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Ubisoft ponders a buyout by Tencent and Guillemot family’s company after second quarter stumbles

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It's become clear now that the Star Wars and Assassin's Creed IPs are not as ironclad as they once were for Ubisoft: Following a...

MMO Business Roundup: Bandai Namco’s Q1 2025, My Games’ publishing arm, Tencent at Gamescom

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And much like yesterday's digest, we begin with some quarterly financials! Woo! Bandai Namco:...

MMO Business Roundup: Sony, SEGA, and Square-Enix drop a mixed bag of quarterly financials

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news - this time 'round, it's all about quarterly financial reports. Square-Enix: Square saw another broad...

Roblox Q2 2024: Revenue rises, CFO steps down

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It's time for a fresh quarterly report, and this time it's coming out of Roblox, which saw its second quarter earnings for 2024 rise...

MMO Business Roundup: Embracer finishes restructure, Riot settles lawsuit, Ubisoft continues layoffs

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Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business! Embracer: Embracer has been a dumpster fire of epic proportions...

MMO Business Roundup: The Gearbox sale, GDC 2024, and layoffs for SEGA and Smilegate

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Embracer - The ailing games giant announced this morning that the rumored...

MMO Business Roundup: Jagex dinged by UK government, Roblox AI tools, and Epic v Apple plods on

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Do you hear that? It's the rhythmic tinkling bells of Business Cat's collar as she merrily skips forth with another round of industry stories...

MMO Business Roundup: Krafton likes AI, Call of Duty moderation, and German lockbox regulation push

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. We've got a lot to cover, so let's dive right in. Krafton pushes AI...

MMO Business Roundup: NetEase’s Worlds Untold, Embracer, Ubisoft, unionization, and Epic v. Google

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry and business news. Numbers numbers numbers! NetEase - The Chinese megacorp NetEase just can't...
Must we?

MMO Business Roundup: Gaming addiction, GTA6, Ubisoft layoffs, Epic v. Google, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. There's been a lot this week, so we'll keep 'em brief! Addiction: A woman...

Nexon Q3 2023: Nexon’s getting a new CEO as its PC MMOs like MapleStory drive absurd revenue growth

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Owen Mahoney is out at Nexon - and Junghun Lee is in. That's the key bit of news coming out of the company's Q3...

MMO Business Roundup: Unity clings to AI, Apple appeals again, Embracer restructures

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Business doesn't take a break, and so neither must we. Except for holiday breaks. But then those also can get busy because studios sometimes...
We won this one.

Almost 2M PlayStation Plus subbers quit this summer following pricing revamp

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This past March, Sony thought it would be a keen and swell idea to mess with its PlayStation Plus subscription plan, announcing plans to...

MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news. China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...

MMO Business Roundup: China’s freeze, ABK’s new diversity officer, and Sony and Epic’s metaverse

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. China has ended its latest gaming-approval freeze after nine months of regulators locking out...
Oh, great.

With some trading restrictions lifted, GameStop stock is taking off again

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The GME train keeps on a rollin' here on Friday. As daytraders and retail stock-buyers have been organizing on Reddit to buy GameStop stock...
Woke up, got out of bed

Habbo Hotel developer Sulake is fully bought out by gaming and adtech firm Azerion

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It's time for some games business news that may or may not be good for Habbo Hotel! The multiplayer social game's developer Sulake has...
Oh, great.

The Reddit-driven GameStop stock spike isn’t going to end well

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(We're continuing to update this piece on the latest at the end!) If I had told you last year that GameStop, the retail business that...

Roblox goes public on the stock market with an IPO filing, confirms it’s operating at a loss

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The massively popular online game-building game Roblox is going to toss its hat into the stock market ring. The company has officially filed an...

MMO Business Roundup: Paradox signs union agreement, shareholders slam Activision-Blizzard

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Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry business news. Activision-Blizzard is under fire yet again for its corporate management, this...

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