business
The Daily Grind: Do low-budget imported MMOs have a place in the current market?
The sad news about Asta and ELOA's upcoming closure prompted a musing from longtime commenter GreaterDivinity regarding the import-run-close model that has long been...
Mighty Quest for Epic Loot gets execution date
The decision has been made and the order passed down from on high: Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is to be executed on October...
The Daily Grind: How long does an MMO have before it’s considered a success or failure?
Watching the latest news about Pokémon Go brought to mind something I still like to say about the MMO industry: It's a marathon, not...
Pokemon Go’s popularity appears to be waning
The mobile ARG powerhouse of Pokémon Go appears to be losing players, and not just drivers who hit people due to focusing on the...
Atlas Reactor opens up free play for everyone
The business model for Atlas Reactor has undergone a fair number of shifts over time. The latest announcement is that the game will be...
Blizzard and Facebook team up for streaming
Blizzard's just announced a new partnership with Facebook that will allow players to livestream their games on the social media platform and give Facebook...
Hearthstone announces 50 million registered players
The latest Hearthstone expansion release coincides with another bombshell for the game, with an official announcement from Activision Blizzard boasting that the game has...
Exclusive: Origins of Malu suspends development, seeks investors
These are the days when your job isn't much fun: When you report sad news in the MMOverse. Today's unhappy announcement is that the...
Daum EU confirms Black Desert figures: 400K Western sales, $12M revenue in first month
In a piece published earlier today, MMO Culture claimed a number of Black Desert statistics gleaned from last week's Daum Korea press conference:
400,000 US/EU...
The Division’s game director leaves for IO Interactive
Staffing changes are really pretty common when a big title launches. It's understandable, even; if you've just spent several years of your life working...
Jagex has been sold to a Chinese company for $300M
Jagex has a new master today.
According to The Financial Times, Shandong Hongda, a company known primarily for its iron ore mining operations, has apparently...
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King Digital Entertainment
Corporate acquisitions take a while, but Activision Blizzard has completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment, a deal which was first announced back in...
Could one agreement be what’s preventing localization of Phantasy Star Online 2?
We've made our fair share of jokes about Phantasy Star Online 2 over here at Massively Overpowered, because how could we not? The game...
Red 5 Studios is undergoing ‘strategic reorganization’
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is apparently in the midst of a "strategic reorganization," according to a message from the executive team passed along...
Activision Blizzard buys e-sports company assets for $46M
Does Activision Blizzard see the business world as one big garage sale from which to cherry-pick deals? It certainly seems so, as the company has...
Darkfall developers considering freemium model
When Darkfall opened up its doors to community discussion, one of the major points mentioned by the developers was that free-to-play was completely off...
Massively Overthinking: MMO predictions for 2016
Now that we've all had a good laugh at the things we got wrong and marveled at the things we got right in last...
Interview: Pantheon devs on funding, Unity, and the launch window
Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an MMO that's suffered more than its fair share of drama and setbacks, but even detractors will agree...
EVE Evolved: CCP can’t just focus on EVE Online any more
The recent announcement of arcade shooter EVE: Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR has prompted some pretty interesting negative responses from gamers this week. There's...
FFXIV, SWTOR, and Guild Wars 2 fall in Raptr’s June rankings
Raptr has published its stats roundup for the month of June. It turns out that people are still playing games online. You can close your browser...
