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Bandai Namco reports YoY sales drop, admitting Blue Protocol JP ‘significantly fell short’

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Bandai Namco has disclosed its fiscal-year third quarter financial reports, and it looks like things are not going well for the developer and publisher,...
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The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes

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The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...
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Blizzard is laying off over 126 people from its support center in Ireland

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The massive culling of 1,900 workers by Microsoft looks to have had a significant global impact, as Ireland's minister for foreign affairs Michéal Martin...
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Palworld’s community manager suggests you just… play other games if you’re bored

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It probably does not need to be restated that Palworld is an odd game. A very odd game, as it happens. But you don't...

Embracer confirms layoffs of nearly 1400 people were part of efforts to ‘always maximize shareholder value’

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It's only mid-February but already we have a lead contender for most vile CEO quote of 2024: Embracer Group's third quarter fiscal report is...

Pearl Abyss Q4 2023: Well at least EVE Online had a good financial year

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Pearl Abyss, best known to MMO fans for Black Desert and CCP Games' EVE Online, has continued its humdrum financial performance in Q4 2023,...

Haven is a co-op focused MMORPG being built by Blizzard, EA, and Turbine veterans

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Merriam-Webster defines the word "haven" as "a place of safety offering favorable opportunities or conditions," but one might argue that most MMORPGs aren't...

Star Citizen’s live game director vacates position after nine years at CIG

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We'll admit that this bit of Star Citizen news is ripe for speculation, and that speculation may be steered by how one feels about...

Palworld’s popularity inspires new merchandise in the form of terrifying adult Halloween costumes

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There are plenty of ways for fans of a game to feel closer to their favorite titles, but one of those ways is by...
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Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall

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It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...

Crowfall owner Monumental hit with layoffs while eyeing blockchain

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The question of Crowfall's existence has been an unanswered one for quite some time ever since the game was purchased by Mythgard publisher Monumental...

It looks like the ‘noncore IP’ Daybreak sold for $5.9M is PlanetSide after all

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Yesterday, when we covered EG7's Q4 2023 financials, we highlighted the company's disclosure that Daybreak had sold a "noncore IP" for $5.9M, a move...

Co-op third-person shooter Helldivers 2 promises a focus on ‘earning the right to monetize’ its players

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Last week was a pretty big deal for fans of co-op action shooters, as Helldivers 2 made what looks to be a pretty triumphant...

Microsoft prepares to talk about Xbox’s future in a podcast as multi-platform game rumors swirl

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The past several weeks have been some apparently nervous ones for those whose online personas are devoted to Microsoft in general and Xbox in...

EG7 Q4 2023: DCUO’s delayed latest-gen console launch hurt Daybreak’s revenues last quarter

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While bigger games companies continue to flail, EG7 actually managed to grow last year, as its latest investor report demonstrates, with overall revenues up...

NCsoft Q4 2023: Guild Wars 2 is a bright spot for NCsoft as Throne & Liberty stumbles

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NCsoft's Q4 2023 financials weren't the perk-up that investors surely wanted to see: The Korean gaming giant reported a 31% drop in revenues in...

Daybreak’s DC Universe Online studio Dimensional Ink is the latest games team hit with layoffs

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The culling of games industry employees continues through the beginning of this year: A list compiled by Kotaku that outlines the over 6,400 layoffs...

Q4 2023: Nexon, Krafton, and Roblox all posted soaring revenues in 2023

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Welcome back to another MMO business roundup - this one all about financials for some of the companies we keep an eye on 'round...
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Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market

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I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed...

RuneScape’s Jagex confirms it’s being sold for the fourth time in eight years as it talks up ‘forever games’

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Rumors from earlier this week that suggested RuneScape company Jagex was once again for sale have now been proven correct, thanks to a formal...

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