MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning
Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip.
Fortnite's...
Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades gets a closed beta before early access
It always seemed like things along the way to launch could head down the route of early access or beta testing. But no, it seems The...
Dungeon Fighter Online posts its first major update of 2019
Color me surprised that this one suddenly blipped on the radar. Dungeon Fighter Online has kicked out a pretty sizeable update: the first act...
Final Fantasy XI starts bonus item campaigns on March 11
Who likes getting extra stuff? Most Final Fantasy XI players, let's be real. So the good news for the game's upcoming campaigns starting on March...
Shroud of the Avatar has improved its quality of life and offers pronged weapons with release 63
The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with...
Neverwinter dev diaries detail Paladin and Cleric changes coming with Undermountain
As Neverwinter gears up for the release of Undermountain, more and more information continues to trickle out about the huge changes that it will...
Population Zero begins first founder alpha today with building mechanics trailer
Happy alpha day for Population Zero! The crafting-centric survival MMO is launching its first alpha event today, specifically testing the faction-change quest system, mutation...
Blizzard posts update on WoW Classic, implies it’s still launching this summer
Earlier this week, in discussing other positions we'd like to hire extra writers for later this year, we fell on the topic of World...
Camelot Unchained now boasts a record 5100 bots and humans in a single battle
Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment has posted its monthly newsletter today, and it's big news indeed: The studio's just hit 5100 ARCs (autonomous remote...
Chronicles of Elyria’s latest community letter promises production update, title transfers, and more
Chronicles of Elyria's February newsletter rolled out last night to fans and backers, and it's primarily focused on goings-on in the community, but there are...
Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion
Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for...
Daybreak is rearranging and hopefully salvaging Player Studio, its player designer program
It looks as if Daybreak has fresh plans for Player Studio, the nifty system that allowed players to create and submit in-game content for...
EverQuest II’s GU109 Mischief and Mayhem launches March 16 in time for EverQuest’s 20th birthday
GU109 is coming to EverQuest II! Dubbed Mischief and Mayhem, the update is promising everything from dungeon content to crafting. The dungeon is really...
Legends of Aria shores up bugs in new update, picks up new community manager
Legends of Aria has two shiny new things this week: a new patch and a new community manager.
"My approach to community management is this...
Destiny 2’s Season of the Drifter will bring new game modes, PvP maps, and more starting March 5th
With the arrival of March, Destiny 2 says goodbye to the Season of the Forge and hello to Season of the Drifter, the second...
World of Warcraft sets a date for new allied race unlocks: March 12
It's only been a half of a year since World of Warcraft:Â Battle for Azeroth launched, and Blizzard has yet to make good on all...
PWE is tweaking Neverwinter and Star Trek Online’s fraud-detection mechanics
Even if you're not particularly disturbed by the idea of spending real money on in-game currency - especially given that so many MMOs have...
MapleStory’s Arcade Adventures, MapleStory 2’s end to Fairfight, and MapleStory M’s Monster Carnival
There's so much stuff going on in the MapleStory franchise right now. For starters, in MapleStory 2, Nexon is prepping the Fairwell Fairfight update (say that...
EVE Online lays out a roadmap for war declaration changes and teases 64-bit client
The first pass of changes has already been made for EVE Online's war declaration system, and the current results have been positive thus far according...
LOTRO devs explain the virtue system revamp
For my money, the change from a rigid to a much more flexible virtue system in Lord of the Rings Online is one of...
