Deceive Inc. developer dissolves after hitting a ‘breaking point,’ but the game will stay online for now
We've got some disheartening news for anyone who was enjoying the spy vs. spy team shooter Deceive Inc.: Developer Sweet Bandits announced on its...
Ubisoft is shuttering XDefiant already, along with multiple studios – around 277 workers affected
Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off.
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Pokemon Go is testing a monthly reward program that caps out at $500 a month
MOP's Andrew has been covering Pokemon Go's many problems - including whaling problems - in his Massively on the Go column for the last...
Fortnite’s season-ending in-game concert establishes a new concurrency record for its events
Apparently, there were a lot of people who were interested in digital versions of real-world rap artists hosting pre-animated performances of their songs in...
GOG offers a discount on the original Warcraft 1 and 2 along with a commitment to preservation
So for some reason people are not super happy with Blizzard's remasters of Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 on the company's official storefront. However,...
Wisdom of Nym: The myth of Final Fantasy XIV’s budget
Let's put this front and center just to start things off because I'm annoyed: Final Fantasy XIV is not a game that is single-handedly...
The Diablo franchise boss seriously suggested that ARPGs should be called ‘Diablo-likes’
Another member of the Blizzard C-suite has opened his mouth on social media again, but at least this time it isn't to say something...
Star Citizen reportedly let go of more staff shortly after CitizenCon wrapped up
It would seem as if the shaky Squadron 42 prologue shared during this year's CitizenCon has caused some firings to occur. Or at least...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen passes $750M in crowdfunding because y’all have no self-control
It's been over 12 years since Star Citizen's record-setting Kickstarter, and while the game is still being dragged through alpha, its crowdfunding has only...
Rumor: Ubisoft is developing a cozy MMO with voxel-based building mechanics
Did you think that the "cozy multiplayer game" trend was dying out? That would mean all it needed was for one major publisher who...
UK regulatory body calls for investigation into Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ of mobile market
Over the past couple of years, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating whether Apple and Google have stymied growth and...
PSA: Warframe’s Digital Extremes made its 2008 third-person shooter Dark Sector free for a limited time
Most of the time people associate Digital Extremes with the action multiplayer looter shooter Warframe, but it also created a third-person action shooter called...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you think
Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMORPG-adjacent Black Friday deals you’ve seen this year?
When Bree first floated this Daily Grind idea to me, I did not want to make it MMORPG-adjacent because I wanted to hear about...
NetEase Q3 2024: Stocks perks up in spite of revenue dip, NetEase cuts Worlds Untold loose
Over the last couple of years, NetEase has been pumping money into a long list of western developers with big names attached to them,...
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
Whatever happened to RvR MMO Crowfall? (2024 edition)
In the annals of MMORPG history, Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall seems destined to be remembered for its impressive crowdfunding totals, imaginative character designs, strong developer...
Niantic admits to using Pokemon Go player data to train an AI-powered 3-D map tool
If all you thought you were doing when playing Pokemon Go was enjoying a fun AR mobile title, think again. You were also helping...
MMO-themed TV show Mythic Quest returns for Season 4 in January
At this point, I'm really starting to think that I'm missing out because I've yet to see Mythic Quest. I know, I know, I'll...
Steam changes its guidelines on Season Pass DLC to emphasize compensation for players
When a developer sells a season pass DLC pack on Steam, they are selling you a bill of goods for future DLC. This is...
