EA caught in lie over Star Wars Battlefront II customization, brings lootbox madness to UFC 3
Among the controversy of EA's pay-to-win lockboxes in Star Wars Battlefront II emerges a rather reasonable question: Why didn't the studio create and use...
Trion ‘still in active discussions’ with Bluehole over Devilian
With the explosive success of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in 2017, Bluehole Studio is rolling in media coverage, money, and popularity. But some of the studio's...
The Daily Grind: Did Marvel Heroes just get the worst-managed MMORPG sunset of all time?
If you happened to catch the Massively OP Podcast this week, you heard my positively livid rant about the whole Marvel Heroes situation. Now,...
Leaderboard: Is Destiny 2’s marketing brilliant or just plain nuts?
So this morning I'm dishing out cheese crackers for my kid, who was up all night barfing. (If my posts have typos today, it's...
Bluehole’s CEO on how Ascent: Infinite Realm (A:IR) will breathe life into a stagnating MMORPG genre
Ready for some harsh truths, MMO players? Bluehole CEO Hyo-Seob Kim recently told GIbiz that he wasn't expecting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to do so well globally,...
Superdata’s October 2017 revenue report: Destiny 2’s and PUBG’s dominance
Destiny 2 may be fudging up left and right, but it still sold a truckton of copies.
That's according to Superdata, whose most recent revenue...
Are rank-and-file devs benefiting from MMO publisher ‘money-grabs’? Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs weighs in
Last week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote a (fantastic) Soapbox editorial arguing that Star Wars Battlefront II (and its concomitant monetization dust-up) is merely...
Red Dead Redemption publisher president defends lockboxes
Not everyone in the video game industry is shying away from lockboxes or denouncing them outright. Take-Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff took the side...
EA lockbox debacle wipes out billions in stock as SuperData forecasts regulation
It looks as though the rebels may have defeated the empire -- or at least struck a mighty blow to give the latter pause.
CNBC...
Clicker Heroes dev on abandoning the free-to-play model for the sequel
If you've never played Clicker Heroes, you can pick it up for your phone or on Steam right now; it's a lightweight little idle...
Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas state-of-the-game dev diary
It's been a hot minute since we heard from El Somni Quas, the indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut its teeth on Ultima Online...
Raph Koster on the cost of making games from the industry side
All of this talk about the price of making games and the price of playing games thanks to Star Wars: Battlefront II has meant...
Marvel Heroes: Former dev says Disney’s not the bad guy, Xbox One grants automatic refunds
Still reeling from the abrupt early sunset of Marvel Heroes yesterday? Same here. If you want a little closure, maybe check out Kinda Funny...
The Daily Grind: Did EA do gamers a big favor with its monetization overreach?
Over the last couple of weeks as players fought EA and Disney turned on its own in the Star Wars Battlefront II mess, I've...
Researchers document Pokemon Go’s vehicular casualties, Niantic raises $200M for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Pokemon Go developer Niantic just got enough money to build a second pool in which to put all that money to roll around in....
RIP Marvel Heroes
It's gone, gang, and I'm so sorry.
Following the disastrous silences and accusations that unfolded over October and November, Marvel announced that it had terminated...
‘Gaming industry vets’ form ‘crisis’ coalition to fight lockboxes and ‘unscrupulous’ studios [Update]
We've updated below with Forbes' investigation into the ringleader.
A group of "industry leaders and experts" have apparently formed what they're calling National Committee for...
Mother of Fortnite cheater claims that her 14-year-old son is being used as a scapegoat
Last month, Fortnite developer Epic sued two alleged associates of a cheating software site as part of the studio's hard-line approach to cheaters. Makes...
UK Gambling Commission hints it may fight lootboxes with age ratings
While you were eating turkey and buying loot this past weekend, the lockbox saga was trundling onward.
The UK Gambling Commission has formally stated that...
The Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of any Black Friday sales in MMOs this weekend?
I did a ton of shopping - all online, mind you, as I'm not so far gone as to actually put on pants or...
