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MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft thinks crypto is just swell
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news.
Ubisoft: Ubisoft just can't seem to stop taking wrong turns here. During its...
As Steam heads off blockchain games, the Epic Games Store welcomes them
At this point in my life, I don't fully understand how cryptocurrency and NFTs work, but there's no shortage of explainers out there, and...
Blockchain metaverse Earth 2 lets players plop down holobuildings in latest update
This one is going to need context, primarily because it is flush with MMO buzzwords of the day. Earth 2 styles itself as "a...
Kingfall is proudly advertising itself as a casual fantasy MMORPG with NFTs attached
Reading the announcement pinned tweet from Kingfall is a journey. The game is coming soon. All right. It's a casual fantasy MMORPG. Hmm, that...
E3 2021: Blankos Block Party launches PC early access, announces partnerships with Burberry, Deadmau5, and Marathon Clothing
So apparently the earlier "early access soft launch" has decided to drop the soft launch part. Blankos Block Party, the multiplayer game-building title with...
Flyff and Rappelz, under new management, are running spring cryptocurrency events
When Gala Lab sent us PR about Rappelz and Flyff earlier today, I did a doubletake. In my brain, both games are still happily...
Blankos Block Party makes more shooting and racing changes and improves the Party Bus feature
The open beta for the multiplayer game-building title Blankos Block Party has gotten another update full of improvements to racing and shooting parties among...
MMO Business Roundup: Stadia’s bungle, Axie Infinity’s $1.5M in-game property
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Stadia: The Google mess just gets thicker, as apparently, developers on Stadia's internal...
Nine Chronicles is a ‘decentralized’ peer-to-peer blockchain MMO with open source modification features
Admittedly, that headline has a lot of techbro buzzword nonsense in it, so let's try to break down what Nine Chronicles is. At the...
Blockchain-powered creative MMO Blankos Block Party announces closed beta for November 17 and launches founder’s packs
If you're hearing the sound of furniture being flipped from somewhere, that's evidently Bree's kids upending tables in excitement over Blankos Block Party, a...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: LiteBringer, SamuTale, IcarusM, Stellar Warfare, Primordials of Amyrion, A3, Raid Shadow Legends, Second Extinction
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've probably never heard of (or have entirely forgotten about).
LiteBringer: Tibia fans who aren't...
Astellia Online is no longer run by Barunsun E&A, which might explain its new blockchain promotion
This weekend, we thought to take a peek in to Astellia Online to see if there's been anything happening recently, and as it turns...
Ember Sword is an upcoming MMORPG with a blockchain-based monetization scheme
By Ember Sword's reckoning, the MMORPG genre is in decline thanks to insidious monetization practices like lootboxes and pay-to-win items. So what do you...
Project Genesis is a hybrid MMO shooter with a persistent world and blockchain currency
So here's a new acronym for ya: DSSGLAPVU, a "deep space survival game leveraging a persistent virtual universe." It's gotta hurt coming up with...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott backs Neverdie’s ‘etherium blockchain gaming’ venture
I often joke with our readers that Massively OP is not an MMO uptime monitor, but darn if we don't feel like a Richard...
