Betawatch: Kingdoms of Elyria is no longer launching this year, quelle surprise
In what will surely shock anyone with the memory of a mayfly that has suffered severe head trauma and has gotten blackout drunk, Kingdoms...
Unity’s runtime fee scheme sees game devs shut off Unity ads and employees turn in resignations
The tire fire of Unity's decision to impose "runtime fees" on studios that use the engine continues to burn bright and hot. Game developers...
Vague Patch Notes: I don’t know what the deal is with Throne & Liberty
Let me just state this outright: What in the absolute heck is supposed to be going on with Throne & Liberty at this point?...
Unity asks game studios to trust its download estimates, closes offices over death threat
As the bulk of the gaming industry unites against Unity's new "runtime fees," the company is continuing to spin the fees as a smart...
Rumor: Tencent is apparently publishing the mobile version of Blue Protocol
Tech outlets are abuzz this morning as apparently Blue Protocol's mobile edition is still happening, and Bandai Namco has tapped Tencent to run it.
As...
Unity begins backtracking on new runtime fees, but it hasn’t addressed indies
Yesterday, we covered Unity's surprise announcement that it was instituting a "runtime fee" that would charge developers as much as 20 cents per download...
Unity is adding excessive new per-install fees – game developers aren’t having it
Unity has been struggling with its public and corporate relations over the course of 2023, first with multiple rounds of mass layoffs that cut...
Roblox conference cut short after police arrested an allegedly armed community developer
A seemingly benign Roblox developer conference abruptly turned frightening last weekend when an unruly developer in the crowd was arrested.
Games Industry reports that a...
Dauntless and Fae Farm dev Phoenix Labs are losing more top execs, this time the CEO and COO
Phoenix Labs' 2023 troubles aren't getting any easier: Both its CEO and COO have apparently just stepped down from those positions.
As we've been chronicling,...
Rumor: Embracer is trying to sell Gearbox – and therefore Cryptic and its MMORPGs
The Embracer Group contract disaster continues to generate destructive waves all over the gaming industry, and now it's landing at our doorstep, as the...
Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street ruminates on fixing MMORPG progression design failings
Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is obviously no stranger to MMORPG design and its tripping points, so when he took to Twitter on a self-described rant...
Final Fantasy XIV’s free trial will continue to expand, but don’t expect a free-to-play switch anytime soon
One of the many long-standing memes among the Final Fantasy XIV community is the one about the MMORPG's free trial, which will be expanding...
The ESA is no longer working with ReedPop for the theoretical next E3 event
Well, if you were dreading the possibility of E3 coming back in 2024 under ReedPop's direction, you no longer have to worry about that....
Epic Games job posting offers first word of a Fortnite ‘open world survival crafting game’
If segments of the technology sector have proved anything, it's that it likes to try to spin old things as brand-new. That argument could...
Rumor: RuneScape studio Jagex might be up for sale again, the fourth time in less than a decade
The uproar over RuneScape's new monetization mess has a new angle today as apparently the future of UK-based Jagex is up in the air.
According...
Baldur’s Gate 3 officially rolled out to PlayStation 5 players
People kind of love the heck out of Baldur's Gate 3, which has finally launched to overwhelmingly positive reviews. And you have to kind...
Embracer Group is killing off Flying Wild Hog’s Jagex-pubbed Space Punks
The Embracer Group financing catastrophe and failed Saudi investment are continuing to have ripple effects in the MMO and multiplayer genres as now, the...
Bethesda vows to ‘keep working on’ Redfall, arguing it doesn’t ‘quit or abandon stuff’
Most eyes are on Bethesda and its sprawling single-player space epic Starfield, particularly in light of the RPG's bugs and how previous game releases...
SEC filings reveal the multi-million-dollar debt ARK Survival Evolved’s publisher owes Nitrado
In the middle of August, ARK: Survival Ascended called attention to a partnership with Nitrado that would guarantee the option for players to rent...
SAG-AFTRA union prepares for a second strike over video gaming’s use of AI and low wages
The SAG-AFTRA union has already stood up to TV and film companies with no apparent resolution in sight, and now it looks as if...
