Bless Online players riot and request refunds over missing endgame PvP, cash shop shenanigans, and duping as Steam reviews plummet
If you thought the Bless Online community was in meltdown after two days of early access headaches, wait until you see the reaction to...
EA eschews lootboxes and premium passes with Battlefield V
If you haven't heard the word, EA may be hopping off the lootbox train -- at least for the time being.
The mega-publisher took a...
ESA president argues ‘video games never take money from a player and leave them with nothing’
GamesIndustry.biz has a fantastic piece illuminating the Entertainment Software Association's apparent game plan on lockboxes going forward. The publication recaps a lengthy talk ESA...
H1Z1 zooms past 4.5 million downloads on PlayStation 4 and hands out free weapons
Remember how H1Z1 was riding high last Thursday off of the 1.5 million downloads on the PlayStation 4? The battle royale game has actually...
PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items
Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...
State of Decay 2 tallies up one million sales despite the zombie apocalypse
Despite shaky performance and numerous reports of severe bug issues, Undead Labs' State of Decay 2 is another big hit for the studio. Outlets...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Legatus pack offers 117 ships for $27,000 (May 26, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen's crowdfunding reached new heights as Cloud Imperium posted the Legatus pack, a huge bundle pack that runs $27,000....
Betawatch: Dauntless strides into open beta (May 25, 2018)
It's certainly a daunting task to launch a game into its open beta, but the developers of Dauntless are undaunted as the title does...
Leaderboard: How much time should you put in to become a great player in the typical MMO?
Earlier this week, GIbiz put out a piece on the Shanghai Dragons, the Overwatch League e-sports team representing China. In a letter to fans,...
Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization
Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG would you want to ‘live’ in if you had to live there forever?
MOP reader Oleg suggested today's Daily Grind in the bowels of the mystified comments under our piece on Entropia Universe on Wednesday. In a...
Data show that battle royale gamers tend to spend more money on games
So, how are battle royale fans different from any other sort of competitive gamer? A recent study put out by market intelligence firm Newzoo...
Funcom Q1 2018 financials: Conan Exiles will be the studio’s ‘bestselling game of all time’
A year ago, MMO fans were thrilled to find out that Funcom had had its best quarter in ages thanks to the early access...
SuperData’s April 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite setting new records, GTAO slowing down
Fortnite had another record month of revenue in April, according to SuperData's latest global revenue report. "Epic’s Battle Royale shooter made $296 million in...
Greed Monger refunds stall over technical hurdles and Bitcoin prices
Greed Monger is the story that keeps on giving. Or taking. And then refunding. But not entirely?
Let's start at the beginning. Greed Monger is probably the...
Wargaming Seattle shuts down while Digital Extremes gets an American sister studio
Corporate shuffling is rarely great news, but for the employees at Wargaming Seattle, it looks like it's worse news than normal. The American wing...
PlayStation 4 heads into the end of its life cycle, making console MMOs nervous
No console lives forever, although it seems like the more recent generations have enjoyed lengthy runs. Sony delivered some disconcerting news to fans this...
Entropia Universe studio wants to let us live on forever inside an MMO – literally
If you're a fan of Altered Carbon or Westworld, you're going to love what MindArk says it's working on: The Entropia Universe studio aims...
RuneScape Classic is sunsetting this August thanks to instability, bots, and bugs
RuneScape has wound its way through many revisions and editions over the years, but Jagex usually left the original versions standing - or in...
Atlas Reactor arrives in China via Steam
Atlas Reactor really needs to be given some credit for striking out in a different direction when the rest of the PvP scene was...
