Riot and Blizzard are purportedly good to their employees
Want to be a game developer? Why?! Don't you know it's all about long hours, low pay, and angry pitchfork-toting man-children who want the...
Make My MMO: March 7, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, a couple of projects went bye-bye. First up was Trials of Ascension, which admitted to Kickstarter defeat and...
Infinite Crisis is coming to Steam on March 26
I did a double-take when Turbine announced that Infinite Crisis is launching on Steam later this month. I've been launching it through Steam for...
RIFT players have clocked 45,817 years of gameplay
There's nothing like a good anniversary to brings out the infographic-making in developers, and so it is with RIFT's fourth birthday. Trion Worlds posted...
WoW Factor: A self-defeating genre
Remember when World of Warcraft launched? I sure do. I remember when the game's developers strapped into a helicopter and broke into the building...
Daybreak layoffs totaled 140 in San Diego
It's been almost a month since Daybreak (formerly SOE) laid off several of its employees following its acquisition by Columbus Nova, but we're only...
Crowfall is raking in the big bucks
Crowfall's Kickstarter campaign is little more than a week old, but that hasn't stopped the PvP MMO from racking up 10,000-plus backers and over...
Gigantic will be published on Windows 10 and Xbox One
In a news sure to relieve the gamers unsure whether a MOBA would come along specifically designed to work with Windows 10, Motiga has...
Daybreak now has two G.I.R.L. scholarships for 2015
After this week's Storybricks drama and today's brutal cutbacks of customer service and forum support, the company formerly known as SOE could really use some good...
Schilling says Rhode Islanders don’t know the full story of 38 Studios
Curt Schilling talks a lot. Or should I say, he writes a lot, as you'll see in his lengthy blog post that covers everything...
Daybreak constricts gamemasters in EQ and EQII
A Massively Overpowered reader named Nick recently alerted us to a new EverQuest II customer support policy he'd been sent in-game in response to...
Braben: Elite won’t be ‘dumbed down’ for consoles
Are you tired of the eternal console vs. PC culture war? Yeah, me too. Thankfully Elite: Dangerous won't be partaking of that foolishness, mainly...
Funcom’s financials improved in Q4 2014 but are down year-over-year
So do you want the good news or the bad news when it comes to Funcom's financials? The good news is that the studio...
Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist
Let this be an important lesson to any would-be game designers: If you try to make a game based on a very well-known IP...
Nexon, Smilegate top eastern revenue charts
Last year was a very good year indeed for Nexon, which made $393M in revenue in 2014. However, Smilegate clambered up to second place...
NCsoft’s games are going free-to-play in Japan
NCsoft games are shedding their subscription requirements -- at least in Japan. MMO Culture is reporting that between March and April, NCsoft will be...
Project Morpheus signals Sony’s entrance into the VR arms race
The Oculus Rift won't be the only gaming headset that people will be talking about in the near future. Sony announced this week that...
Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One in 2015
Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One, according to a new teaser that was released at GDC this week. There's no firm date...
Former LOTRO employee dishes out behind-the-scenes secrets
There's always more to every story than is often told, which is why it's fascinating to come across accounts like this one by former...
Storybricks has closed down
It's been but a week and a half since we heard official word that Daybreak Game Company was cutting ties with Storybricks, and the...
