Betawatch: Pantheon discusses the building blocks of crafting
So if you're curious about crafting in Pantheon, the latest dispatch from the development team is all about building blocks. No, not that... the crafting...
Jagex and Steamforged Games detail the upcoming RuneScape board game and show off some minis
The board game based on RuneScape is on its way (assuming its Kickstarter works out later this year, anyway), but that doesn't mean publisher...
EVE Online is hiking its sub price to almost $20 – and the price of PLEX is going up too
RuneScape isn't the only major MMORPG announcing a price hike this month: CCP Games just told players that it's raising EVE Online's subscription fees.
"To...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster makes bold promises about his studio’s developing sandbox MMORPG
Earlier this week we reported on a big cash injection for Raph Koster's Playable Worlds, with the studio raising $25M in Series B funding...
Embracer Group is rebranding Perfect World Entertainment as Gearbox Publishing
Following the buyout of Perfect World's North American branch by Embracer and its Gearbox subsidiary last year, Gearbox has announced that Perfect World Entertainment...
China’s National Radio and Television Administration bans access to livestreams of unapproved games
The Chinese government has added yet another layer to its continuing crackdown on nearly all things video games. The country's National Radio and Television...
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds scored $25M in investment for his ‘modern sandbox MMO’
Raph Koster's Playable Worlds is inching a little closer to a playable world thanks to another cash infusion.
GIbiz reports that the company has raised...
From the Depths: Everything we know about Wargaming’s exit from Russia
Mixing gaming and politics is rough. Think back to the Blitzchung fiasco for Blizzard back in 2019. Or when Daybreak was (and then wasn’t)...
Roblox runs afoul of Kim Kardashian after a creator purports to have created a game featuring a sex tape
Roblox is ostensibly a game mostly for children with content rules to match, but that doesn't stop content creators from trying to upload unsuitable...
World of Warcraft devs address Dragonflight’s dragon flying limitations, Classic Wrath’s missing LFD
Yesterday's World of Warcraft reveal stream was kind of a big deal, announcing the next expansion for the retail game in the form of Dragonflight as...
Microsoft reportedly considering placing advertisements in free-to-play Xbox titles
How does a free-to-play game make its money? In an ideal, sunny, happy world, it would sell cosmetics or expansions and continue to generate...
Daybreak’s EG7 intends to sell Innova subsidiary and relocate Toadman Interactive studio in a pull-out from Russia
Enad Global 7, the Swedish company that readers will recall bought up all of Daybreak Games in 2020, is apparently looking to cut ties...
Square-Enix’s president is still bullish on the prospect of NFTs and blockchain in gaming
Have you forgotten about president Yosuke Matsuda's buzzword-laden blockchain pitch from the start of the year? It's entirely possible you have, since in the...
Naoki Yoshida updates players again on Final Fantasy XIV’s lottery botch and assures players that houses will be distributed properly
It hasn't been all that long since Final Fantasy XIV's producer and director Naoki Yoshida addressed the playerbase regarding issues that had hit its first...
Activision-Blizzard tells the SEC it hasn’t yet negotiated Kotick’s future with Microsoft
While it's all but assured that if the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard goes through, CEO Bobby Kotick will get to flutter away on a...
Tencent to cut off Chinese gamers accessing unapproved foreign titles through an internet speed booster
China's fervent steamrolling against gaming appears to be moving forward unabated, helped by major Chinese gaming companies that wish to stay on the government's...
Mike Ybarra says Blizzard isn’t ‘doing NFTs’ in spite of its play-to-earn and NFT surveys
Now before anyone begins to get too upset, it should be made plain from the off that surveys are not full-bore announcements of features,...
Betawatch: Prosperous Universe gets a launch date from early access
There's no need to mince words here: We are always happy when a game moves out of early access into actual launch. Often "early...
Massively on the Go: Niantic’s Peridot may be cause for Pokemon GO alarm
Earlier this week, Niantic announced its next location-based game coming to some countries later this month: Peridot. It's about finding and raising virtual pets...
Lawful Neutral: How is an NFT MMO even supposed to work?
Recently, MassivelyOP hit a milestone: We received our quadrabajillionth email announcing that Scammy-scammers-now-with-NFTs-and-also-metaverse-because-reasons Inc. was a proven market leader with a new scamming game...
