Former ArenaNet co-founder Jeff Strain calls for game dev unionization
Crowfall launches The Shadow update, opens new recruiting campaign
Blizzard’s J. Allen Brack is stepping down ahead of today’s investor call
EVE Online’s record-breaking World War Bee 2 has seemingly come to an end
The gamer in the infamous BlizzCon video says she ‘dodged a bullet’ by not working at Blizzard
Tencent reacts to Chinese state media calling online games ‘spiritual opium’ by adding new restrictions
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2021: Activision revenues are up, Blizzard MAUs are down amid sexism scandal
Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials
RIFT quietly retires free subscription trial from Steam
Amazon Games just delayed New World again, now to September 28
Square-Enix Q2 2021 financials: Final Fantasy XIV’s subs are up
Bless Unleashed formally launches on PC today, counting 40K players in final test
For Science: Men roll more female characters than women roll male toons, new survey shows
New exposé reveals still more layers of sexual harassment and discrimination at Blizzard
Activision-Blizzard: Frances Townsend steps down from one studio post, Jeff Kurtenacker departs
Bless Unleashed’s PC launch is marked by 61K arrivals, server issues, region block, and rough Steam reviews
Star Citizen opens up the landing zone of Orison, adds new ships and ship features in alpha 3.14
Diablo community manager recounts low pay, a sexually threatening culture, and mistreatment at Blizzard
Astellia Online has now officially announced an October 29 sunset
Blizzard workers address the drawbacks of boycotts, gamers lament WoW’s deep decline
Galaxies of Eden is a new sandbox MMORPG with all the Star Wars Galaxies trappings
Lineage II’s casual-friendly edition launches today
$40M of Nexon’s $100M bitcoin investment poofed in the last four months
Blizzard apparently ousted three more key devs, including Diablo IV’s game director
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to start rolling out monetization changes in the next year
EA fires Apex Legends lead designer over past sexist and racist remarks
Overwatch League loses more sponsors as workers expose Activision-Blizzard’s toxic culture
Mortal Online 2 will launch early access October 26 – apparently with a sub
Nexon CEO blasts crunch and the ‘charade of launch timing’
WildStar’s Stephan Frost shares the depressing ‘flat circle’ of MMO development
Bless Unleashed PC counts a million downloads on PC since its Steam launch
EverQuest designer’s throwback MMO rebrands as Monsters & Memories
SOE’s Jeff Butler gives an epic three-hour interview on EverQuest, Vanguard, and EverQuest Next
Roblox sees net losses for Q2 2021, struggles with toxic player-generated content
World of Warcraft reverses course on player customization and promises more
CODEX, an MMO based on the Shards engine, launches early access today after a brief delay
Roblox’s shameless exploitation of child labor is why we can’t have nice things
Former developers of 38 Studios are receiving a portion of their final paychecks after a nine year wait
Elder Scrolls Online’s Waking Flame DLC and update 31 are live on PC, Mac, and Stadia
World of Warcraft will add solo island expeditions in patch 9.1.5
Destiny 2 Witch Queen expansion leaks ahead of today’s stream [Updated]
Guild Wars 2 counts 16M accounts, drops fall roadmap, teases End of Dragons fishing and skiffs
Book of Travels has delayed its early access launch for the fourth time
Multiplayer co-op shooter Aliens Fireteam Elite officially launches
EA’s ‘patent pledge’ openly shares tech patents in an effort to increase game accessibility
California lawsuit now alleges Activision-Blizzard HR literally ‘shredded’ evidence
Gamescom 2021: New World open beta Sept. 9, plus DokeV, Valheim, Halo Infinite, Riders Republic news
Pearl Abyss downgraded DokeV from an MMORPG to ‘open-world action adventure’
Blizzard is changing the name of Overwatch’s character McCree
Daybreak CEO Ji Ham takes over as Enad Global 7’s acting CEO
Fortnite had to disable nearly every emote in the Martin Luther King event area
Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently suspended development as ‘funds have dried up’
China now limits minors’ gaming time to three hours a week, indicates anti-monopoly policies are forthcoming
EG7 Q2 2021: What the heck is going on at EG7 and Daybreak and who the heck owns Cold Iron
Pokemon Go subreddit goes dark to protest Reddit’s stance on COVID disinfo
Considering the ‘housing crisis’ in MMOs like Ultima Online, FFXIV, and EVE Online
