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It’s game over for E3 as the ESA declares the tradeshow officially dead

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Time to scramble around and tweak any awards that mention the death of E3 as a possibility as it's now a certainty: The Entertainment...

Epic wins its lawsuit against Google as jury finds Google Play engaged in monopolist practices

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The long-running lawsuit between Epic and Google has been decided, and it's been a slam dunk win for Epic Games: A jury found that...

‘Shit happens,’ The Day Before devs tell disgruntled players as mass-refunds continue

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We're into day six of The Day Before drama, which certainly doesn't embroil any of you, as our readers were too clever to buy...

The Day Before dev studio announces its closure, claims the game ‘failed financially’

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It hasn't even been a week between the early access release of The Day Before and today, but supposedly the game's launch has been...

Elder Scrolls Online is changing the name of its Endless Archive content to Infinite Archive

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Elder Scrolls Online's Endless Archive has been live for only six weeks, and it's already undergoing a major change... to its name. ZeniMax Online...

The Day Before devs downplay original massively multiplayer pitch as playerbase and reviews plummet

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When survival shooter The Day Before made its scheduled but disastrous early access launch, multiple players pointed out a wealth of issues with the...

Make My MMO: Wagadu Chronicles’ early access, City of Titans’ surprise patch

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Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Indie Afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles launched into early access...
like the song from cats I guess

Betawatch: Monsters & Memories throws a testing party for all

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Hey y'all, Monsters & Memories is throwing a testing party and you're all invited! You might think that this would make me happy, but...

Video game trade association says most people want video games for Christmas, huh

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When I asked my kids to write me out their Christmas wish lists this year, they both turned in lists with games and game...
This is someone else's problem.

MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...

Bungie devs face the ‘soul-crushing’ pressure of financial targets, a Sony takeover, and threat of more layoffs

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It's already been reported that life within Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is extremely unhappy in the wake of recent layoffs and the...

BitCraft studio co-founder discusses building a societal game and what the MMO’s endgame looks like

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If you have about 30 minutes and are curious to learn more about BitCraft and societal games from Clockwork Labs co-founder Tyler Cloutier, then...
How's the atmosphere.

Star Trek Online now has third-party ship model NFTs as new Cryptic boss DECA opens hiring

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Remember back when Star Trek Online announced that it was ending its six-year partnership with GamePrint, bringing to an end the service that allowed...

World of Warcraft players lose a minipet and inventory perks if they don’t migrate their authenticator to the new Battle.net app

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You might remember that back in July, Blizzard announced that that it would be moving its Battle.net Authenticator services over to the Battle.net mobile...
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Project Boston was Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to create a ‘Steam of mobile’ games store

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The point of the Epic v. Google antitrust lawsuit is ostensibly about whether Google is holding a monopoly that prevents competitors like Epic from...

Star Citizen breaks a crowdfunding record for November with over $28M in sales

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In case it wasn't clear what Star Citizen was hoping for when it launched last month's IAE event, the sales numbers for the month...

Elite Dangerous’ Frontier declares it’s ‘getting back on track’ by re-focusing on new and existing simulation titles

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Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments is using its 2023 annual investor report to proclaim that it's "getting back on track," as it decides that...

ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained officially merged this morning, sending Unchained into its last sunset

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The great failed experiment that was ArcheAge Unchained is officially over. This week, Kakao merged the alternate business model version of the game into...

Destiny 2 swiftly stops sales of a baffling Starter Pack after players drag Bungie for the bundle

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What do you think would be included in a Starter Pack for Destiny 2? Do you envision some currency? Perhaps access to an expansion...

Diablo IV surveys suggest Vessel of Hatred bundles will sell early access to ‘functional items’ and stash tabs

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While Diablo IV's Vessel of Hatred expansion isn't expected until sometime later next year, Blizzard has decided to apparently burn some goodwill early. According...