Tencent’s new Chinese console includes League of Legends in its lineup
If you've long wished to play League of Legends on a console, we're happy to tell you that this will soon be a thing...
PWE on the release and monetization of Gigantic
Last week's announcement that Perfect World Entertainment would sign on as a publisher for Gigantic was good news for fans of the MOBA, but it...
WildStar loses more developers as Donatelli, Behrens depart
Update: We've updated below with Carbine's statement to Massively OP.
WildStar appears to have lost more staff this weekend: Both Mike Donatelli and Chris Behrens told...
The Daily Grind: What motivates you to try out an MMORPG?
I've seen many designers and players over the years say that a game going free-to-play will attract more players, but I've always wondered about...
Make My MMO: Elyria funds, Crowfall delays (May 14, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chronicles of Elyria reached the minimum goal of its Kickstarter -- $900,000 -- with over 7,000 donors and...
Leaderboard: Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter funded. Did you back it?
On this week's Massively OP podcast, both Justin and I expressed surprise that Chronicles of Elyria's Kickstarter has done so well -- it certainly...
Betawatch: Perfect World signs on to publish Gigantic (May 13, 2016)
Things had looked bleak for Gigantic. Setting the game up as being only on Windows 10 and Xbox One hadn't exactly bolstered its playerbase,...
Nexon slips a little in first quarter but has confidence in its future
Nexon has come out of the gate in 2016 looking strong. The MMO publisher posted its Q1 financial report this week, stating that the...
WildStar swaps NCoin for Protobucks ahead of Steam launch
WildStar is still on the way to Steam, you'll be happy to hear, at least if you've been following NCsoft's latest quarterly financials. Carbine's...
The9 exchanges half of its shares in Red 5 for stake in Cayman Islands cashmere corp
Chinese MMO operator The9 has exchanged about half of its shares in Red 5 for nearly 153.9 million shares of L&A International Holding Limited. The9...
Chronicles of Elyria talks about what won’t be in the game, pops up on Steam Greenlight
Every MMO in development has to make tough choices about what features and systems are important enough to make it into launch and which...
NCsoft Q1 2016: Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling
There are good pieces of news from NCsoft's first quarter financial report. For one thing, the company's year-on-year sales, profits, and net income are...
Massively Overthinking: The minority playerbases inside MMORPGs
Earlier this week, World of Warcraft Lead Game Designer Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas weighed in on a player thread about Legion's in-game prices in a...
Content Design Lead Benjamin Gross leaves Marvel Heroes, joins up with NCsoft
Marvel Heroes players are starting to get wind of the fact that Content Design Lead Benjamin Gross is no longer with Gazillion.
While he did...
Almost 10 million people logged into Overwatch’s beta
Overwatch has swallowed my guild. Ever since the Overwatch IV drop was shut off at the end of open beta earlier this week, my...
MMORPG Tycoon 2 goes up on Steam Greenlight
How well do you think you could do at designing an MMORPG on your own? It's got to be pretty easy, right? Slap some...
Daybreak polls EverQuest II players on ‘prestige servers’
Daybreak's latest player poll has EverQuest II players scratching their heads.
Launched with this week's patch, the poll asks EQII players whether they'd be interested in...
Perfect World will publish Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
Perfect World has just announced that it will be publishing Gigantic, Motiga's upcoming MOBA. "This partnership with Perfect World Entertainment expands the game’s reach, allowing...
Pantheon could begin testing at the end of the year
Pantheon's development is coming along, according to a new state of the game newsletter posted by Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid this week. "e are...
League of Legends loses social systems lead, bans three pro teams
One of the most notable developers for League of Legends has left Riot Games for a "new challenge." Lead Designer of Social Systems Jeffrey...
