Final Fantasy XIV just announced a collab with a… camping gear brand
We've got a late-breaking candidate for "weirdest cross-promo of the year" right here, and it's all thanks to Final Fantasy XIV, which is apparently...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
Riot Games’ Arcane S2 launches this week as new details about an abandoned League of Legends movie surface
Remember a few years back during the big gaming boom when Riot Games was talking about trying to become a media empire that transcended...
More leaks confirm that Blizzard is working on a Warcraft II: Remastered edition
While Blizzard fans spend the next week wondering what the studio will say or reveal of its plans for the Warcraft franchise, one leak...
Kakao Q3 2024: ArcheAge 2 aka ArcheAge Chronicles has been delayed yet again
Kakao Games dropped its third quarter financials this past week, and it's a bit of a mixed bag - especially if you were anxiously...
Dev studio ProbablyMonsters cancels its Battle Barge project and lays off 50 workers
The hits keep on coming in regards to layoffs in the games industry. This time around we're reporting on a layoff of 50 workers...
Ubisoft’s NFT battler Champions Tactics was broken to the point of unplayability over the weekend
Near the end of October, Ubisoft's NFT figurine PvP battler Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles quietly made its full release with almost no amount of...
Star Citizen sees sales dip by a significant margin for the month of October
It's long been suggested, both by simple observation and direct developer reports that Star Citizen needs to keep the backer cash flowing in order...
Riot Games promises that it’s still ‘working hard’ on the Riot MMORPG
Back in March, Riot Games decided that its in-development and unnamed MMORPG would need to reset its design direction and go radio silent for...
Bethsoft’s Elder Scrolls Legends will sunset on January 30 after five years in maintenance mode
It's been quite a while since the PC and mobile collectible card game Elder Scrolls Legends crossed our desk, but that would make sense...
Ubisoft stealth-launches its NFT figurine PvP tactical battler Champions Tactics
Last year we first reported on Ubisoft's third attempt at making NFTs and gaming work with the creation of Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, a...
New World Aeternum says multiplayer PvE and PvP let you ‘continue your solo experience alone in a crowd’
Earlier this morning, Amazon sent over an interesting press release about New World that included a batch of "most asked" questions with dev answers...
Fntastic is hosting a map-making contest for its revised prop hunting game, and no, players won’t get paid
Remember last month when developer Fntastic said it wouldn't use volunteer labor to build its upcoming prop hunting rehash game Items? The studio is...
RIP Harry Potter Magic Awakened – NetEase officially killed it off last night
It’s never easy to say goodbye to an MMO – especially one that you’ve personally spent every day playing since launch. Of course, we’ve...
Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting a refund
We've chronicled the weird steps players have needed to take to get refunds from Star Citizen numerous times before, but now it looks like...
Sony didn’t just sunset Concord – now it’s closing Concord’s studio, Firewalk
The news just keeps getting worse for Sony's Concord: The company is closing down not just the remains of the game but its entire...
Embers Adrift says Digital River has been stiffing it since June, so it’s going temp F2P and heading to Steam
Embers Adrift has some good news bad news - good news for players, but bad news for the studio, which is apparently being screwed...
US Copyright Office rules libraries can’t access old games remotely because of ‘market harm’ and recreational use ‘risk’
If you were hoping to research out-of-print video games and wanted to get access to a copy remotely, that's been made difficult thanks to...
Tarisland’s arrival to Steam is met with low player numbers and mostly negative review scores
Part of Tarisland's big shiny launch of Blight Dragon Elegy was the MMORPG's arrival to the Steam store, so that means it's time for...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, SAG-AFTRA, child safety, and another ABK union rally
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! It's a bit of good news and bad news this time around, so...
