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Now confirmed: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is suffering heavy layoffs, but the game will continue
Update: The layoffs have now been confirmed, and ArenaNet has now issued a statement. We're continuing to update this article at the end.
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LOTRO gets ready to push progression shards into Moria next month
Loved or loathed, the underdark of Moria is preparing to draw in a whole new generation of MMO gamers when Lord of the Rings...
Seek memories in Path of Exile’s newly announced Synthesis league beginning March 8
Betrayal. Incursion. Prophecy. Breach. Talisman. Nemesis. Ambush. Instead of words of the day, Path of Exile has words of the league. And with so...
Neverwinter descends into the depths of Undermountain this spring in its ‘largest expansion ever’
Although the arrival of spring may bring bright sun and beautiful blossoms, the adventurers of Neverwinter will likely find themselves far from the light...
Daybreak is delaying PlanetSide Arena again, this time to summer 2019, and it’s refunding preorders too
It's late Friday afternoon, Daybreak's favorite time for dropping bad news, and here it is: PlanetSide Arena's PC launch is being delayed until summer 2019.
"After...
Blizzard devs characterize layoffs as a ‘bloodbath’ as pro-unionization effort calls for Bobby Kotick’s resignation
A day after Activision-Blizzard announced record earnings and began laying off a reported 800 people, we're finally getting a clearer picture of the full...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2018: Activision-Blizzard posted record profits, layoffs begin anyway
Activision-Blizzard's financial reports have been rather dull affairs for MMO gamers over the last few years, ever since the company stopped reporting World of...
NCsoft 4Q 2018: Mobile made almost twice as much as all NCsoft’s other MMOs combined
NCsoft's financials for the final quarter of 2018 are in, and it wasn't the greatest report the South Korean gaming giant has ever submitted....
Activision Blizzard expected to slash jobs after flat sales, loss of Destiny 2
Storm clouds are gathering above Activision Blizzard, a portent of bad sales and dire predictions: The publisher is expected to cut "hundreds" of jobs this week...
Hands-on with Amazon’s New World sandbox – and its distinctively MMO mechanics
Can a survival sandbox game be an MMORPG? Until recently, the answer has been pretty much a big nope. Mostly that's because the game...
Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Mirror Escort Carrier, NX Light Escort, and elite services starter pack
With Star Trek Online's Mirror of Discovery out and live and launched, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give away in...
A Hi-Rez staffer has been arrested for alleged solicitation of sex with a minor in major sting op
Didn't expect to be catching this post tonight: Apparently a Hi-Rez employee has been arrested along with 20 other men accused of soliciting sex...
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers launches July 2 with Gunbreaker job and playable Viera
We still don't know where we're going for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. The keynote from the stage at the Paris Fan Festival didn't tell...
Legends of Aria pulls controversial item from in-game store as dungeon patch and anti-gank spell go live
This week we've been covering the unfolding concern over Legends of Aria's newly instituted in-game store, specifically the release of a power hour potion...
Bethesda scrambles to deploy Fallout 76 hotfix in the wake of its botched patch debacle
The last patch for Fallout 76 didn't go so well, to say the least, as it reintroduced a whole slew of previously fixed bugs...
Daybreak is delaying PlanetSide Arena’s early access launch to March
Daybreak has announced that it's delaying PlanetSide Arena's planned early access launch from January 29th to March 26th.
"What we’ve discovered during playtesting is that...
Star Wars: The Old Republic fan petition asks for more funding for the game to give it new life
The state of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an odd one. It would seem odd to contend that the game is dying, but as...
Astellia confirms it’ll be buy-to-play in the west, won’t be a ‘smash-and-grab’
At PAX South this weekend, Astellia reps did indeed sit for a panel on the game as promised - a panel hosted, apparently "at...
NCsoft West mobile studio Iron Tiger hit with layoffs ahead of Aion Legions of War launch
Remember back at the end of 2015 when NCsoft was talking up its reinvestment in western franchises and studios? One of its plans included...
