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Hackers yoink crypto worth over half a billion dollars from P2E Axie Infinity
We greet you this fine Wednesday morning with some schadenfreude: The people behind massive exploitative pay-to-earn job/game Axie Infinity have apparently seen their network...
Multiplayer CCG Storybook Brawl hit with player backlash after crypto company tries to ram in NFTs
Don't look now, but another cryptocurrency company is trying to make NFTs and gaming come together despite a vast majority of players not wanting...
Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan steps down after three years in the role
The head of one of the largest crowdfunding platforms in the world is stepping down. Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan announced that after three years...
Rise Online gets ready for an April 15 launch with all the NFTs you can handle
Last year we reported that there was a spiritual successor to an old MMORPG known as Knight Online that was in the works. Rise...
XLGAMES’ NFT-filled ArcheWorld opens for pre-registration and maps out content plans
At the top of February we caught wind of ArcheWorld, a version of XLGAMES' MMORPG ArcheAge that is filled with a gaggle of NFTs...
Netmarble creates its Marblex blockchain ecosystem in preparation for its arrival to A3 Still Alive
If you were hoping that Netmarble would have read the room and come to its senses regarding cryptocurrency, blockchain, and play-to-earn in the mobile...
Hyperspace is a new MMORPG sandbox that sounds neat except for the blockchain play-to-earn parts
There's a new MMO on the horizon quite literally: It's called Hyperspace, and it's the first game from Scottish game studio Carbon Based Lifeforms....
Mobile MMO A3 Still Alive is adding a dungeon that awards cryptocurrency next month
In a move that publisher Netmarble calls "a prolonged and future-oriented area of investment" that will "provide extensive value to players via digital ownership...
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...
Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation
Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...
Ubisoft’s Singapore studio cleared of wrongdoing, Ubisoft exec claims users ‘don’t get’ its Quartz NFTs
Least we forget, Ubisoft is a studio that is mired in its own controversies, with a sexual harassment scandal that broke in 2020 that...
SoulWorker’s original developer threatens play-to-earn copycat MMO with legal action
Not quite a year ago, Gameforge sunsetted the western version of SoulWorker, and the game reverted back to the game's original Korean developer, Lion...
Vague Patch Notes: Why play-to-earn is a garbage idea
Good afternoon, readers. Do you remember not so long ago when I talked about the fact that MMOs are perfectly fine as just games...
Reddit’s co-founder thinks crypto gaming and players ‘being properly valued’ for game time will be the norm in five years
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, has peered into his crystal ball to look at the future of gaming, and that future sounds like...
Sega will stop chasing the NFT dragon if it is ‘perceived’ as a ‘simple money-making’ scheme
With so many major studios and game publishers looking to join in on the blockchain and NFT racket, it'd be easy to believe that...
RF Online developer unveils plans for a ‘battle coin server’ that will reward cryptocurrencies
It has been a significant length of time since we heard any major peeps out of RF Online, though the game itself has been...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the problem with the Matsuda NFT letter
What I really wanted to kick the year off right in the Wisdom of Nym column was to have to push my plans back...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2021?
At the end of December, we dished out our award for the best MMO trend of the year. Now, it's time to pinpoint the...
Square Enix president lauds blockchain for play-to-earn and ‘self-sustaining game growth’ potential
If you've been anywhere near gaming social media or news feeds, you've no doubt been exposed to the loud, trumpety fart of a letter...
CCP Games CEO voices support for NFTs and play-to-earn schemes but won’t link EVE Online to a blockchain
If you're an EVE Online fan, you might have been a bit concerned that the internet spaceship sandbox started dipping its toes into the...
