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Superdata's May digital games earning report is out, and there is some interesting movement for some of our favorite online games. World of Warcraft's western market had its best month this year so far, moving up to the sixth top-grossing PC title. Both Roblox's PC and mobile editions have been doing great this year, Minecraft Dungeons had a decent debut,...

Author and academic Ian Bogost recently tweeted something that struck me, particularly since it's a topic I harp on all the time. "Video-game culture resets every ~5 years and forgets everything that happened before that," he said. "Part of it is because of the planned obsolescence of hardware, which affects more than consoles. Part of it is churn of players/critics/developers/etc....

We hope that you hadn't earmarked long stretches of time to play the various MMOs by Cryptic Studios on Tuesday or Thursday. The team's games (which means Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and Champions Online) will be going down for extended maintenance on both days, starting at 8:00 a.m. EDT and ending at 2:00 p.m. EDT. During this time, all of...

When Path of Exile launched Harvest, Massively OP's MJ went in and started her garden. She's been sowing and cultivating, helping it grow. Now, it is almost time to harvest. Can she take on everything she planted at once?  Join us live at 8:00 p.m. as she reaps what she's sown. What: Path of Exile Who: MJ Guthrie When: 8:00 p.m. EDT...

The summer season is coming to OrbusVR in a matter of days, and with it will be a shiny new update full of summery event goodness and economic updates for those who would rather count digital coins than enjoy the digital nice weather. The summer events will involve the Summer Fest fishing event (which is pretty much what it sounds...

What's coming next for Riot Games' Legends of Runeterra? A fair number of things according to a recent dev blog which outlines what players can expect during the upcoming Season of Fortune. The season will run the course of several different patches, starting first with patch 1.4 and the Gauntlet mode that challenges players to win seven matches in a...

So... the streaming industry is on fire. Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it's effectively ending Mixer's run as a streaming platform on July 22nd, diverting its links and fans to Facebook Gaming instead and setting free some of its exclusive partners, including Ninja and Shroud, who earned millions for jumping from Twitch to Mixer last year. "Ultimately, the success of Partners...

If there was ever any wonder where Bungie stands with regards to racism and hate within Destiny 2, then there have been a couple of updates to reaffirm the developers' position. On one hand, there's a reminder of the game's code of conduct, which explicitly states that accounts that use hate speech against anyone based on race, religion, sexual orientation,...

The latest patch to the Albion Online Queen update is certainly going to make mobile players happy, as it allows you to drag items and paste them into chat. Now you can just link items there instead of having to type out an explanation! You also have new drag-context menus and spell tooltips, which will no doubt help the...

Yes, yes, we all know that you can't hear explosions and engines and laser fire in space. You're stupendously clever for saying so, I assure you. For anyone else who's not a fun vacuum and likes to play Star Citizen, a recent livestream sat down with members of the audio team to discuss what they do for the game. Some...