Tencent is pulling back its marketing budget in response to China’s ongoing game freeze
Tencent has not been weathering the Chinese game block very well. Sure, the company has been doing its best, but a 28% stock drop...
The Daily Grind: Are you hostile to mobile MMORPGs?
Happy Friday. Let's talk mobile. MMORPG players in particular run along a certain demographic that does not align well with mobile. Oh, sure, we have...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2018: Activision Blizzard revenue dips, WoW Battle for Azeroth did well
It's probably a good thing for Activision Blizzard that its third quarter financials cut off at the end of September, given that its stock...
Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped more boxes in eight days than Red Dead Redemption sold in eight years
It's been a hot minute since we talked about Red Dead Redemption 2, which launched last month in a flurry of "best game evers"...
Another e-thug responsible for DDOSing SOE years back is brought to justice
Hey, remember a few years ago when there was a new Lizard Squad article like every month, thanks to the fact that the e-thug...
Gamigo considers ‘quality of life improvements’ for RIFT post-Trion, but there’s little else shared
We've heard from the ArcheAge and Trove teams about just what plans Gamigo has for those games following Trion Worlds' apparent fire sale, and...
Square-Enix pulls three mobile titles from Belgium over lockbox rules
Everyone's reacting to the lockbox laws in Belgium in different ways, but Square-Enix has apparently decided that it's easiest to just peace out of...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed
The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...
League of Legends’ Riot Games is now being sued for gender discrimination as sexism scandal continues
The Riot Games sexual harassment scandal has been raging for a tumultuous three months -- or longer, depending on how you look at it...
Gamigo finally confirms that Trove development will continue after Trion’s firesale
ArcheAge players can breathe a little easier now that they know XL Games is committed to working with Gamigo on keeping the game in...
Funcom is now working on at least six new games, including a new open-world multiplayer title
Man, just a couple of years ago, there was serious concern that Funcom wouldn't make it another quarter, and now here we are in...
Tencent is expanding draconian ‘healthy gaming’ child blocks across all of its titles
Oof. If you thought RealID was a bad call, point your eyeballs at China, where Tencent has announced it will expand its existing "addiction-prevention"...
Blizzard denies claims that Diablo 4’s reveal was meant to punctuate BlizzCon as ActiBlizz stock plummets
So here's some fuel on the raging dumpster fire that is the Diablo scene right now: Kotaku has sources claiming that Blizzard did indeed...
Hearthstone hands out free card packs to celebrate 100 million users
Hearthstone's BlizzCon presence was pretty middle-of-the-road: Blizzard managed not to outright offend anyone, at least, even if some players are a bit grumpy about...
Golf MMO Winning Putt is closing down for good in December
Another bummer announcement for MMO players, or at least for MMO players who also like golf: Winning Putt is sunsetting on December 14th. Webzen and...
XL Games and Gamigo say ArcheAge’s ‘core production team’ is rolling out Relics of Hiram November 13
The fate of ArcheAge in the west has been up in the air for two weeks now following the collapse of Trion Worlds and...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?
During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...
Electronic Arts is working on Project Atlas, its new cloud-based game development platform
A couple of days ago, Electronic Arts CTO Ken Moss published a blog post announcing Project Atlas, a cloud-based game development platform that aims...
BlizzCon 2018: Blizzard defends Diablo Immortal, hints at more Diablo projects on the way
"I'd like to thank April Fools Guy for setting off what's sure to be two solid weeks of hand-wringing over the time/place etiquette of...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation tests battle royale, Occupy White Walls hands out beta keys
So... all right. Ashes of Creation has a secondary side battle royale mode that's going to be entitled Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse and is...
