Netmarble under scrutiny by government agencies in the wake of a crunch-mode death
You probably remember the sad news about a Netmarble employee who was, essentially, worked straight to death. That's the bad news. The good news...
Shroud of the Avatar raised almost $700K from investors, $67.5K from donors last night
Shroud of the Avatar's equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest has come to a close, with 518 investors having raised just shy of $700,000 in...
Lineage Eternal delayed again, Guild Wars 2 mobile game teased
Steparu is reporting on a Korean-language piece today that suggests Lineage Eternal is once again in do-over mode. According to the report, NCsoft has gutted...
Albion Online’s DDOS blackmail saga continues
I've more than once joked with our writers and readers that Massively OP is not an uptime monitor, but we're making a special exception...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gamers who are sick of raiding?
In the middle of the conversation spawned by yesterday's financial news that Guild Wars 2 had seen its worst revenue quarter since launch, several...
Publisher of game blatantly lifting Final Fantasy XI assets apologizes for the game
Is the header screenshot from Final Fantasy XI or from the free-to-play Japanese title Chaos Saga? It's the former, but you could be forgiven...
Destiny 2’s Pop-Tarts and energy drink promo is everything wrong with this industry
Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine! This is not a joke: ActiBlizz just sent 'round a press release announcing a partnership with Rockstar energy drinks...
Albion Online hit with ransom demand during weekend DDOS outages
On Saturday, we reported on a series of nasty DDOS attacks on the newly launched PvP sandbox Albion Online, which unfortunately continued throughout the...
World of Warcraft gold tops the Venezuelan bolivar, Nexon breaks onto Nikkei 300 index
By now most of the world is aware of the massive political and economic crisis that's happening in Venezuela, with rampant inflation destroying the...
NCsoft Q2 2017: Guild Wars 2 drops to new all-time low, Blade and Soul heads to console
Ready to take high Asian fantasy to your home console? You'd better because NCsoft recently announced that it is working on adapting Blade and...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen 3.0 progress report, Albion Online DDOSed after RMT crackdown (August 5, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen posted its monthly studio report along with its updated 3.0 production report as it works on the...
Wild West Online denies that its alpha has been delayed
Hey, cowboys and cowgirls. When did you think alpha was going to begin for Wild West Online? You're wrong, apparently. 612 Games broke its recent...
Video games on Kickstarter continue to struggle thanks to fading consumer confidence
Earlier this week, we got SuperData's mid-year report on the booming video game industry, the enormous multinational congloms rolling around in piles of cash-shop...
Crunch mode caused a young Netmarble game developer’s death, Korean government says
South Korean MMO studio Netmarble is being criticized this week for contributing to the death of an overworked game developer in 2016.
The Korea Times...
Shroud of the Avatar: Equity crowdfunding passes $500K, studio plans monthly telethons
Shroud of the Avatar's equity crowdfunding venture has gone rather well: Portalarium declared last night that it has "exceeded SeedInvest target and  now...
Blizzard promises account-wide unlocks for World of Warcraft 7.3, is working on ‘multiple’ new IPs
Not to be cowed by the other news and announcements this week, Blizzard stepped up to the microphone to deliver a few doozies. Game...
Massively Overthinking: Gathering our thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
This week, the dominant story has become Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, which is coming our way far sooner than a lot...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2017: Destiny 2 outperforms Destiny, WoW ‘time spent’ improves over 2016
We could practically copypasta last quarter's Activision-Blizzard report to this one and nobody would notice. That's because once again, it's the Blizzard segment of the...
SuperData’s mid-2017 report reflects a wildly expanding gaming industry
Gaming analysis firm SuperData is touting a new report for marketers today, shedding some light on the shape of the industry so far in...
GTAO profits are soaring, but we still don’t know whether Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC
It's still not a sure thing that Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC.
During its recent earnings call, Rockstar parent company Take Two heaped...
