Ultima Online dev reminisces on chasing cheaters and combusting castles
If you're a longtime Ultima Online player, you surely know the name Tim "Draconi" Cotten, even if only from seeing his name on holiday...
Roblox removes games depicting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but only after a BBC inquiry
There are plenty of shooter games out there in the discovery page of Roblox, but some creators of these kinds of games saw fit...
Danish Center for Gambling Addiction warns parents about Diablo Immortal’s monetization tricks
The monetization model for mobile ARPG Diablo Immortal made plenty of headlines leading up to and during its launch. The costs of capping out...
Allods Online’s and Skyforge’s My.Games has been sold off for $642M
My.Games is no longer part of VK Company and its Mail.ru group, according to a press release sent out by the company. The game...
Labor board determines Activision-Blizzard retaliated against unionizers, Microsoft launches acquisition website
Last spring, Activision-Blizzard was hard at work trying to suppress the burgeoning unionization movement within its walls, spearheaded by QA testers at Raven Software,...
Tower of Fantasy confirms an October 20 release date for its Vera update, announces rise in iOS purchase prices
Tower of Fantasy has been more than eager to tell players about the upcoming Vera update, primarily through the vehicle of preview videos, and...
Google left Stadia devs in the dark over cancelation, studios race to port game saves
When Google announced that Stadia would be shut down in January, you might have thought the devs and game studios working on Stadia games...
Controversial ActiBlizz exec Frances Townsend moves roles to ‘senior counsel’ to Bobby Kotick
It's always good to try to hide your corporate-level shenaniganry late on a Friday, but that's pretty much what Activision Blizzard did in announcing...
Overwatch League opens up new initiatives to recruit more diverse players and broadcasting talent
You can either look at this as the Overwatch League trying to increase the diversity of its pool of talent, or the league's scrambling...
A GM of Mortal Online has passed away, and devs are planning an in-game memorial
We have some unfortunate news to share out of Mortal Online 2 as developer Star Vault announced the passing of one of its devs,...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight gets a November 28 release date
Here we go: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight has a release date scheduled, and it's soon. Not "next week" soon, no, but "put in your...
Google is sunsetting Stadia in January with mass refunds in the works
If you're among the small but stalwart group of gamers still playing on Stadia, you'll be disappointed to know that it's about to be...
Electronic Arts and Koei Tecmo team up for a new monster hunting game, Wild Hearts
Do you like monsters and the hunting thereof? Are you not daunted by the prospect of taking on big enemies? Wild Hearts is a...
Epic Games joins hands with beauty brand and activists to expand representation in video games
There's a new initiative being spearheaded by the beauty and skin care brand Dove called Real Virtual Beauty, which seeks to launch "a series...
Rapper T-Pain goes to bat for Apex Legends devs who are facing harassment
Earlier in the week Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment openly spoke out against the toxic portions of its playerbase, outlining a zero tolerance policy...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have had the most successful monetization turnarounds?
Up until the last couple of years, I would've said Lord of the Rings Online's monetization was... not good. In fact, even though plenty...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic is live now
No king rules forever, folks... unless that king rules and then stops ruling and then someone decides to plop him back on the throne...
Apex Legends draws a line in the sand over increased developer harassment
We all get mad at games, and some of us even get mad at game studios. However, when that anger boils over into harassment...
E3 2023 will host an industry-facing event on June 13 and a general public convention on June 15
Gamers and game devs all know that the ESA was vowing to bring its E3 event back in June 2023 after the show was...
Raph ‘Designer Dragon’ Koster reminisces on 25 years of Ultima Online
While our own Game Archaeologist columnist Justin offered a retrospective of Ultima Online (and its alt ruleset server New Legacy was delayed into next...
