Job listings suggest Sony’s Horizon MMO aka Project Skyline is actually happening
Following Bobby Kotick’s exit, former ABK devs call out his toxic management and Overwatch 2 sabotage
Square-Enix’s new president mentions blockchain and generative AI in new year letter
Korea’s FTC fines Nexon $8.9M over MapleStory’s deceptive gear upgrade probabilities
VR MMO Zenith’s next patch is a literal do-or-die moment: ‘We’ve been operating at a loss’
NCsoft has officially granted a City of Heroes server license to the Homecoming crew
Hearthstone is sunsetting its Duels Mode in April, Blizzard has announced
City of Heroes Homecoming talks funding, the City Council, and the impending content drop
Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit that alleges the studio fired him for being old and white
Unsurprisingly, City of Heroes Homecoming saw a massive playerbase spike this past weekend
WildStar roleplayers open and develop a socially-minded rogue server called Genesis Prime
Nexon’s Vindictus is killing off all of its PvP systems in two weeks
Unity sheds another 1800 workers from all of its departments in latest layoff round
Nexon Korea hosts ’emergency livestream’ over recent MapleStory cube manipulation fine
Steam welcomes ‘legally murky’ AI games, voice actors guild forges controversial AI deal
Dungeons & Dragons Online makes tons of content free or nearly free for the franchise’s 50th birthday
Temtem closes its competitive esports tournament and associated Showdown standalone PvP side game
Hi-Rez just officially announced SMITE 2, soft-launching into beta this year – but SMITE will stay online
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape will close their official forums on March 28
Tibia-inspired MMO Ravendawn launches today – without the NFTs of its sister game
World of Warcraft’s Seeds of Renewal update is set to go live tonight
Ubisoft talks up its subscription services and making gamers ‘comfortable’ with not owning titles
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2024 roadmap includes an expansion, new hobby, and kinship ‘refresh’
City of Heroes Homecoming saw 4431 peak concurrent players this past weekend
Final Fantasy XIV wraps up Manderville weapons and readies for Dawntrail with patch 6.55 today
APB Reloaded is sunsetting its console versions – in fact, the Xbox server is already permanently offline
Epic and Apple appeals are rejected by the Supreme Court, making the original 2021 ruling final
Guild Wars 2 studio says no accounts involved in new social engineering claim were compromised by CS
Palia will reduce its beta release cadence – but not its content quantity – in 2024
Blizzard’s maintenance-moded Heroes of the Storm is getting another patch – with hero buffs
Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter takes players back to Oblivion’s best city on June 3
Pokémon-like Palworld launches early access today, aims to be ‘the best game ever’
GDC’s 2024 industry survey: Game devs weigh in on AI, layoffs, unionization, RTO, and more
EVE Online plans two expansions, Vanguard tests, returning events, and a 21st anniversary in 2024 roadmap
Riot Games laid off over 500 people last night, and no we don’t know what it means for the Riot MMO
Star Trek Online 31st season, Both Worlds, has launched for PC – here’s the new trailer!
Blizzard revives Overwatch 2 esports with the newly announced Overwatch Champions Series
Kritika Global is officially shut down on Steam today while Kritika Zero heads for release tomorrow
ArenaNet opens up more job postings for Guild Wars 2 and its still-developing unannounced project
The Day Before studio claims to be the target of misinformation and a hate campaign
Palworld tops 2M concurrency on Steam as the Pokémon company ‘intends to investigate’
Microsoft lays off 1900 workers: Blizzard sheds Mike Ybarra, its survival game, and its customer support in one day
The Final Fantasy XIV live-action TV series is apparently dead in the water
Avatar franchise mobile MMO Avatar Reckoning has been canceled after split from Tencent
Hawaii-themed zombie survivalbox Fractured Veil finally makes its early access release to mixed reviews
Chronicles of Elyria begins alpha testing… a feedback form
Former Bungie legal exec: ‘The company will never love you back, but if you let it, it’ll kill you’
Mad World’s Steam launch is more like Sad World
Johanna Faries is the new president of Blizzard following Mike Ybarra’s ouster
Tencent-backed Chimeraland is shutting down at the end of March
Phantasy Star Online 2’s latest update adds more story and raises the level cap as SEGA America begins layoffs
Hasbro is selling the Dungeons & Dragons IP – and Tencent is the potential buyer
Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay
