Final Fantasy XIV once again has a free trial open for non-players
So for a little while there Final Fantasy XIV was so popular that it needed to kind of scale back on how many people...
Hyperspace is a new MMORPG sandbox that sounds neat except for the blockchain play-to-earn parts
There's a new MMO on the horizon quite literally: It's called Hyperspace, and it's the first game from Scottish game studio Carbon Based Lifeforms....
Nightingale studio Inflexion has been sold to Tencent – and it’s still launching this year
Tencent is apparently continuing its gobbling-up of all the games and studios you're interested in: Improbable just announced it's sold Inflexion Games to Tencent...
Mobile MMO A3 Still Alive is adding a dungeon that awards cryptocurrency next month
In a move that publisher Netmarble calls "a prolonged and future-oriented area of investment" that will "provide extensive value to players via digital ownership...
Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard offer happened lightning-fast – and Microsoft wasn’t the only bidder
While the news of Microsoft's nearly $70 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard came as a sudden surprise this past January, the truth is that...
Riot Games promotes Marc Merrill to president of games
If you could go back to visit younger me and tell my naive face that it was actually possible to be promoted to become...
Dungeons and Dragons Online announces new producer and a packed 2022 roadmap
Like its counterpart in Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online now has a producer of its very own. Standing Stone Games...
Betawatch: Star Citizen is in love with a Jumptown girl
Jumptown Girl, she's been living in her alpha world,
It's gonna be revised more with tricks
Beyond the state it's in in 3.16 -
But that's a...
Skull and Bones is targeting FY 2023 to finally emerge from drydock
Ubisoft isn't just under fire for its corporate scandals: It's also struggling making money. Its Q3 2021 financial report dropped yesterday, and we didn't...
Vague Patch Notes: The metaverse doesn’t exist and isn’t a good idea either
You can't swing your arms at this point without hearing about "the metaverse" in some capacity, which is supposedly the reason why Facebook changed...
ABK reportedly tries to stall Raven Software’s union vote as DFEH and SEC issue new subpoenas
The process for Raven Software forming its Game Workers Alliance union was likely always going to be messy, but the burst sewage pipe of...
Final Fantasy XI producer Akihiko Matsui interviews Tetsuya Nomura on his experiences with the game
Tetsuya Nomura is an interesting figure in Square-Enix history. If you're not familiar with the name, he's an artist and director who is responsible...
EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’
Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...
NCsoft Q4 2021: Guild Wars 2 did great, but Lineage W drove revenues
If you wondered why NCsoft would drop a bunch of teasers for its pipeline and NFT babble yesterday, it's largely because it was also...
Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation
Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...
TitanReach’s mystery investor actually existed, and the lead dev is accused of misappropriating the investment
Just ahead of the weekend, we covered the news that TitanReach, an indie MMO that had taken significant sums of money from players and...
Warren Buffet’s company stands to make a mint on the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal
As the winners and losers of the Microsoft deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion continue to be sorted out, one famous...
Massively Uplifting: MMOs show true love through helping kids, planting trees
Attitudes and thoughts about Valentine's Day vary widely, from crass commercialism to idyllic romanticism to complete indifference. But the fact remains that the spirit...
Jagex posts job openings for a new open-world survival crafting title
Most people are familiar with Jagex as the company that does RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, but sometime in the future we all might...
WAPO’s latest Bobby Kotick article lays bare his vindictive litigation history
Rumor is, the secret final boss of Diablo IV will be a creature far more vile and Faustian than Diablo himself. And in a...
