LOTRO fan starts petition for Standing Stone to rehire a beloved world builder
Here's something you don't see every day. It's a fan petition, yes, but it's a fan petition for Standing Stone Games to offer the...
Kotaku exposes the creeps of game streaming, plus the update on Elvine you didn’t want
At the beginning of the month, we were all horrified to cover the news that a Twitch streamer and (now former) Hi-Rez employee, Thomas...
Fortnite’s rad new hoverboard mode goes live as Carlton’s dance copyright claim hits a snowdrift
New court documents show that the United States Copyright Office has ruled that Alfonso Ribeiro cannot copyright the dance that he popularized as Carlton...
The Daily Grind: What MMO could really use a true fresh start server?
We talk a lot about progression servers and vanilla servers, branches of MMOs that use different rulesets, either new or old - we even...
Leaderboard: Is E3 no longer relevant to gaming?
CNet had an interview out last week with Sony's Shawn Layden discussing a number of aspects of the company's business plans that, while potentially...
The Pokemon Go trespassing lawsuit’s proposed settlement terms are absurdly reasonable
Remember back in 2016 when Pokemon Go news was bonkers? We covered multiple lawsuits revolving around the game, including one lodged against Nintendo and...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about the future of World of Warcraft?
Given the week that Activision-Blizzard just had - capping off a record financial year by haphazardly firing 800 employees, literally provoking union groups to...
Blade & Soul loses Producer Jonathan Lien
Rabbit Man is sad today because Rabbit Man heard the news that Jonathan Lien is leaving his post as producer for Blade and Soul.
"I...
Betawatch: The Division 2 barrels toward open beta
It's almost time for everyone to do the hip new dance that's sweeping the nation with the arrival of The Division 2. Assuming, of course,...
Daybreak is delaying PlanetSide Arena again, this time to summer 2019, and it’s refunding preorders too
It's late Friday afternoon, Daybreak's favorite time for dropping bad news, and here it is: PlanetSide Arena's PC launch is being delayed until summer 2019.
"After...
Tencent and Netmarble might team up to buy South Korean MMO giant Nexon
It's time for another round of our favorite gameshow, WHO'S BUYING NEXON THIS WEEK? I'm your host, Bree Royce, and with me today playing...
For Science: Yet another study finds no link between violent video games and aggression
Yet another academic study appears to indicate no correlation between aggressive behavior and violent video games, this one specifically in kids.
In the newly published...
Video game unionization effort starts petition to remove Bobby Kotick from Activision-Blizzard
After calling for Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to resign on Wednesday, video game industry unionization group Game Workers Unite has now put together a...
Sony’s claims that it’s open to cross-platform play are bogus, game devs say
Cross-platform play has been a hot-button issue for almost as long as online gaming has been commonplace, and for some time now, Sony has...
Ubisoft hits its Q3 earnings targets while betting big on The Division 2
Here's the bad news from the latest Ubisoft earnings call: The company's profits are down year-over-year. But that's about it in terms of bad...
Deep-diving AdventureQuest 3D’s Artix Entertainment
Are you familiar with Artix Entertainment? You may not be. That's because this studio flies so far under the radar of drama that face-palming...
Korean MMO ROSE Online is shutting down permanently after lengthy maintenance mode
After about thirteen years of operation, one Korean MMORPG is calling it quits.
Gravity Corp's ROSE Online closed its doors earlier this week on February...
Roblox appears to have banned PewDiePie’s name
You probably already know of Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie. If you don't... well, PewDiePie exists, he shrieks a lot while playing video...
Blizzard devs characterize layoffs as a ‘bloodbath’ as pro-unionization effort calls for Bobby Kotick’s resignation
A day after Activision-Blizzard announced record earnings and began laying off a reported 800 people, we're finally getting a clearer picture of the full...
Epic Games files to dismiss rapper 2 Milly’s Fortnite dance lawsuit
Epic Games has taken its next step in its legal tango with the growing list of artists who have filed lawsuits over the studio's...
