The Soapbox: The fallacy of ‘F2P insight’ in the MMO market
I read with disgust a recent GI.biz piece about free-to-play and its supposed coming of age. The business model has of course run amok...
CCP financials for 2014 continue their downward slide
It's become a cottage industry for EVE Online fans to try to figure out whether CCP Games is doing well or not. Gone are the days...
The Daily Grind: Should mature MMOs consider crowdfunding?
Massively OP commenter The_Grand_Nagus recently pointed us to a conversation on the Star Trek Online forum where a Cryptic Studios employee discussed the studio's games' revenues...
Revival devs talk character creation, whaling, and more
Revival's latest newsletter is essential reading if you've missed any of the fantasy sandbox's developer updates over the past month. Illfonic links back to...
Perfect Ten: Why you should care about the Infinite Crisis shutdown
It might seem a little odd that the one thing to break through my current state of hyper-excitement for the launch of Heavensward and...
EVE’s PLEX for Good raises over $103,000 for Nepal victims
CCP has published a blog post detailing the results of its latest PLEX for Good fundraising drive that provided assistance for victims of the...
Crowfall preps core combat test, commits to raising $1M from additional investors
With a large roster of potential classes, how will Crowfall balance it all? By starting small, of course. The devs wrote a new post...
The Repopulation on expectations, SWG, and the Q4 launch
When Above & Beyond Technologies announced that its sci-fi MMOÂ The Repopulation will launch before the end of 2015, sandbox fans simultaneously pumped their fists...
Das Tal updates its Kickstarter again, and again, and again
Fairytale Distillery has dropped another Das Tal info bomb on its Kickstarter backers and curious sandbox PvP onlookers. The indie MMO got its start...
You can ride a motorcycle in The Secret World tomorrow
The title really says it all, no? Funcom has announced that it is bringing down The Secret World's servers on June 3rd at 8:30...
Here’s the latest Hearthstone TV commercial
Have you seen the new Hearthstone TV commercial? It's up on the newly released MOBA's YouTube channel, in case you miss it on the...
Infinite Crisis is shutting down on August 14th
DC-themed superhero MOBA Infinite Crisis is shutting down on August 14th, according to an announcement posted on the front page of Turbine's official site.
After...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
SuperData’s Van Dreunen on tomorrow’s Heroes of the Storm launch
Tomorrow's the big day for Blizzard's entry into the crowded and uber-competitive MOBA market. Heroes of the Storm officially launches on June 2nd, and...
Camelot Unchained is adding lots of cosmetics without a cash shop
Camelot Unchained's next stretch goal is going to take the Realm Honors concept to the next level, according to the game's website. In a...
Make My MMO: May 30, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In...
Test fly Star Citizen’s military ships for free this week
When I backed Star Citizen in 2012, I opted for a couple of the $60 pledge tiers. One of these I gave away, and...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Wander?
Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO...
Betawatch: May 29th, 2015
We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In...
