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...
GTA-esque MMO CrimeCraft will sunset at the end of August
Hey, remember CrimeCraft? I had forgotten all about it, but we covered the Vogster-designed MMO from 2008 onward on Old Massively through its 2009...
Nexon kills top-secret Nebula project, closes studio
What might be worse than having an interesting-looking MMORPG in development shut down before it reaches launch is having one cloaked under the veil...
Australia will play host to awful League of Legends e-sports reality show
Tear your eyes away from the wackadoodle reality show we're all living in right now: Riot Games has apparently sanctified a reality show for...
Leaderboard: Is our future in virtual reality or augmented reality?
MOP reader Sally recently pointed us to a series of articles on virtual reality and augmented reality tech that when taken together make for an...
MMO researcher Nick Yee is ‘dispeling myths about female gamers’
Quantic Foundry researcher and long-time MMO academic Nick Yee has an intriguing blog post out this week titled Dispelling Myths about Female Gamers in...
Make My MMO: Valiance Online’s founder alpha has begun (July 29, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Valiance Online took everyone by surprise by announcing the launch of its investor alpha on PC for Friday, though...
Betawatch: Escape from Tarkov invites you to come in for closed testing (July 28, 2017)
Escape from Tarkov is heading into closed beta testing this weekend, complete with a trailer, so now's your chance to jump in if you bought...
The BBC is broadcasting live e-sports tonight
The BBC is following ESPN's example and diving headfirst into e-sports live broadcasting. "In the first deal of its kind for the BBC (we...
Pokemon Go raised $5.8M Sunday in spite of live event catastrophe
Pokemon Go's weekend Fest event may have been a massive and predictable failure of communication and preparation, but it wasn't a failure for Niantic's piggy...
Tencent buys into Frontier, recruits Batman to give its MOBA western appeal
Two MMO forces are now bound together in will and purpose -- or at least in stocks and finances.
Tencent, the world's biggest games publisher...
ArcheAge server merges will impact 12 realms
Server merges are a nerve-wracking, anxiety-filled experience even on the best of occasions, but when an MMO offers contested territory and open world housing,...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of half-size MMO subs?
One of the things that's always intrigued me about games like Trove and RuneScape is their willingness to experiment with different kinds of sub models....
Massively Overthinking: How should MMOs make money in a world without lockboxes?
Earlier this week, MOP's Justin expressed frustration over lockboxes, feeling especially provoked. "As both a player and a journalist, I find it insulting when...
ROBLOX is on track to pay indie devs $30M this year, reaches 56M active monthly users
A game where the studio pays out millions to players? What kind of bizarro world are we living in, anyway?
When it comes to the...
OrbusVR starts up open alpha on July 28
If you've been longing for the chance to play an MMO in VR but haven't yet been in the closed alpha for OrbusVR, the...
Star Citizen Q&A covers the Cyclone concept vehicle, which won’t make it into 3.0
Earlier this week, we reported on Star Citizen's latest concept ship: The Tumbril Cyclone, a ground vehicle whose multiple variants will run up to $70 for...
Rumor: Is En Masse publishing Closers Online in the west? [Update: Likely!]
We've been keeping half an eye on Closers Online since at least 2015, but with no clear sign of westward movement, that half eye...
