coronavirus
Polish and illness have slightly delayed Gameforge’s launch of Aion Classic in Europe
Last November, Gameforge and NCsoft finally announced that they would launch Aion Classic for the European version of the game, long after its 2021...
Destiny 2 talks remote engineering work, Crucible updates, and keeping Eliksni warm
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people view office work and safety all across the world, and Destiny 2 developer Bungie was certainly...
MapleStory Fest confirms a November 12 date and a return to in-person festivities
Nexon has just announced that the fan festival for MapleStory is coming back for its fifth year on Saturday, November 12th, and is also...
Guild Wars 2 marks 10 years of operation with special community events at Gamescom and PAX West
The significant milestone of 10 years of operation for Guild Wars 2 is going to be celebrated in-person at two different gaming convention events....
TwitchCon will have no mask or vaccination requirements despite the ongoing pandemic
So let's just do a quick recap, shall we? This year's PAX East had vaccination and masking, and people still reported cases of COVID-19...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Star Citizen boss rests feature delay blame on COVID, touts rise in new players, and marks a path to beta
Chris Roberts has seen fit to peer down from his tower and issue his annual Letter from the Chairman, which looks back at the...
EVE Fanfest 2022: CCP delivered free food to EVE Online players waylaid by the Fanfest COVID outbreak
It's been over a week since EVE Online players from around the world met up in Reyjkavik, Iceland, for EVE Fanfest 2022, the first...
EVE Fanfest 2022: Fanfest attendees have already begun testing positive for COVID
(We've updated this post at the end with the latest counts and info.)
EVE Fanfest 2022 in Reykjavik is barely over, and the first cases...
PAX East 2022’s COVID outbreak has already resulted in one death
Last week, we covered the story about an apparent COVID outbreak at PAX East, which followed an outbreak at GDC; no less than the...
EVE Online shares a ‘megablog’ of details, events, and schedules for its upcoming Fanfest
The 2022 Fanfest for EVE Online is now just over a week away, which means those who are going to Iceland to celebrate all...
PAX East vendor reports COVID-19 exposures from the event despite masking and vax requirements
If you were concerned about PAX East 2022 being an in-person event in spite of the ongoing COVID pandemic, your caution may have been...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials.
As of this morning, we have Q1's results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a...
Valve abruptly cancels Dota 2 esports tourney over COVID, ticking off teams
There's some bad news coming out of the Dota 2 esports scene, as Valve has made the snap decision to cancel its February Pro...
E3 2022 will once more be an all-digital event in the face of COVID omicron surge
The omicron variant of COVID-19, which has been surging across the US to the tune of over 600K daily infections, has once again forced...
PAX East 2022 will be in-person in April, requiring vaccines and masking
ReedPop and Penny Arcade announced this week that PAX East is on for 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts, returning to an in-person event from April...
EVE Fanfest set to return as a ‘COVID-safe event’ in May 2022
"The gate is green -- and EVE Fanfest is returning!" After two years off for some reason or another, EVE Fanfest is preparing to...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers (not) in review
All right, prepare the fireworks and explosions; I'm going to dazzle you all with an astonishing hot take. Ready for it? Final Fantasy XIV's...
Epic Games retracts a policy that granted extra days off to employees
The 40-hour, five-day work week is something of a de facto standard for a lot of office jobs, but the COVID-19 pandemic shifted a...
Massively Uplifting: Warframe fights cancer, Square Enix helps the Red Cross, and Extra Life 2021 looms
Summer has ended, school has started, and now the leaves have begun to fall as the air turns cooler. It's a time of coziness...
