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Stop Killing Games Initiative stumps for signatures to pressure EU governments
This past April saw the formation of the Stop Killing Games initiative, a grass roots attempt by YouTuber Ross Scott to enact laws that...
MMO Business Roundup: SEGA’s layoffs, Diablo Immortal’s fines, and MY.GAMES’ Middle East ambitions
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
SEGA: Sega's issued yet another round of layoffs this week, slashing 121...
The EU has conditionally approved Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard
Today's Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout news won't come as a surprise to anyone who read the leaks last week, but yes, EU regulators have officially...
The EU is apparently set to approve Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout after all
When the UK's Competition and Markets Authority put the brakes on Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard at the end of April, we saw multiple pundits...
CWA asks European Commission to allow buyout of Activision-Blizzard and a ‘clear path to collective bargaining’
The multi-billion dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft is going to undoubtedly make waves across the games industry, game platforms, and game developers. It's...
EU Parliament adopts resolution to regulate games industry harms from lockboxes to manipulative design
Call them lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, or gachapon: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution "ensuring a safe online environment for online...
Microsoft buyout faces pushback from the UK as Google and Nvidia express concerns about the deal to the FTC
The billion-dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard from Microsoft was likely never going to be a smooth transaction, but we suspect all parties involved weren't expecting...
Germany’s games ratings board creates new labels with warnings about lootboxes, MTX, and online chat
The physical and digital packaging of video games in Germany is going to have a lot more granular detail thanks to updates being applied...
EU study recommends taking on lockboxes as a consumer issue rather than a gambling issue
As much as the companies using them to make bank might want them to, the discussions around lockboxes are not going away. And a...
Ragnarok Online shuts down in Europe due to new regulations [Update: US servers blocking EU access]
Update: This story was a miscommunication in the media. It turns out that while the servers are staying up, Ragnarok Online's North American servers...
Revelation Online is opening a new EU fresh start server today as First Contact launches
Gosh, isn't it nice to have a fresh server to start on? No old connections, no old animosities, no problems to worry about. It's...
Aion shows off the new instances for patch 5.1
The next European Aion patch is bringing some new instances for you to challenge. Not one, not two, not three, but six new instances...
Aion’s European server merges will take place February 3nd
Server merges are a great time to meet new friends, find new enemies, and get intensely annoyed at the fact that the larger population...
MechWarrior Online launches European servers and rolls out new machines
Yes, MechWarrior Online has rolled out an expansion. You didn't know about that? Probably because you were waiting for some huge new content drop,...
Crowfall supporters unlock localization stretch goal
Is English not your first language? If not, thanks for struggling through and reading our site anyway, and you can also take heart in...
Lineage II starts work on an EU classic server
After NCsoft solicited the Lineage II playerbase last month about whether or not it wanted a classic server in Europe, the community has answered...
PlanetSide 2 soon expanding PlayStation 4 beta to Europe
European PlayStation 4 players will soon have no reason to feel left out of the PlanetSide 2 fun, as Daybreak informed the community over...
