PSA: Cryptocurrency scammers are stealing Solarpunk’s assets for use in NFTs and a supposed metaverse
At this point we'd like to believe that the vast majority of our readers are assured that cryptocurrency games, metaverses, and NFTs are all...
Discord is shedding 17 percent of its staff as part of the company’s attempt to turn a profit this year
The month of January continues to prove itself to be a brutal one for those in the gaming and tech industries. This time around...
Amazon’s Twitch lays off 500 workers over cost-cutting efforts and executive exits
Hot on the heels of yesterday's news of more layoffs at Unity comes the revelation that Amazon is the next to fire staff. As...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Nexon Korea hosts ’emergency livestream’ over recent MapleStory cube manipulation fine
Last week we reported on a fine levied by Korea's FTC against Nexon Korea, which was found to be manipulating the probability of earning...
Marvel Snap studio secures $100M investment that assures independence and new game creation
Second Dinner, the studio headed by former Hearthstone dev Ben Brode that managed to nail down the Marvel IP to launch its digital CCG...
Unity sheds another 1800 workers from all of its departments in latest layoff round
The contraction of Unity that occurred through last January, May, and November looks to be continuing into this year, as the game engine developer...
Study finds social media game ads don’t properly disclose the existence of lockboxes and in-game purchases
A recent study conducted by legal expert and lockbox researcher Leon Y. Xiao has been completed and it finds that lockbox disclosures in social...
The Soapbox: Hearthstone is probably in for another boring year in 2024
I recently got a survey in my email on Hearthstone and its future. The last time a Hearthstone survey got sent out, the idea...
Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit that alleges the studio fired him for being old and white
Discrimination can certainly take a wide assortment of forms, but the culture that has been fostered within Activision-Blizzard has mostly been one that threatens...
Police use a World of Warcraft account to track down and arrest a man allegedly hiding a minor
We have our first Florida Man story of 2024 on our corner of the internet, primarily because tracking down and finding him involved using...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest Thing an MMO Company Sent Me This Year
We're finishing out our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #1 on our list is…
Literally a Can of...
Betawatch: The Quinfall wants you to pay money for its beta
The Quinfall - so named to apparently distinguish itself from the other, lesser quinfalls - made news during a slow beta cycle by deciding...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: MMO Most Likely to Make Us Wake Up Screaming
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #2 on our list is…
Diablo IV's lucid dreaming sleep...
Lost Skies developer Bossa Studios sheds 19 employees owing to a ‘perfect storm of events’
We're sad to report that layoffs in gaming and tech appear to be continuing even among the smaller studios out there. The most recent...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest thing MMO gamers did to win a forum argument (yes, again)
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #3 on our list is…
Leaking more military secrets
For the...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2023
If preserving MMORPGs is your jam, 2023 was not a great year. The one nice thing I can say about it is that we...
Chinese government fires media official over announced gaming rules proposal that battered the market
The last few weeks saw the Chinese games industry turn into a tinderbox thanks to an announced draft of new restrictions on gaming in...
Korea’s FTC fines Nexon $8.9M over MapleStory’s deceptive gear upgrade probabilities
Care for a little smile to start off this first week of 2024? Then feast your eyes on a hefty $8.9M (₩11.6M) fine levied...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest Use of AI in MMOs
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #4 on our list is…
NetDragon's AI CEO
This piece is...
