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You have one year to move your Skyforge account and characters to the new publisher, starting… now

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At the end of August, we were startled to learn that MY.GAMES had sold sci-fantasy MMORPG Skyforge to another company and was transferring publishing...
Next, us.

Riot Games details price hikes coming for Brazil, Ukraine, and most of Asia on September 18

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In its recent post on the topic, Riot isn't sugarcoating the numerous price hikes coming to Riot's various games including Valorant and League of...

Star Wars Outlaws took inspiration from Star Wars Galaxies for the Tatooine city of Bestine

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If you can set aside the funky reviews and stock dips brought on by the launch of Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws, there's actually some...

Minecraft is getting a live action movie April 4 and it looks like a fever dream

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It's impossible to deny that Minecraft is a juggernaut IP, but is it ironclad enough to withstand the withering potential of box office failure?...
it flew

Sony is killing Concord on September 6 and issuing refunds

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It would appear that this particular Concord did not so much fly as it arced momentarily upwards before flopping back to the ground. Only...
Boredom McScamhour

Shroud of the Avatar adds $18 and $27 monthly subs to offset the costs of development

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Catnip Games has admitted that the free-to-play Shroud of the Avatar isn't exactly making the studio a lot of money. That's one of the...

Bungie reportedly fired Marathon’s former director over internal misconduct allegations

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Earlier this year, Marathon Director Chris Barrett was replaced by Joe Ziegler as part of a reported leadership shake-up, but as it turns out,...
Riders

Vague Patch Notes: When did Blue Protocol really die?

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It was the middle of the night, for us, when we heard the news: Blue Protocol is dead. It will never be receiving a...

RuneScape fans revolt over Jagex’s second subscription fee hike in three years

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Welp, the party is over for RuneScape fans: Jagex has once again announced that it's raising the price of the game. "Membership pricing has been...
So steamy.

Steam sets a new all-time concurrency record with 37M players logging into the platform

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Let there be no doubt to anyone who plays games on PC of who the 5,000-pound gorilla of the digital storefront world is: Valve's...
Bye, guys.

Blue Protocol is shutting down in Japan and will not be localized for the west

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The writing has appeared to be on the wall for a while now, but it's now official: Blue Protocol is being shut down in...
thews

World of Warcraft: The War Within racks up player praise and frustrated memes along with hotfixes

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Yesterday saw World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, open to everyone who plays the game (rather than just those who pre-ordered the...

Mobile online RTS Rival Kingdoms sunsets after eight years of operation

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The white flag has gone up, the soldiers have laid down their arms, and the nearly decade-old conflict on mobile devices is now at...
Everywhere everywhere.

MY.GAMES is handing Skyforge publishing off to Innova, and yes this is confusing

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It's the end of an era: Skyforge has been operating under the My.com/MY.GAMES banner since its launch back in 2015, but now it's moving...

Unleashed Games confirms its MMO Haven will be used for additional titles made with generative AI

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In the beginning half of the year, we started covering Haven, a developing MMORPG from Unleashed Games that promised gameplay beats familiar to those...

NCsoft Q2 2024: NCsoft says it’s not shifting focus away from MMORPGs

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In the chaos of August financial releases and Gamescom, we overlooked NCsoft's Q2 2024 financial release, so we're tackling it now. Unfortunately, it's not...

Amazon boss: ‘We’re still trying to find the hook’ for the new Lord of the Rings MMO

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With 10 titles currently in development, Amazon Games Studio is clearly hoping to diversify into success before sinking into unprofitability. One of the bigger...

Amazon Games says its publishing moves signal the company is ‘not hell bent on just being MMOs’

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Amazon Games is publishing the co-op title King of Meat. It has also entered publishing deals with Maverick Games for its narrative-driven open-world title...

New World will be a featured IP in Amazon’s new Secret Level animated series

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During this afternoon's Opening Night Live at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Amazon's Prime Video label announced Secret Level, a "new adult-animated anthology series" specifically...

Overwatch 2 banned 500K cheaters ahead of its season 12 launch today

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Overwatch 2's fight against cheaters and bad player behavior continues on, and while it's likely a never-ending war, Blizzard is opening its latest player...