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RuneScape studio Jagex finally confirms it was sold for $530M to a new ‘global asset management company’
Over the course of 2019, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up for sale by the Chinese holding company that...
Animal Crossing New Horizons pulled from China after in-game protests, players create security for trading
While Animal Crossing New Horizons wouldn't normally be on our radar on a regular basis, there has been enough shenanigans coming from the limited...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom’s corporate move, Japan’s ratings board, and Dean Hall’s next big thing
We're back with another roundup of MMO industry and business stories related to our corner of the online gaming world.
Funcom: Funcom is moving to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 266: Feline fine for April Fools
Justin, Bree, Carlo, and Ben discuss April Fools, Elyon, Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, RuneScape, City of Heroes, World of Warships, SWG Legends, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, shortie races, and gaming disorder.
Riot’s Runeterra launches April 30 while COVID-19 slows Valorant
We were just talking on the podcast about how, with everyone stuck at home and looking for gaming outlets, that this is the perfect...
Popular Chinese MMO JX3 Online will close in Taiwan following COVID-19 protest
This article needs a quick bit of backstory: Chinese doctor Li Wenliang was one of the first whistleblowers for the current COVID-19 epidemic; he...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO is hiring, online shooter Crucible gets a launch window
We are still largely in the dark when it comes to Amazon Game Studio's upcoming Lord of the Rings MMO, but a new job...
COVID-19 roundup: Final Fantasy MMORPG disruptions, Xbox Series X release, and philanthropy from Sony and Albion Online
Yes, we're doing another roundup of stories from the novel coronavirus' impact on our slice of the gaming pie. This one, though, has some...
COVID-19 roundup: #PlayApartTogether, Blade & Soul perks, and Twitch Aid’s $2.7M charity raise
Welcome back to another quick roundup of pandemic-related MMO and gaming news. We'll start with the big one: The World Health Organization, which made...
The Game Archaeologist: Shenmue Online
If you ever stumble across a Dreamcast enthusiast -- and believe me, they are everywhere -- on the forefront of their diatribe about how...
GDC plans summer events as studios from Gamigo to Blizzard to Riot see player surges
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread here in the US and around much of the world, changing life for nearly everyone - even in...
EVE Online returns to China after a two-year interruption
EVE Online has been given the thumbs-up by the People's Republic of China.
The space sandbox MMORPG originally released in China back in 2006, at...
SpatialOS developer Improbable reports $81 million in operating losses
Improbable, the London-based startup that's responsible for creating SpatialOS, has released its accounts to Companies House, and the news is not good. The company...
CCP Games just canceled April’s EVE Fanfest over coronavirus concerns
Yesterday, we wrote about ongoing discussions in the EVE Online community about the safety and wisdom in attending EVE Fanfest, then set to run...
WoW Classic offers another guide to starting out as the WoW Token rolls out to China’s version
You there! Do you know about starting out new in WoW Classic? Probably yes, if you had an interest in it, but Blizzard has still...
EVE Echoes has been ‘hindered’ by the coronavirus but will launch in ‘late 2020’
With CCP Games seemingly trying to sneak game cancelations under the radar, you might be wondering what's going on with EVE Echoes. The EVE...
EA becomes the latest studio to back out of a con over coronavirus concerns
This week's Boston-based PAX East has already felt the effects of multiple companies, from Sony to Square Enix, backing out over coronavirus fears -...
Multiplayer RPG Portal Knights just got new DLC with druids, Furfolk, and new mounts
It's been half a hot minute since we last checked in with Portal Knights, so we're rectifying that today. Gamers will recall that the...
Visions of N’Zoth boosted World of Warcraft subs, but it’s lost tons since WoW Classic’s 2019 peak
SuperData's January 2020 games industry revenue rankings are up, with only mild shakeups since December 2019. On the PC side, Red Dead Redemption 2 dropped...
Apex Legends is getting a mobile version for the Chinese market
Mobile gaming and breaking into the Chinese gaming market (however lucrative that may or may not be) are still going to be things that...
