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Pearl Abyss Q3 2022: DokeV and Crimson Desert delays, CCP’s new blockchain game, and EVE Online’s uptick
Pearl Abyss, primarily known around these parts as the company that owns EVE Online and Black Desert, has released its third quarter earnings report...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you hope to see falter and fail specifically?
Let's make something clear here: What we are talking about with today's topic is largely about pettiness. There are plenty of people who have...
Make My MMO: The Crowfall autopsy
Nobody in the MMORPG community was particularly surprised to learn this week that Crowfall's new - and very quiet - owners have decided to...
First impressions of Marvel Snap, an addictive mobile card game by Hearthstone’s former director
Feeling the effects of the "superhero movie fatigue syndrome" that's going around these days, I wasn't overly eager to check out Marvel Snap when...
Massively Overthinking: The New World comeback
New World is having a bit of a comeback moment - or is it?
Since the launch of Brimstone Sands and the fresh start servers...
Battlefield 2042 plans limited-time free-to-play periods in December and talks up its next two seasons
Earlier this week we had worried aloud that Battlefield 2042 might not make it to a third season owing to the fact that fans...
Perfect Ten: 10 metrics to check to gauge MMO success or failure
There are a lot of MMOs out there. How do you know which one of them is the most popular and therefore the best...
EVE Online brings new ship variants, frontlines, and shinier hangars in today’s Uprising update
The latest update for EVE Online has been the talk of the game for a while now (and has reportedly been drawing in a...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon
Welcome back to our trimonthly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q3's results, comprising July, August, and September 2022....
World of Warcraft releases another Legacies lore video, adds new mounts to 12-month sub
World of Warcraft is continuing its rollout of lore-centered Legacies videos this week with a second chapter, in which Nozdormu relates how the Dracthyr's...
Almost 2M PlayStation Plus subbers quit this summer following pricing revamp
This past March, Sony thought it would be a keen and swell idea to mess with its PlayStation Plus subscription plan, announcing plans to...
Epic Games MOBA Paragon is resurrected as Paragon The Overprime under Netmarble’s oversight
It's been a long, strange, and twisty-turny journey for Epic Games' Paragon. The third-person MOBA came out in 2016 but quickly found itself floundering...
The Game Archaeologist: The radically different design of early EverQuest II
Sometimes it's all about timing -- both good and bad -- when it comes to MMORPG releases. EverQuest II may go down as the...
Runeterra MMO director talks about MMORPG design and monetization in interview preview
Riot Games' in-development Runeterra MMO has been a topic of discussion for director Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street for a long while now, and while there's...
Dual Universe plans new talents and updated tools in future patches, offers free sub time for sick CSGO clips
Yes, we know that the intersection of CSGO and Dual Universe doesn't seem like one that should be; we'll get to that in a...
Dual Universe teases big ‘monthiversary’ announcement, hosts creepy construct contest
It's been about a month since the sci-fi voxelbox Dual Universe walked out of beta, which apparently is reason enough for developer Novaquark to...
Make My MMO: Embers Adrift’s launch, The Secret World’s TTRPG, and gobs of crowdfund drama
Embers Adrift launched this past week with a surprisingly smooth rollout; while its design is going to suit most MMO gamers, it's still a...
First impressions of Embers Adrift, the Kickstarted MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucimia
Those who know me will attest that I am not an old-school MMORPG player by heart. Every time I thought about getting into EverQuest...
SEC filing shows the millions Sony and Microsoft paid for ARK Survival Evolved to be on their game passes
The old adage goes that you have to spend money to make money, and that's generally an assumed cost that Sony and Microsoft have...
PSA: Elder Scrolls Online has kicked off its week-long free subscription promotion
Regular readers and fans of Elder Scrolls Online know that ZeniMax Online Studios likes to hand out week-long trials of its ESO Plus subscription...
