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StarCraft II officially ends development as Blizzard ‘thinks about what’s next’
Earlier this year, MOP's Tyler noted that StarCraft II had quietly become Blizzard's best-managed game, with updates and events rolling out even a decade...
SMITE reworks Loki and adds Gummy Worm Medusa for Halloween
Halloween is a season of tricks and/or treats, so perhaps it's that connection to trickery that prompts SMITE to kick out a rework of...
Riot Games is shuttering its Sydney, Australia, office as it sunsets its Oceanic Pro League
Activision-Blizzard isn't the only company shuttering overseas holdings this week, it seems: Riot Games is closing one down too, this time the company's Sydney,...
The MOP Up: FFXIV blasts out its first remix album
Final Fantasy XIV's soundtrack is downright legendary -- and now it's gotten even better, thanks to the game's first "remix" album that was just...
Fortnite celebrates the third birthday of Battle Royale with challenges and free goodies
Happy birthday to Fortnite! Specifically to Battle Royale, aka the primary mode of the game now. It's been three years, and the folks at...
MMO Business Roundup: FarmVille’s sunset, Netmarble’s acquisitions, Intrepid hiring, WoW esports, PUBG India
Welcome back to another roundup of gaming industry news relevant to MMOs and MMO adjacent-titles.
PUBG India: Earlier this month, we covered how PUBG Corp....
World of Warcraft hypes this weekend’s Arena World Championship finals
The final event for World of Warcraft's PvP esports scene is on the horizon. This Saturday, September 26th (aka today) marks the finals for...
Not So Massively Roundup: Destiny 2, Spellbreak, Vigor, Valorant, Frostpoint, Shadow Arena, and PUBG’s BLACKPINK collab
Welcome to a quick roundup of some news from the Not-So-Massively world!
Destiny 2: Bungie posted a trailer and a detailed dev blog on Destiny...
The MOP Up: Razer accidentally exposes 100,000 consumer accounts
Razer, a popular provider of gaming hardware, joined the notorious list of companies that accidentally exposed their consumer's personal information to the world. While...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars 2 voice acting, EVE Online mental health, Good Game, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO - and MMO-adjacent - industry news!
Guild Wars 2: If you've been bummed about Guild Wars 2's pandemic-times...
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating in-game advertising
Last week, EA announced that it would finally be removing all the in-game ads from UFC4 after a few days of intense complaining from...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s Stonethorn DLC arrives on consoles
Good news for the patient and long-suffering Elder Scrolls Online console players: The game's latest DLC and patch have finally arrived following the PC...
Riot Games’ Neom esports fiasco came about because people are bad at email
At the tail end of July, Riot Games managed to piss off gamers, streamers, esports stars, and its own developers by unilaterally announcing a...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2020: Year-over-year revenues are up for the first time in six quarters
We're back with another dip into Activision-Blizzard's financials, this one Q2 2020, the first report since shareholders lambasted the company for excessive executive pay...
Call of Duty gamers ignore pandemic-related safety orders at unofficial esports gathering
I never got the impression that some players of Call of Duty are a particularly compliant bunch, and that assumption was not helped by...
Riot Games canceled its League of Legends esports partnership with Saudia Arabia after massive backlash
The League of Legends esports community was set on fire and then partially doused this week thanks to a decision - now rescinded -...
League of Legends revamps its esports site, Legends of Runeterra kicks off the Spirit Blossom Festival
Two of Riot Games' titles are in our news room, so why not just bundle the two together? It should be easier for you...
Valorant is selling a series of skins that turn your weapons into dragons for a total of $100
Sure, you could shoot foes in Valorant with boring guns like a pleb, or you could have tiny yet grumpy dragons cough at them,...
China cancels all international sporting events for 2020, sending LoL esports into limbo
If anyone here was looking forward to esports events that were set to be hosted in China like the League of Legends World Championship...
Chinese fraudsters posed as a famous chili sauce brand to get free keys out of Tencent — and it worked
What you're about to read is an account of how three guys in China defrauded Tencent under the guise of a famous chili sauce...
