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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...
Desert Oasis: So Black Desert wants to be an esport now
Even though the San Francisco Giants threw away a 6-2 lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, the real highlight of my weekend was...
Black Desert esports players will determine the best class in the Arena of Arsha Championship this weekend
Now to be clear, you shouldn't feel compelled to follow any game's meta if you don't want to, especially one that takes its cues...
Free access codes to Crowfall’s closed beta begin popping up across the internet
Looking to try out the beta version of Crowfall but don't want to pay for guaranteed access? Then you might be interested in knowing...
The Chinese Overwatch League Saebyeolbe boycott is apparently over thanks to OWL intervention
Yesterday, we covered a brewing mess over in the Overwatch fandom, as a South Korean pro esports player, Jong-ryeol "Saebyeolbe" Park, commented on his...
Black Desert PC changes underwear names, talks up a class tournament, and adds a horrible tech worm
That headline sure reads like a mishmash of things for Black Desert, doesn't it? Well, that's kind of because it is, so really there's...
Crowfall’s Carnage adds more than just HungerDome, including crafting and trading updates
"Carnage" doesn't exactly sound like like a safe and relaxing time, but we'll make allowances for Crowfall, which has rolled out its Carnage update...
Crowfall unveils a 10 event Hunger Dome PvP tournament, talks up new features in April ACE Q&A
We're still not quite sure when Crowfall will be making its official launch, but the fact that the game feels fit enough to showcase...
World of Warcraft preps a new ‘one-off’ dungeon tournament
While World of Warcraft's competitive PvP scene is the backbone of its esports program, the MMO's Mythic Dungeon Invitational has grown in popularity and...
Rumor: EG7 and Daybreak might be prepping PlanetSide 2’s Rogue Planet for its own company
Daybreak corporate sleuth and TheoryForge crewmate @MSandersonD has uncovered another Daybreak gem: new corporate registrations for Daybreak-related companies. California and Delaware filings show that...
Massively Uplifting: Gamestonk, gorillas, and giving in MMOs
When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....
Former Daybreak and H1Z1 vets Anthony Castoro and Jace Hall raise $9M for a ‘genre-defining metaverse’
The last time we heard the name Jace Hall, it was just about two years ago, when the version of H1Z1 esports he was...
Whatever happened to Mark Kern’s crowdfunded Firefall-successor Em-8er?
We're taking a trip back to the halcyon days of Firefall to set the stage for this piece, so hop aboard the esports bus...
Blizzard admits to more layoffs, starts up alumni network
Last week, Blizzard Entertainment began laying off 190 employees, 50 of whom reportedly came from esports and live events. Now we know which other...
Activision-Blizzard has laid off another 190 employees as Kotick could rake in an extra $200M
Don't look now, but Activision-Blizzard just laid off another batch of people.
According to a Bloomberg report, the company has slashed just under 190 jobs,...
Alienware cut its League of Legends esports sponsorships short over ongoing Riot Games scandals
Last month, we covered yet another sexual harassment lawsuit swirling around Riot Games, this one a wrongful termination suit from a former executive assistant...
