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Black Desert says it’s finished its Shadow Arena-related ‘false bans’ investigation

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Since March, we've been covering a hacking wave and the ensuing fallout in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the now-defunct Shadow Arena battle royale...

MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale

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Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business! If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...

Daybreak devs address the Z1 Battle Royale turmoil, vow ‘minimal disruption’

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It's been a rocky week for Z1 Battle Royale, as developer NantG laid off a number of its staff before announcing that it was...
Yes, this is one of the few cases wherein EA kinda gets to be the good guys.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 215: Anthem exposed

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Justin and Bree discuss Anthem and BioWare, Guild Wars 2, DCUO, RIFT, Albion, DDO, Dragon Quest X, and Black Desert, plus a mailbag topic on event fatigue in MMOs.

Black Desert has 18M registered players as Pearl Abyss counts $1B gross sales

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If you're still reeling over the news that Black Desert is unceremoniously deleting its battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, from the game tomorrow, take...

Kakao is permanently killing off Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, this week

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Dang, this was not the outcome we were expecting here: Kakao has announced it is outright sunsetting Black Desert's Shadow Arena mode. On Wednesday,...
I HAVE COME AFLAME

NantG says it’s handing Z1 Battle Royale back to Daybreak – it’s not sunsetting, but there were layoffs

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Yesterday, we broke the news that Z1 Battle Royale looked to be in serious trouble based on developers stating publicly that they'd been laid...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dishes on alpha 3.5 and 3.6, including customization, multi-crew, and persistence

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There is no Around the Verse this week, as folks tuned into Star Citizen already know - the studio announced last week that it...
Stop boring everybody.

Rumor: Z1 Battle Royale, H1Z1’s PC version, seems to be in big trouble as devs confirm layoffs

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Note: We'll be updating this piece at the end with the latest, and we've also put out a second piece here with NantG's statement. It...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

PUBG creator on moving away from battle royale to the next big thing

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It's likely that 2018 will be remembered as the year of battle royale in the gaming industry. But it's 2019, and game developers need...

SpatialOS interview suggests tech can handle 20K MMO players in a ‘relatively low-fidelity but seamless world’

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Even SpatialOS seems grim about the outlook for western MMOs. MMO players will recall that Improbable's SpatialOS is a "distributed computing platform for building...

The Black Desert Shadow Arena banwave and backtrack is an absolute clusterfudge

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For the last week we've been covering the hacking wave in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the Shadow Arena battle royale mode with trial...

The MOP Up: Warframe descends to Deck 12 on consoles

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Warframe's Deck 12 has unlocked for console players -- and there are deep, dark secrets to be uncovered by descending to it. "Now is the...

Jumpgate spiritual successor Warp Nexus is ‘taking the suck out of the vacuum of space’

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File this one under "did not see that coming": Developer Wyrmbyte just announced Warp Nexus, which it's dubbed a spiritual successor to Jumpgate. Aaaaand...

MMO Business Roundup: Philly’s Overwatch arena, the PUBG Netease settlement, and GDC’s record showing

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Welcome back to the MMO Business Roundup! Remember about a year ago when the battle royale industry started trying to sue everyone into oblivion? PUBG...

APB Reloaded recounts progress made on engine upgrades, server merges, and Riot mode

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It's been a loaded three months for APB Reloaded, what with the game getting a new owner in March 2018 and seeking to revamp...

The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes

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Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Lawful Neutral: Dancing around Fortnite’s copyright lawsuits

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Welcome friends to the inaugural post of Lawful Neutral on Massively OP. I'm Andy, but you know me better as Serrenity, writer of comments...

EVE Online’s 10,000 person ‘Aether Wars’ tech demo battle is about to begin

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In January of 2018, EVE Online player shenanigans brought to a head the so-called "million-dollar battle." While we joked about it being a bust...
hnn... colonel

Apex Legends kicks off its first season today with battle pass and Octane

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The first season of Apex Legends officially begins today with the release of the premiere battle pass and the addition of the game's first...

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