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Nexon sees huge increase in revenue, splits stock
Things are looking pretty rosy for Nexon as the studio posted its Q4 2017 financials. Revenue and profit both shot up compared to the...
Take a look at the gameplay for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on mobile
At long last, your nightmare of having moments in the day when you might not be playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is coming to an end....
Trove launches in Japan this spring, offers freebies through Twitch Prime promo
Trion announced today that Trove is launching in Japan on PS4 this spring, with closed beta coming "soon." You'll recall it launched in China...
PUBG: PC’s anti-cheat measures, Xbox One damage tweaks, and Microsoft acquisition rumors
Patchy patch patch! It's patch day for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' test server. On PC, Bluehole says it's still working on the ongoing anti-cheat measures it's...
PUBG: Cheaters, China, charity, ping-locks, and running the biggest game in the world without a roadmap
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't giving up on performance optimization and cheater crackdowns, you'll be glad to know. In its most recent Steam post, Bluehole says...
Tencent helps Chinese law enforcement arrest 120 people linked to PUBG cheats
If you thought Epic Games was being too rough on cheaters in Fortnite by smacking kids with personal lawsuits, wait until you hear what...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Erez Goren, 10 more games, 400 employees, and Global Agenda’s City of Heroes roots
It is true that the Hi-Rez Expo has wrapped up for 2018, and we'll need to wait another 12 months to attend the next...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s case for asymmetric and asynchronous gameplay
If there's one thing that EVE Online does better than any other MMO on the market today, it's persistent gameplay on massive scales. The now-famous...
ASUS throws its weight behind League of Legends in China
Battle royale? Team shooters? League of Legends scoffs at these pretenders to the online throne, sitting on top of an e-sports empire that spans...
The MOP Up: Multiverse makes a comeback (December 31, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Perfect Ten: 20 multiplayer games to watch in 2018
A couple of weeks ago I covered 20(ish) MMORPGs that we are looking forward to seeing develop, test, and launch in 2018. But as...
Apple now demands lootbox odds disclosures from Appstore games
No matter what type of mobile device you run as your daily driver, you're probably going to be surprised to hear that Apple is...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has officially launched today; are you playing?
Conventional wisdom says you probably shouldn't launch a blockbuster video game four days before Christmas, but then conventional wisdom never met PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds moves over one million Xbox One units
Two days, one million copies sold. It's just another record for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' mantle.
The battle royale shooter moved over a million units during the...
H1Z1 will be called King of Survival when Tencent ports it to China
This week's rumor that Tencent may be porting Daybreak's H1Z1 eastward has proven true, as the Chinese megacorp and Daybreak announced late last night...
Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China
The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to China with Tencent adjustments
Chinese players will soon also be allowed to play a video game about locking yourself in a box where you can scavenge for weapons...
Economist argues that the ESRB is wilfully promoting gambling to children
If you've been following the lockbox/lootbox controversy over the last couple of weeks (or last multiple years, ahem), then you know that opponents of...
Armored Warfare announces China-themed Art of War expansion and November Steam launch
My.com has today announced a massive new expansion for its MMOsy wargame Armored Warfare. Dubbed Art of War, it's due out "later this year"...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds faces potential censorship in China
GIbiz has picked up a Bloomberg piece that suggests China may be poised to crack down on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. China's Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association...
