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File this one under "I was about to go to sleep when the internet erupted in an absolute panic over Tencent": Late this evening,...

So, who wanted a new mobile MMO? What if I tell you it's stuffed with retro graphics and is a bit different from the...

RuneScape is one of those games that always seems to fly under my radar. It's not intentional, and I don't have anything especially against...

Dune, Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Age of Conan... all of these properties and more are now directly under the thumb of China's Tencent. Funcom...

The 1990s saw the rise of flight simulators that thrived on detailed, complicated controls and handling. Such games threw out accessibility and casual-friendliness for...

If anyone here was looking forward to esports events that were set to be hosted in China like the League of Legends World Championship...

What you're about to read is an account of how three guys in China defrauded Tencent under the guise of a famous chili sauce...

PUBG's not having a good week: It's been banned in yet another country, this time Pakistan. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority announced the temporary measure following...

Platitudes about supporting Black lives are fine, but action is far more vital, and RuneScape is hoping to make its game friendlier for marginalized...

Ever notice how mobile MMOs seem to love pre-registration events? Well guess what? Nexon's upcoming PC/mobile MMORPG V4 has started doing the same thing,...

Ah, remember 2019? Such a terrible year, made good only in hindsight. Throughout that year, we wrote about how RuneScape developer Jagex was put...

This news will either signal an exciting bit of new MMORPG gaming or strike very familiar, depending on whom you ask. In any event,...

The outward expansion of MMOARPG Lost Ark has taken another big step forward. The game's official Japanese Twitter account has announced that Thursday, June...

Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...

May day! May day! We have warm fuzzies incoming! And just in time to start June off with happier thoughts. And who couldn't use...

It's not every week that my editor marches up to me and demands that I cover virtual brothels as headlining stories, but this did...

Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits that just didn't fit in anywhere else. First, Tencent has spent part of...

NetEase joins NCsoft in having a big first quarter financial report for investors, and it didn't have to bluster about merely surpassing low expectations...

Justin and Bree discuss Fallout 76, WoW China, MMO financials, Dragon's Prophet, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, with adventures in SWG Legends and Elder Scrolls online, plus mailbag topics on character select screens and new classes for expansions.

Ubisoft is legally miffed at Google and Apple. After pleas to both companies to remove a mobile game that looks an awful lot like...