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‘Shared open world’ mobile and PC RPG Tower of Fantasy confirms global release later this year
In July of last year, we caught wind of the multiplayer title Tower of Fantasy, a sci-fi open world RPG in development by China's...
Diablo Immortal snagged only 10M players out of its 30M registrations
Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing... well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you're most interested in. Most notably,...
Diablo Immortal delays its launch in China, sending NetEase stock into freefall
It would appear that investors of the Chinese games giant NetEase were pinning a lot of hopes on Diablo Immortal's launch to China. The...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer, Perfect World, ESO Chinese localization, and Runeterra cheaters
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news.
Embracer - The company that now owns MMORPG studio Cryptic and all its games...
Gamigo’s Echo of Soul will close July 15, though a new publisher could potentially take over
Gamigo recently announced that its publishing agreement with the Nvius MMORPG Echo of Soul aka EOS Phoenix will not be renewed when it's set...
The MOP Up: MU Origin 3 ‘launches’ into open beta
The latest chapter of the MU saga is here, as MU Origin 3 launched its open beta this past week. Players can now check...
Whatever happened to the Life is Feudal MMO?
We understand that people miss a sunsetted MMO and are willing to go through a lot to revisit an old haunt, but sometimes the...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...
China’s National Radio and Television Administration bans access to livestreams of unapproved games
The Chinese government has added yet another layer to its continuing crackdown on nearly all things video games. The country's National Radio and Television...
Tencent to cut off Chinese gamers accessing unapproved foreign titles through an internet speed booster
China's fervent steamrolling against gaming appears to be moving forward unabated, helped by major Chinese gaming companies that wish to stay on the government's...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s freeze, ABK’s new diversity officer, and Sony and Epic’s metaverse
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
China has ended its latest gaming-approval freeze after nine months of regulators locking out...
Chinese regulators draft ‘youth mode’ requirement for online games and more
It appears that China's gaming industry still hasn't come close to hitting rock bottom. According to the South China Morning Post, China's Cyberspace Administration...
EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’
Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999
For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...
You’re an MMOTCG, Harry: NetEase and Warner Bros. announce Harry Potter Magic Awakened
If you're still mourning the January death of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, don't worry: The franchise has yet another multiplayer wizarding world mobile title...
Chinese martial arts MMORPG Justice Online announces western release but it can be played via cloud gaming now
Have you heard of Justice Online? Unless you live in China, probably not: It's a martial arts MMORPG based on a wuxia novel by...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2021 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
Believe it or not, we're finally almost done with our entire lineup of turn-of-the-calendar-year content and recaps and tallies. It's exhausting! But I have...
Diablo Immortal is ending its closed beta on January 7
You know what is definitely far more mortal than the name of Diablo Immortal might imply? Its closed beta, which is ending abruptly tomorrow, January...
China’s continued freeze on new gaming approvals sees 14,000 gaming firms in the country shut down
The fight against the so-called "spiritual opium" of gaming by the Chinese government presses on into the new year. Readers will recall that a...
Steam’s global version appears to have been blocked in China
It would seem that the Chinese government's continued efforts to bring the games industry to heel has extended to the global version of the...
