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Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live(blog): Dune Awakening launches on PC early next year

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Gamescom 2024 in Cologne, Germany, is about to begin with Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live spectacle, a two-hour parade of trailers, advertisements, and ideally,...
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Laniatus-owned Idea Fabrik claims The Repopulation is back online, renews assault on former contractor

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It's been quite some time since The Repopulation was in our collective radar, but that was because development of the game was ended in...

Steam visually filters out ‘humorous but unhelpful’ reviews, readies new game description rules for September

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Gamers who updated their Steam desktop app recently may have seen something a little new in their browsing experience: a feature that is visually...

Embracer Q1 2024: Sales and company debt lower while the LOTR MMO gets a mention

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If you were hoping for some form of revelation for Embracer Group's slate of MMOs to come out of the company's April-to-June investor report...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation’s alpha 2, Dual Universe’s player hosting

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It's been an interesting summer for crowdfunded MMOs. Ashes of Creation has hit August running, first with a preview of the Bard class, then...

GeForce NOW introduces the ability to access and use a small library of World of Warcraft mods

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While it's pretty easy to assume that the subset of players utilizing GeForce NOW's game streaming service to play World of Warcraft might be...
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Let’s Build A Dungeon is an upcoming MMO development sim from developer Springloaded

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Do you want to build an MMO but lack either the access to venture capital sufficient to fund it or the willingness to grift...

Diablo IV’s latest cosmetics crossover with World of Warcraft, but they’re going to cost you

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How badly do you want your Rogue in Diablo IV to look like Sylvanas Windrunner? Would you be willing to pay around $28 for...

Former Pearl Abyss America CEO takes the helm of NCsoft America

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Last week we reported on Pearl Abyss America CEO Jeonghee “JJ” Jin announcing the end of her tenure after six years for "a new...

Stop Killing Games Initiative stumps for signatures to pressure EU governments

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This past April saw the formation of the Stop Killing Games initiative, a grass roots attempt by YouTuber Ross Scott to enact laws that...

Borderlands film adaptation bombs in its opening weekend in terms of reception and ticket sales

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If you were hoping that the Mario and Sonic films were heralding a new age in good video game movie adaptations, the live-action film...
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Rumor: Richard Garriott says he believes he will get Ultima Online back ‘soon’

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If you enjoy some political shitposting, then you might already be following MMORPG founding father Richard Garriott on Twitter, and if so, you might...

Kakao Q2 2024: Profits nosedive as ArcheAge 2 faces another potential delay

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The second quarter for fiscal year 2024 has ended up being a pretty awful one for Kakao Games. The latest earnings summary confirms that...

Pearl Abyss America CEO steps down for ‘a new career challenge’ after six years

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The very tippy top of the organizational structure at Black Desert and EVE Online company Pearl Abyss America is changing: Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, who...
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Anthem taught BioWare to focus on what it’s good at for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Would you like to play a looter shooter that has all the multiplayer shootin' and lootin' you could want along with an expertly crafted...

Nexon Q2 2024: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile drives a record financial quarter

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The parade of financial reports continues this afternoon with Nexon's Q2 2024, which saw record revenues for the gaming company thanks to Chinese mobile...

MMO Business Roundup: Bandai Namco’s Q1 2025, My Games’ publishing arm, Tencent at Gamescom

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And much like yesterday's digest, we begin with some quarterly financials! Woo! Bandai Namco:...

Pearl Abyss Q2 2024: Equinox bolstered EVE Online revenues as Crimson Desert waits in the wings

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The dog days of August bring a whole deck of financial results for companies - including MMO companies like Pearl Abyss. The Korean gaming...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you have the highest hopes for in the back half of 2024?

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2024 is not nearly in the rear-view mirror yet, we've still got several months to go, but we have definitely moved into the back...

MMO Business Roundup: Sony, SEGA, and Square-Enix drop a mixed bag of quarterly financials

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news - this time 'round, it's all about quarterly financial reports. Square-Enix: Square saw another broad...