship of Heroes...
A new medical research paper attempts to set health guidelines for collegiate esports players
One of the refrains bleated by those who dislike esports is that competitors are not "real" athletes. This appears to be a similar idea...
Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is sunsetting its South American servers, canceling Showdown event
April's been a rough month for fans of Z1 Battle Royale, the PC version of H1Z1. Developer NantG laid off a chunk of staff...
Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is actually heading to beta, gosh
This one's personally important to me. Peria Chronicles is a game that looked very interesting to me from the moment it was revealed and...
Heroes of the Storm player arrested for making terrorism threats in chat
On today's episode of Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes, a Heroes of the Storm player has been arrested and charged with making terrorist...
