Activision-Blizzard wants shareholders to vote against making the company release public abuse reports
The Activision-Blizzard annual shareholders meeting is coming soon, and several proposals are up for voting. Among those proposals is a required report that outlines...
PAX East 2022’s COVID outbreak has already resulted in one death
Last week, we covered the story about an apparent COVID outbreak at PAX East, which followed an outbreak at GDC; no less than the...
CWA says Activision-Blizzard management threatened workers for discussing labor rights
If a complaint filed to the National Labor Relations Board has any merit, the management of Activision-Blizzard has been working behind the scenes as...
Make My MMO: Embers Adrift is breaking the world
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Embers Adrift is trying to break the world - OK, not literally. As of this morning, the Kickstarted MMO...
Betawatch 2: 2 Beta 2 Overwatch
It's time to beta test Overwatch 2! Well, it's time for some people to beta test it. It might not include you; it's a closed beta,...
Free Realms would’ve turned 13 years old this week if it were still alive
If you were around the MMO genre back in 2009, you might remember when SOE launched Free Realms, a cutesy kid-centric MMORPG that was...
Gamigo’s parent company just bought another studio a month after MMO dev layoffs
Gamigo's parent company is continuing to buy up companies while laying off workers on Gamigo's MMORPGs:Â Media and Games Invest announced yesterday that it's bought...
ABK shareholders approve Microsoft buyout, World of Warcraft gets new executive producer
We've got some hefty Activision Blizzard news for you today, so buckle up and let's go for a ride.
Shareholders approve Microsoft buyout: On our...
PSA: It’s time to migrate your Fallout 76 access to Steam (and grab some free Elder Scrolls games)
The great Bethesda Migration of '22 has begun, as the studio officially gives up on its own homebrew launcher in favor for Steam's much...
Blizzard promises to reveal its new Warcraft mobile game on May 3
The speculation about what Blizzard's mobile Warcraft game will look like is almost palpable. Will it be a gacha game? Will it allow you to draw...
Sony appears to have set up an internal game preservation department
It probably goes without saying that we here at Massively Overpowered are kind of fond of game preservation, helped by the fact that we...
Habbo Hotel goes full play-to-earn with the announcement of Habbo X
Remember when having Habbo Hotel owner Sulake selling off Habbo-based NFTs seemed just like it was pointlessly destructive grifting from an isolated unscrupulous developer? Good times....
Working As Intended: LFD, community accountability, and the balance of power in classic MMOs
At the heart of the WoW Classic argument over the dungeon finder tool is the professed belief that LFD ruined socializing in part by...
Watchdog group files complaint against Roblox with the FTC over deceptive ‘advergames’
Roblox having brand deals isn't something that's particularly new (though it has resulted in some unique digital activity), but one watchdog group is putting...
Former EVE Online CSM member recounts CCP mismanagement during his tenure
What's life like at EVE Online developer CCP Games? To hear one former CSM member's account, it's generally pretty chaotic and poorly managed. A...
BioWare’s contract QA workers in Canada are aiming for unionization
If games companies thought that they could stave off worker organization attempts with union busting, they haven't met 2022: Apparently, now a portion of...
Bless Unleashed PC is becoming a blockchain play-to-earn MMORPG
Apparently, Valofe can be counted among the other studios being seduced by the siren song of crypto and play-to-earn schemes: A press release from...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials.
As of this morning, we have Q1's results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a...
Rumor: Ubisoft is on the cusp of being bought out by a private equity firm
If insider reporting is to be believed, the next major gaming acquisition to begin this year is Ubisoft. Reporting from Bloomberg as well as...
Activision-Blizzard’s Raven Software gets green light to vote for a union by National Labor Relations Board
This past Friday saw a major step forward for the QA workers of Activision-Blizzard studio Raven Software, as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
