Netmarble promises a bunch of blockchain titles despite their being banned in its home country
Just an FYI if you were starting to forget this or something, Netmarble is a garbage company. There's plenty of reasons to think that,...
EA’s Q3 earnings call notes Battlefield 2042 sales ‘did not meet expectations,’ walks back crypto aspirations
Electronic Arts has had its Q3 2022 earnings call with investors this week, and it features some points of interest for our pocket of...
Funcom enlists the help of another co-developer to bring the DUNE multiplayer survival title to life
Back in December of last year, a press release from Funcom announced that the developing multiplayer survival sandbox based on the DUNE IP was...
New studio Gardens is working on an untitled ‘shared fantasy adventure’
There's a new studio on the scene called Gardens, and it's creating a game we may want to keep tabs on in the coming...
The FTC will investigate the Microsoft Acti-Blizz buyout, company to skip Q4 conference call
When Microsoft announced that it was buying Activision-Blizzard - that was just two weeks ago, to put time into perspective - we knew the...
Sony boss stresses that Bungie acquisition is about multiplatform live service games
If you were worried about the future of Destiny 2 on your platform of choice, the latest interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan...
Blizzard’s recently announced survival title has been developing for just over four years
Blizzard's "unannounced survival game," which recently started seeking new roles to flesh out its dev team, certainly came as a surprise to many fans,...
Riot Games posts another series of jobs for its in-development Runeterra MMO
Riot Games is once again seeking some new blood to help it develop its Runeterra MMO project. The list of positions includes an NPC...
Sony is acquiring Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6 billion
The acquisition train just keeps on rolling, as Sony announced today that it's acquiring developer Bungie for $3.6 billion US. Bungie is best known...
Union asks SEC to investigate Activision-Blizzard’s ‘inaccurate and misleading’ acquisition statements
Part of the process necessary for Microsoft to buyout Activision-Blizzard is its submission of a disclosure letter to the SEC about its current state...
Make My MMO: Zenith becomes the first Kickstarter MMO to launch in 2022
The last few weeks in MMO crowdfunding have been wild and punctuated by the release of Zenith, which Kickstarted several years ago - but...
Betawatch: Zenith exits beta for launch
This week, Betawatch waves farewell to Zenith, as the game has hit what it described as a big red launch button. That means it's...
Ubisoft’s Singapore studio cleared of wrongdoing, Ubisoft exec claims users ‘don’t get’ its Quartz NFTs
Least we forget, Ubisoft is a studio that is mired in its own controversies, with a sexual harassment scandal that broke in 2020 that...
SoulWorker’s original developer threatens play-to-earn copycat MMO with legal action
Not quite a year ago, Gameforge sunsetted the western version of SoulWorker, and the game reverted back to the game's original Korean developer, Lion...
Raph Koster talks metaverse creation and learning lessons from past game design mistakes
"Metaverse." It's the one word that, apparently, drives game execs and investors into a babbling frenzy just seconds before they explode into venture capital...
Massively Overthinking: Are you an MMO skeptic or true believer?
A while back, a reader (hi Ken!) posted an infographic into a Star Citizen thread I'd forgotten all about, but it wasn't even the...
Leaderboard: Valve’s gaming-on-the-go Steam Deck launches February 25 – will you buy it?
Get ready to never move off of the couch again because Steam's handheld gaming computer is less than a month away from release. Valve...
Vague Patch Notes: Why play-to-earn is a garbage idea
Good afternoon, readers. Do you remember not so long ago when I talked about the fact that MMOs are perfectly fine as just games...
Bless Unleashed is now officially in the Valofe wheelhouse
The sudden and abrupt change in Bless Unleashed management has now taken place, with the game's Steam page announcing that the game is now in...
Elyon details February server merge, patches in Lunar New Year event and season pass
When the server merge happens for Elyon on February 16th, there are oh so many reasons why your character might be deleted. Do you have...
