Activision-Blizzard shareholders reject employee Board rep, approve workplace abuse reports
So we've got good news and bad news when it comes to the brief Activision-Blizzard stockholder meeting and vote yesterday.
The shareholders, representing almost 83%...
Sci-fi MMOs Divergence Online and Otherland are finally taken off of sale from Steam
If you've forgotten about the sci-fi sandbox MMO Divergence Online, we can't entirely blame you: The game is mostly known for several moments of...
The $25 Rift Simulator lets you roll the dice on a Diablo Immortal five-star gem without spending a dime
We reported earlier this week about how one Diablo Immortal player lit $16K on fire in order to get a five-star gem to drop...
Outriders is free-to-play on Steam until June 23
Do you remember Outriders? No, maybe not, very few people remember - wait, we already made that joke. And it's not even totally accurate,...
US Senator Ted Cruz and Asmongold could have a meeting over gaming microtransaction legislation
It's said that politics makes for strange bedfellows, and there appears to be no better illustration of that axiom than the potential meeting between...
Final Fantasy XIV announces its Japanese center restructuring and new European servers for July 5
Remember when Final Fantasy XIV had first launched its current expansion, it was struggling to accommodate everyone on its servers, and it was doing...
Conan Exiles announces Age of Sorcery, replacing DLC with battle passes
Thanks to teases and leaks, we already had a pretty clear idea what was coming to Conan Exiles later this year, but as of...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you spend doing non-combat stuff in MMOs?
If you don't watch our streams, you might not have noticed that MOP's Chris and MJ kicked off a series this year in which...
Destiny 2 tentatively scores $13.5M in settlement with makers of cheat software
Bungie has seen yet another court case it leveraged against the makers of some cheat software for Destiny 2 wrap up. The studio brought...
Star Citizen QA tester is out of a job after pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy [Updated]
"Today, I lost my job at Cloud Imperium Games for standing up for my fellow coworkers," opens a LinkedIn post by a former employee...
Elite Dangerous griefers stream-sniped Frontier’s own community managers
Back in May 2017, we reported on the killing of Salome, a character in the fiction of Elite: Dangerous whose novel-ending journey through the...
Diablo Immortal delays its launch in China, sending NetEase stock into freefall
It would appear that investors of the Chinese games giant NetEase were pinning a lot of hopes on Diablo Immortal's launch to China. The...
Star Stable is pulling GameGuard from the game after three weeks
If for some reason you were unaware of this fact, Star Stable is a game about horses in which you play with horses and...
Discord introduces new moderation tools for chat channels
The MOP community has been discussing moderation in MMORPGs quite a bit this week, and now here comes Discord to add another angle to...
For Science: New research affirms online friends provide emotional and informational support
You've probably seen the declaration that "online friends are real friends" somewhere on the internet a few times, and while that can seem pretty...
Ubisoft offers charitable and medical support for female and LGBTQ+ team members in the US
After what could be seen as a delayed reaction to the events of the world, the C-suite of Ubisoft has decided now is the...
Activision-Blizzard workers on Board’s exoneration of execs: ‘The fish rots from the head’
Remember last year when Riot Games formed a "special committee" to investigate the sexual harassment accusations against its CEO and then amazingly cleared him...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO PvP matchmaking focus on challenge or engagement?
MOP's Sam recently stumbled across an MSM article that quotes multiple streamers and esports players essentially complaining about matchmaking systems in competitive games. The...
MMO sandbox BitCraft picks up another $22M in funding round led by Roblox CEO
Just a few weeks ago, we did a check-in on BitCraft, the procedurally generated sandbox MMORPG from Clockwork Labs. The game's been notable thanks...
Multiple MMOs mourn the passing of voice actor Billy Kametz
Fandoms of gaming and anime were shocked by the sudden news of the death of voice actor Billy Kametz, who unfortunately passed away from...
