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Pokemon gone?

Pokemon Go’s popularity appears to be waning

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The mobile ARG powerhouse of Pokémon Go appears to be losing players, and not just drivers who hit people due to focusing on the...
We'll sell it by not selling it! It's the perfect crime.

Atlas Reactor opens up free play for everyone

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The business model for Atlas Reactor has undergone a fair number of shifts over time. The latest announcement is that the game will be...
The Olympic committee looks really different now.

Blizzard and Facebook team up for streaming

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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...
Yeah, it doesn't say anything good.

Hearthstone announces 50 million registered players

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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

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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...
Black desert, yellowish beach, SAME DIFF.

Daum EU confirms Black Desert figures: 400K Western sales, $12M revenue in first month

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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...
Try try try.

The Division’s game director leaves for IO Interactive

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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

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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

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Corporate acquisitions take a while, but Activision Blizzard has completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment, a deal which was first announced back in...
Yeah, it's never happening.

Could one agreement be what’s preventing localization of Phantasy Star Online 2?

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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’

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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

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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...
While my definitions were legally accurate...

Darkfall developers considering freemium model

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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

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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

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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

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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...
No longer.

FFXIV, SWTOR, and Guild Wars 2 fall in Raptr’s June rankings

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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...

Reddit protest sees /r/gaming lock its doors

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Remember when you were in your first raiding guild, and it was nothing but drama from start to finish on your guild forums because no...
Rank 17! I am SO important to the world!

Blizzard and Netease partner for a Chinese release of Overwatch

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You are probably not terribly worried about whether or not Overwatch is going to get a Chinese release for the same reason that most...
You can buy me!

The demographics and realities of selling games on Steam

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Steam is one of those things that we think of as almost ubiquitous as a gaming platform. You can buy many MMOs on it, it...

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