Unity, the game engine behind many MMOs, lays off ‘hundreds’ of staff
There are not a lot of MMO players who are ever curious about what game engine powers their title (or for that matter know...
Make My MMO: Genfanad’s Kickstarter, Dual Universe’s Mercury, Ashes of Creation’s melee
Indie MMORPG Genfanad became the latest MMORPG to fully fund on Kickstarter this week, pulling in almost $20,000 to finish the game and get...
Vague Patch Notes: A love letter to the people going above and beyond in the MMO genre
Let's just lead off with a very simple statement. Hey there, teams out there working on MMOs and doing more than you need to?...
World of Warcraft takes a look back at building Wrath of the Lich King’s Northrend
Whatever you feel about the way that World of Warcraft is handling Wrath of the Lich King Classic, it's probably rooted in a great...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic scuttles four more gaming projects and lays off 85+ people
Niantic, the company that named itself after a whaling vessel abandoned for the goldrush, admitted yesterday that it is shuttering four more gaming projects,...
Fallout TV series unveils several members of its regular cast
Back in 2020, we learned that a TV series based on Fallout was in the works. The initial announcement confirmed that this new series...
Blizzard reassures players that Wrath of the Lich King Classic will in fact have quest helper features in it
So let's recap. Recently, an interview with lead software engineer Brian Birmingham and principal systems designer Kris Zierhut on the WoW Classic team had...
Xbox head says reports of crunch at Fallout 76 studio are from a time when crunch ‘was just part of the industry’
"Times were different back then" can either be an explanation or a blanket excuse. Whatever side you fall on, that's effectively what was said...
Blizzard bought out Spellbreak’s Proletariat to shore up the World of Warcraft team
Hey, remember Spellbreak? It was a 2020 battle royale that was actually pretty well-liked around here, though it's been quiet the last few months....
Dragalia Lost is getting its final story update in July followed by a later sunset
Wow, we've never really talked about Dragalia Lost, have we? It seems as if we should have, what with it being a mobile title...
BitCraft affirms it will not integrate cryptocurrencies, calling the scheme a FOMO ‘black hole’
With a name like BitCraft, it was probably easy for NFT and crypto speculators to believe the game would be angling to their side...
Star Stable prances, gallops, and canters onto the Epic Game Store
Maybe you were too dazzled by the shining manes and hoofbeats of Star Stable to realize this, but until recently, the equestrian MMORPG was...
These are the online gaming companies supporting reproductive choice and healthcare for workers
When news of the impending overturn of Roe v. Wade in the United first leaked in early May, so few games companies spoke up...
Betawatch: Temtem outlines its launch monetization plans
The Temtem launch window is still a few months away, but the team behind the game has been keeping up a steady stream of...
Bungie talks up the return of Freelance Trials of Osiris to Destiny 2 as it sues a DMCA troll for $7.6M
For those who want to take on the Trials of Osiris PvP mode in Destiny 2 but don't really feel like forming a group,...
Ubisoft CEO cuts $300K out of his salary because of poor fiscal performance, takes a victory lap on hiring women
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, is taking the game company's lowered financial outlook personally, making the "personal decision" to remove €310,607, or about $327,000...
Massively Overthinking: The second big five MMOs
So here in the MMORPG genre, we've been working under the assumption for the last few years that the "big five" MMOs that dominate...
Jagex announces new hires for a new ‘open world survival game within the RuneScape universe’
There's something cooking in Cambridge, UK, and the smell of a developing game is wafting from the direction of Jagex, which has proudly announced...
No Man’s Sky will launch on the Nintendo Switch October 7
Earlier this month, Hello Games announced that it is bringing No Man's Sky to PlayStation's VR2 headset - and apparently, it isn't done porting....
Final Fantasy XIV makes more wards available to private buyers starting on July 10
Finding a house in Final Fantasy XIV can be a challenging prospect just insofar as needing to have access to a plot before you...
