Netmarble weathers a slightly down quarter while Lineage 2 Revolution drives revenue
South Korean games publisher Netmarble posted its financial report for the last quarter of 2017, ending the year on a bit of a down...
Fortnite: Valentine’s day, 3.4 million concurrency, and fixing the ‘extreme load’ problem
This right here would be why Epic Games isn't all that wrecked over having to put down Paragon: Fortnite hit a new peak concurrency...
Raph Koster calls potential manipulative MMO microtransaction AI ‘horrendous’
Here is some nightmare fuel for gamers imagining the future of the industry. How about an artificial intelligence that deliberately manipulates and messes with...
You will go to the moon in Project Entropia – and own a slice for six bucks
Wanna own a part of a moon? Entropia Universe is putting one up for sale, and you can even play on it this year.
"Arkadia...
German commission takes up lootbox issue as academics link whaling to gambling markets
Germany has added its voice to the anti-lockbox chorus in the US, UK, and Netherlands. According to an article on the German-language Welt (picked...
Square Enix reports a growing population in Final Fantasy XIV
It's a mix of mild good and bad news for Square Enix's financials this quarter. The studio reported that profits were up in the...
NCsoft Q4 2017: Guild Wars resurges as Blade & Soul and Lineage M drive profits
NCsoft has money to cheer about this past financial quarter, as it posted another year of solid growth. Revenue and operating profit were up...
EVE Evolved: A matter of balance in EVE Online
Throughout its almost 15-year lifetime, EVE Online has walked a fine line between developing new features and iterating on existing gameplay. Development has to...
Monster Hunter World topples PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One
You cannot play Monster Hunter World on your desktop computer (for a while, anyhow). You cannot play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on your PlayStation 4. But...
Academics debate WHO ‘gaming disorder’ classification and global political implications
Remember how the World Health Organization is angling to classify gaming addiction as a "gaming disorder"? Researchers and self-regulatory bodies have been pushing back...
ARK Survival Evolved grants amnesty to players exploiting a bug since 2015
Hey, ARK: Survival Evolved cheaters! Your doom is nigh!... actually no your doom has been postponed, chiefly because so many people are cheaters, or...
Video game preservationists attempt to raise $450K to rez Marvel Heroes [Updated]
(We've updated below with MMOBomb's detailed investigation into this Indiegogo - short story, don't go handing over your dough.)
With Marvel Heroes dead and gone,...
World of Warcraft Classic progresses: ‘This is the right decision’
Desperate for some World of Warcraft Classic news now that the BlizzCon high has faded? Forbes has an interview up with Blizzard Executive Producer...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s EU servers, Camelot’s newsletter, Star Citizen’s perks (February 3, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained's idea of a "short" newsletter is still over 3000 words, but it's live this week with a rundown...
Nexon America hit with a round of layoffs Nexon says is insignificant
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Nexon America has undergoing a round of layoffs. The number of affected employees is currently unknown, though a source reportedly...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria starts its closed beta (February 2, 2018)
Congratulations, Legends of Aria, we're glad to see that you're in closed beta now. It's been a twisting road for this particular title, but...
Greed Monger has actually begun refunding Kickstarter backers from 2012
Way back in 2015, Kickstarted MMORPG Greed Monger was dead in the water, ripped apart by development delays, infighting amongst the developers, lawsuit threats,...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually care whether game studios apologize for screw-ups?
Bungie. Epic. Hi-Rez. Lots of apologies this week for one thing or another. As one of our readers, @Helltrek, put it, "It seems that the...
Red Dead Redemption 2 has been delayed yet again, this time to October 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 is suffering another long delay, this time to October. The new official launch date is October 26th, 2018.
"We apologize to...
David Brevik reveals a new indie title in the vein of Diablo and Terraria
Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Marvel Heroes creator David Brevik has just announced his newest game -- and it's both similar and unlike anything he's...
