business model
Gigantic launches free trial on Epic Games Store as ranked competitive mode comes to PC
Gigantic continues to do things nobody expected in 2024: First, Abstraction Games brought it back from the dead years after PWE sunsetted it. Second,...
Interview: Bohemia on multiplayer sandbox Ylands’ Switch release, Steam development, and games as a service
A few weeks back, we caught wind of a big change for Bohemia Interactive's cutesy multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands: It's launching on Switch, but...
Second Wind: Final thoughts on returning to World of Warcraft in 2024, from community to dragonriding
At long last, we've reached the fourth and final part of my series detailing my experiences returing to World of Warcraft after six years...
Blue Protocol celebrates its first Japanese anniversary, but no word yet on a western release
The hope that Blue Protocol will see a 2024 release is fading mightily, especially following an anniversary livestream in which Bandai Namco failed to...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason
We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
Pax Dei releases new in-engine trailer, talks about its business model and housing plots
Last night, Mainframe Industries dropped another new trailer for MMORPG sandbox Pax Dei, showcasing its gorgeous characters and world - admittedly, in all their...
SGF 2024: Elder Scrolls Online opens free play promo, Fallout 76 prepares for this week’s Skyline Valley
At last night's Summer Game Fest's Xbox showcase, Blizzard may have stolen the show with its launch date for World of Warcraft The War...
Make My MMO: Britaria is dead, long live Legends of Aria
Another one bites the dust? This week, we learned that the crypto version of Legends of Aria, Britaria, has completely folded. It's not a...
Legends of Aria’s crypto version, Britaria, goes bust over ‘financial constraints’
When Citadel Studios announced back in April that it was planning to relaunch the Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria (fka Shards Online) as a...
Wayfinder’s Echoes update goes live for founders today as the game gets Steam Deck verified
If you were among those who bought into the promise of Wayfinder back when it was still angling to be a fully multiplayer experience,...
Final Fantasy XIV will charge sales tax on subscriptions and purchases starting June 25
If you have some purchases in the Final Fantasy XIV store you really want to make soon, we suggest you do so now, as...
The Game Archaeologist: Runes of Magic, an MMO that made millions disappear
In more ways than one, the year 2004 was a pivotal one for the MMORPG community. Even as games like City of Heroes, EverQuest...
Legends of Aria Classic lays out massive June overhaul patch, postpones subscription
Legends of Aria Classic is squarely in the "a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one" tier for 2024 as its original developer...
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon’s Q1 2024, Microsoft’s AI fiddling, XDefiant’s monetization
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! This time around, we've got only one first quarter report to...
Make My MMO: Wagadu’s untimely end, Legends of Aria’s new beginning
The grave is claiming another Kickstarted MMORPG: The Wagadu Chronicles developer Twin Drums announced in May that it'll throw in the towel on the...
Wayfinder’s summer Echoes update banishes always-online and microtransaction components
Wayfinder has been in limbo for months now following the split of Digital Extremes and Airship Syndicate that saw the game's publishing as well...
Legends of Aria Classic relaunches this afternoon as devs commit to ‘refining the core game loop’
Legends of Aria is set for a proper relaunch today as promised, after a fairly low-key surprise open beta last weekend for the Kickstarted...
Make My MMO: Starship Simulator’s $500K Kickstarter, Legends of Aria’s revival
The last few weeks have been absolutely packed for MMO crowdfunding news. To wit:
Legends of Aria aka Shards Online is back! The original...
Game devs are concerned about the sustainability of live-service titles
It certainly feels like live service is being tacked on to many recent game releases (whether it makes sense or not), which of course...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
