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Elder Scrolls Online is planning a year-long series of 10th anniversary events in 12 countries
"The Elder Scrolls Online Celebrates 10-Years in The Netherlands," ZeniMax Online Studios' new press release declares. Don't worry it's celebrating 10 years everywhere else...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2023
Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
First Impressions: Perfect New World is an unbalanced mess right now with its ‘equilibrious’ test
This past week has been a mighty full one for our genre in terms of the number of beta tests that landed on our...
Perfect World’s Perfect New World has launched its ‘equilibrious’ beta test today
In case you're not already overloaded with betas right about now, here comes one more in the form of Perfect New World. No, it's...
NetEase secures new trademark for Sword of Justice, aka the wuxia MMORPG Justice Online
Perhaps there's some market in our corner of the globe that's hungry for a wuxia-styled MMORPG, or perhaps NetEase is hungry for that western...
Nexon Q3 2023: Nexon’s getting a new CEO as its PC MMOs like MapleStory drive absurd revenue growth
Owen Mahoney is out at Nexon - and Junghun Lee is in. That's the key bit of news coming out of the company's Q3...
The MOP Up: Coop roguelike Inkbound removes all in-game monetization
It's usually the case that a live service title adds more monetization over time, not less. But with action roguelike coop Inkbound, "less" is...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot sees ‘incredible RvR’ thanks to Halloween event
Don't count an old horse out of the race just yet. Dark Age of Camelot said that its currently running Crossroads Covenant event is...
War Thunder’s Kings of Battle update brings the big guns with new self-propelled artillery vehicles
The devastation and suppression that well-placed artillery fire is capable of on a battlefield is definitely something that can't be understated. It's this impact...
MMO Business Roundup: MY.GAMES’ CEO, Valve’s antitrust fine, and research on China’s gaming regulations
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. Numbers numbers numbers. In fact, this edition has the whole trifecta: business,...
World of Warships debuts a Captain’s Club benefits program as Wargaming donates to Maui wildfire relief
Do you have a World of Warships account? Have you participated in one battle within the past 30 days? Then you're already a member...
War Thunder’s Sons of Attila update is live with new Hungarian vehicles and Southeast Asia-inspired map
Hungarian wargaming fans are in for a treat as War Thunder has launched Sons of Attila with its themed vehicles and aircraft.
"Gaijin Entertainment announces...
Rumor: RuneScape studio Jagex might be up for sale again, the fourth time in less than a decade
The uproar over RuneScape's new monetization mess has a new angle today as apparently the future of UK-based Jagex is up in the air.
According...
The MOP Up: EVE Online’s Fanfest has officially sold out
Well, that's it: EVE Online's Fanfest is officially sold out this year, so if you were hoping to snag a ticket at this late...
Nexon Q2 2023: Revenues perk up 12% QoQ thanks to multiple online games
While its competitors turned in disappointing financial quarters, Nexon has actually seen a surprising resurgence in Q2: Its quarterly revenues were 12% higher compared...
Genshin Impact recounts the RPG’s early dev challenges as it previews Version 4.0’s new characters
With Genshin Impact being the massive success that it is, it's hard to imagine that developer Hoyoverse would be anything but full of confidence...
Torchlight Infinite launches City of Aeterna on September 8
Multiplayer mobile title Torchlight Infinite announced a new expansion overnight: It's called The City of Aeterna, and it's arriving on September 8th. We don't...
Vague Patch Notes: Culture doesn’t excuse poor design choices in MMOs
So Tarisland has heard that people don't like gender-locked classes. This is the correct feedback because gender-locked classes blow, and every game that has...
Diablo Immortal’s 16th season includes China-only content and battleground leeching penalties
Will Diablo Immortal's update this week share the same fate as Diablo IV's last week? Unlikely, as the one-year-old mobile-friendly NetEase/Blizzard collaboration launches the...
