MMO Business Roundup: Threats on Square Enix, Netmarble’s weak Q2, and Steam’s Workshop scammers
Welcome back to another roundup of business tidbits relevant to the MMO industry!
Square Enix: First up, another edition of why we can't have nice...
Drone Strike Force brings competitive shooting with combat drones to Steam on August 16
So there's another online competitive shooter on the horizon, which seems pretty routine on the surface. This one, however, features drones, which might have...
World of Warships: Legends sails out of early access and in to full release today
Back in April, we told you about the game World of Warships: Legends and its arrival to early access. This particular game is a...
ChinaJoy 2019: Dragon Nest 2 is a mobile sequel that’s not World of Dragon Nest, apparently
Having multiple mobile games based on the same IP can be a bit confusing, so let's get this out of the way from the...
Camelot Unchained checks in with work on NPC pathfinding and more in the weekly wrap-up
There's nothing more annoying than seeing NPCs that you need to go somewhere run pell-mell into a giant, obvious wall or some other insurmountable...
Zenith is a new SpatialOS cyberpunk VR MMORPG – and its Kickstarter just went live
Here's something new for fans of gaming with a headset: Zenith, a VR MMO in development right now from Ramen VR, aiming to provide...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Scalebreaker DLC is officially live for PC and Mac players
Dragons, right? What is their deal? You can find out today in the newest DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online. Scalebreaker is out today,...
The APA rejects link between video games and real-world violence
We're probably preaching to the choir with this one, but did you know that there is still no proven link between video games and...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming Team finally posted a new beta patch after months of public quiet
Apart from its brief announcement last week, City of Heroes' Homecoming Team has been relatively quiet the past few months. Where once the rogue...
The 2015 ArcheAge lawsuit finally nears a conclusion in the form of a settlement agreement
Lawsuits can be pretty long, but this one was a doozy. Let's review: In 2015, several ArcheAge players filed a class action lawsuit over...
Q2 2019 financials: Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss rakes in huge profits, builds six new games
You read that headline right. Six. Pearl Abyss has had an absolute banger of a second quarter according to its most recent financial earnings...
Fortnite hit with data breach lawsuit, Fortnite champ is swatted live on stream
Epic Games and Fortnite are not having the best week. First, according to Polygon, the company's been hit with a class-action lawsuit in North...
Ashes of Creation trots out great-looking stallions
In MMORPGs, horses are to mounts as humans are to races -- in other words, they're the default standard. And for a reason, because...
EVE Online is on track to set a new world record for largest video game battle
Truly large-scale battles don't come about by sheer accident; they take a lot of planning and coordination to make happen -- especially if you...
MMO Week in Review: Where Blizzard goes, the MMO genre follows?
Hear that rumble off in the distance? It's WoW Classic, and it's only two weeks out now, as all the infodumps and server plans...
Sea of Thieves talks Arena Mode, matchmaking, and player conduct
We've got a pair of Sea of Thieves videos floating about in the internet waters that we've fished out, filleted, and battered and fried...
The MOP Up: FFXIV hits play on Shadowbringers’ soundtrack
Have your ears been slathered with the luxurious music of Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers this summer? Then good news for you, as Square Enix...
OrbusVR patches in an interactive map and new transmog options
If you hate boring old non-interactive maps, OrbusVR has you covered with its newly added interactive map with its latest patch. Get out of...
Here’s what Ultima Online looks like in a real 3-D client
We all well know that Ultima Online is a partly 2-D game; the game world is made up of a largely flat graphics, even...
Path of Exile previews the upcoming ExileCon event in New Zealand
Fancy a trip to New Zealand this fall? Path of Exile's real-world ExileCon is happening in Auckland this year, and let me tell you,...
