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Black Desert splashes out for its 10th birthday with a visual history of development and community fun
Black Desert is fond of celebrating its more unusual birthdays - like its 3000th day - so the 10-year anniversary coming up in December...
Corepunk opens its doors for its second alpha test today
It's time for 10,000 lucky invitees to hop into the latest alpha test build of Corepunk today, as the second alpha for the MMOARPG...
Amazon Games opens new studio in Romania to support ‘ambitious long-term roadmap’
As large parts of the games industry contract, Amazon Games is buying the dip and expanding with a new game dev studio in Bucharest,...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator can’t quit tinkering with the game
Stardew Valley's creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a...
Black Desert celebrates 3000 days in the west with freebies, PvP teases, and endgame rings
Pearl Abyss is fond of celebrating odd milestones for Black Desert, but it sure beats a basic anniversary. Today, the company is touting the...
Albion Online has broken its population record again with 358K concurrent players
Last week we noticed that Albion Online had busted through its peak Steam concurrency numbers, setting a new record for the game on that...
Square-Enix confirms that layoffs are coming to US and EU employees in June
Yesterday we reported on Square-Enix's first quarter outlook for 2024, in which it announced among other things that it plans to "rebuild its ...
Albion Online broke its Steam player concurrency record again as it contends with block in Indonesia
Sandbox Interactive hasn't released Albion Online player counts since Albion Europe went live, but if Steam is any indication, it's going over super well.
According...
WoW Classic annoys roleplayers with Season of Discovery server merges
How do you do a merge without technically calling it a merge? Well, you close down a server for new players and give everyone...
‘Evergreen titles and robust content pipelines reign supreme,’ says games industry firm Newzoo
We conveniently had a community discussion on the meaning of old-school when it comes to MMOs earlier this week, so consider that required reading...
Albion Online adds new language channels, randomized starter towns, and account-wide skins
It might be hard to remember it at this point, but launching Albion Online's European fresh start server wasn't the only thing that Sandbox...
Final Fantasy XIV is adding new logistical data center for European players May 7
What if you wanted to log in to a new logistical data center in Europe to play Final Fantasy XIV, but Naoki Yoshida looked...
Albion Online’s European server is fully live and F2P for all players now – here’s the new music video
If it seems as thought we've been covering the launch of Albion Online's Albion Europe server for a really long time, well, that's because...
Myth of Empires previews Greek buildings and armor, opens Jade Era servers to help new players
The survival MMO Myth of Empires is going Greek for its most recent previews, as Angela Game has put out a couple of sneak...
Kakao’s western version of ArcheAge is sunsetting in June
I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it...
Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server...
Aion Classic celebrates its first birthday in Europe this week with boosts and freebies
It might be cheating to count anniversaries for different versions of an MMORPG, but are you really going to complain if it means more...
My Little Pony fan MMO Legends of Equestria is closing its European server
Last year, we did a Daily Grind asking about interest in a My Little Pony MMORPG, and y'all reminded me that we actually have...
Myth of Empires plans a new region-locked Jade Era server set for North America and Europe
Survival MMO Myth of Empires is entering its Jade era - that is, it's launching a ton of new localized North American and European...
Albion Online is shaken to its Foundations with today’s massive territory update
While Albion Online is currently in the middle of open beta for the Albion Europe server - players have just under nine days to...