Make My MMO: Scars of Honor’s Kickstarter, Temtem’s and Zenith’s spinoff drama
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! We've got three specific newish Kickstarters to talk about.
Galactic Getaway,...
Axie Infinity co-founder’s personal Ethereum wallets are caught in $9.5M crypto theft
It's time yet again for another bit of bad news to come out of Axie Infinity, the pay-to-earn crypto-grinder MMO that's most famous for...
Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation?
So last week we bought some Girl Scout cookies from a neighbor kid, and I was surprised to find out they were only $5...
Netmarble’s Paragon spinoff Paragon: The Overprime is slated for sunset on April 22
We're sorry to report today that another one of the Paragon revivals is slated for execution. A little backstory is in order here: Paragon...
Xbox’s Phil Spencer insists Microsoft’s mass-layoffs position it for future growth, somehow
Everyone just loves Phil Spencer these days, right? Oh, right, all the layoffs. Probably not, then. But according to a recent interview with Game...
PlayStation boss demands ‘accountability’ on Bungie’s spending and development timelines
The relationship between Destiny 2 developer Bungie and Sony PlayStation appears to be continuing to fray if statements from Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Hiroki...
Stormgate studio plans to sell company stock to its players in order to raise marketing funds
Normally when a company "goes public," it generally means that its executives are beholden to the whims of an investor board that almost exclusively...
Microsoft’s layoffs will result in over 800 cut Activision-Blizzard jobs in March
As Microsoft workers reel from news of impending mass-layoffs of 1900 employees, we've received more clarity on which specific Activision-Blizzard teams are being slashed...
Activision faces $680M lawsuit from Call of Duty esports pros over allegedly monopolist tourney terms
The way in which Activision has been managing its esports tournaments for Call of Duty is now undergoing legal scrutiny, as last week saw...
Bandai Namco reports YoY sales drop, admitting Blue Protocol JP ‘significantly fell short’
Bandai Namco has disclosed its fiscal-year third quarter financial reports, and it looks like things are not going well for the developer and publisher,...
The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes
The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...
Blizzard is laying off over 126 people from its support center in Ireland
The massive culling of 1,900 workers by Microsoft looks to have had a significant global impact, as Ireland's minister for foreign affairs Michéal Martin...
Palworld’s community manager suggests you just… play other games if you’re bored
It probably does not need to be restated that Palworld is an odd game. A very odd game, as it happens. But you don't...
Embracer confirms layoffs of nearly 1400 people were part of efforts to ‘always maximize shareholder value’
It's only mid-February but already we have a lead contender for most vile CEO quote of 2024: Embracer Group's third quarter fiscal report is...
Pearl Abyss Q4 2023: Well at least EVE Online had a good financial year
Pearl Abyss, best known to MMO fans for Black Desert and CCP Games' EVE Online, has continued its humdrum financial performance in Q4 2023,...
Haven is a co-op focused MMORPG being built by Blizzard, EA, and Turbine veterans
Merriam-Webster defines the word "haven" as "a place of safety offering favorable opportunities or conditions," but one might argue that most MMORPGs aren't...
Star Citizen’s live game director vacates position after nine years at CIG
We'll admit that this bit of Star Citizen news is ripe for speculation, and that speculation may be steered by how one feels about...
Palworld’s popularity inspires new merchandise in the form of terrifying adult Halloween costumes
There are plenty of ways for fans of a game to feel closer to their favorite titles, but one of those ways is by...
Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall
It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...
