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Stardew Valley’s lone developer announces a $40K speedrunning competition on September 4
Yes, the words "speedrunning," "competition," and "Stardew Valley" are being used together in a headline. That's because Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, the farming/life sim RPG's...
Complete coverage of Blizzard’s sexual discrimination and harassment scandal
In the summer of 2021, Activision-Blizzard made headlines when the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a civil rights and equal pay...
Overwatch League loses more sponsors as workers expose Activision-Blizzard’s toxic culture
The fallout from the sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard just keeps on dropping.
Yesterday, more sponsors of the Overwatch League pulled support from...
WoW Factor: What do changes in Blizzard management mean for World of Warcraft?
Blizzard is going through some changes at the moment. This is a good thing, as Blizzard has made it clear that it is a...
Blizzard denies rumor that Overwatch League will take year-long hiatus after current season
If you're still a big fan of Overwatch and the competitive Overwatch League, we may have some bad news for you. A rumor being...
Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal day 17: More esports sponsors consider abandoning Overwatch League
In the course of our reporting on the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal that's now prompted multiple lawsuits, we noted that...
Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials
It's been a helluva Tuesday in the swamps of the Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal: The day opened with the departure of J. Allen Brack from...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2021: Activision revenues are up, Blizzard MAUs are down amid sexism scandal
Back in May, we got quite a bit of unexpected attention here at MassivelyOP as the headline for our coverage of Activision-Blizzard's Q1 2021...
Massively Uplifting: Summer goodness from SOLO, EVE, Bungie, Warframe, and Guild Wars
When the news gets filled with dark and horrible things (and maybe you start to be disgusted with companies and people), it is natural...
Blizzard’s sexism scandal continues, 2500 devs sign letter condemning Acti-Blizz response
It's now been a week since California filed a brutal discrimination and harassment lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard following a two-year investigation. Last week and over...
Blizzard retools World of Warcraft’s Mythic Dungeon International, offers $380K prize pool
Scoff all you want at MMORPG esports, but Blizzard has a nice chunk of change on offer for World of Warcaft's Mythic Dungeon International....
U.S. Department of Justice investigates Overwatch League over salary concerns
While Blizzard wants as many eyes as possible on its Overwatch franchise, the studio could probably do without the recent gaze of the U.S....
Crowfall cuts together a highlight reel for its recent Eternal Champions esports event
Who has time to watch an esporting event from start to finish? Some of us work during the weekends. Some of us have other...
World of Warcraft is hosting another Mythic Keystone esports event this weekend
If you're the kind of World of Warcraft player who likes to keep your fingers on the Mythic Keystone meta pulse, or if you're...
Blizzard has canceled BlizzCon again, will replace it with another online event early in 2022
Well, this is gonna be a bummer for anyone who was hoping this year's BlizzCon would be a blockbuster to turn the company around:...
SMITE community mourns the passing of a star Hi-Rez esports caster, halts league events
On Friday, Hi-Rez startled the SMITE community by abruptly postponing all of its esports events for the weekend, a move made more bizarre by...
New Blizzard analysis chronicles the studio’s five-year decline and developer exodus
The slow decline of Blizzard has been exhaustively covered over the last couple of years, but sometimes, it's more jolting to see it all...
MMO Business Roundup: Valorant esports, South Korean politics, Netmarble, Nexon, and EVE Echoes
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Valorant: It's been an ugly week in esports, as Riot Games suspended esports...
Black Desert announces digital Heidel Ball convention for June 19
Black Desert's gearing up for a summer convention of its own as Pearl Abyss announced this morning the return of Heidel Ball. As in...
Hi-Rez just postponed SMITE’s esports broadcasts for the weekend [Updated]
We've updated at the end with the unfortunate news that led to the postponement.
Well, this one's weird and kinda ominous: Hi-Rez just just down...
