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MMO Business Roundup: Netmarble’s Nexon bid, Warframe’s owners, PC H1Z1, and the Fortnite kid who saved us from Facetime

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Welcome back to another roundup of the business of business in the MMO and multiplayer world! Among the multiple companies apparently considering serious bids for...

MMO Business Roundup: Stardew, Curse, Epic, Niantic, unionization, and HOTS’ wrecked esports scene

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Welcome back to another catch-all post of gaming business stuff that might otherwise slip through the cracks! Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who recently took...
Theft.

Digital card game Artifact hurries to address player consternation over its business model

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You may remember Artifact as Valve's entry into the digital card game market, with plans to have no moderation and no way of obtaining...

MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem

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Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs. First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...

EVE Evolved: Two ways that EVE Online’s monetisation could be expanded under Pearl Abyss

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When Pearl Abyss bought out CCP Games last week, the overwhelming message to EVE Online players was that it would be business as usual...

EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?

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Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...

EVE Online developer CCP Games bought by Black Desert Online studio Pearl Abyss

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I bet that's not a headline you expected to wake up to! EVE Online developer CCP Games confirmed this morning that it will soon...
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Riot Games is scaling back some of its e-sports spending for League of Legends

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You may not care for e-sports, but you can't deny that they bring in big money. Look at Riot Games, which has invested tons...

MMO business roundup: Virtual reality, Niantic, WoW emu hacking, and what Google’s up to

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We've got some MMO industry topics you shouldn't miss, so welcome back to our MMO business roundup! • Last week, Pokemon Go company Niantic previewed...
Please be a spell, then.

Tencent gains majority stake in Path of Exile’s Grinding Gear Games

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Path of Exiles has a new boss this week. Grinding Gear Games announced that Chinese mega-publisher Tencent has purchased a majority stake in the studio....
Zorp.

The Daily Grind: What would (or already did) convince you to buy an MMO lockbox?

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Look, we know, none of the people reading this right now like lockboxes. And, you know, for good reason. But despite that dislike, lockboxes...

EVE Fanfest 2018: CCP Falcon on EVE’s community team layoffs and having Hilmar as a CEO

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It's safe to say that it's been a rough year for CCP Games, with the company pulling out of VR game development and laying...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

MOBAs provide a template for the future of the battle royale genre

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So where will battle royale games be in another five years? We don't know just yet, but from a purely business standpoint we can...

Analysts predict that major publishers will pivot to counter (and catch up with) Fortnite

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Epic's not even remotely a nobody in gaming, but it's still a surprise to find out that its runaway battle royale hit Fortnite actually...
We were so certain we had this.

MMO business roundup: Steam, toxicity, Kartridge, contracts, dopamine, and guns

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What's going on in the online video games business this week? Let's dig in. Steam, toxicity, and Kartridge The Center for Investigative Reporting (via Motherboard) has a...

GoVenture World takes the MMO to business school

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After you've put in a long day in your cubicle working for The Man, why not come home, kick off your shoes, and unwind...

Funcom reports that 2017 was the most profitable year in its history

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With significantly higher revenue and sales coming in 2017, Funcom announced to its investors that it just came off the most profitable year in...

MMO Business Roundup: EA Spouse 14 years later, PUBG poaching from Riot, and Funcom financials

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Welcome back to another edition of our informal business roundup, where we wedge all the fun MMO industry tidbits that pile up in our...
Well this is... not great.

Steam terminates its relationship with MMO company Insel Games over alleged review manipulation

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It's really unusual to see publishers outright booted off of Steam, but Valve has done exactly that to Insel Games following reports of review...
money money money

Ubisoft investor presentation highlights the profit benefits of ‘games as a service’

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Have you wondered why it is Ubisoft is so dedicated to putting out a continual string of games as a service, even its ostensibly...

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