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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...
NCsoft’s Aion Classic launches the Revenant class and new Telos zone
Aion Classic's big news this spring has until now been focused on the launch of Classic in Europe under the Gameforge sigil, but this...
Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light expansion will launch in June – here’s the new trailer
Just yesterday, we noted that while we knew Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light was still on the way, we still didn't have...
Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving
It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...
Aion Classic has officially launched in its third region: Europe
It's another launch day for Aion Classic as the throwback version of the game already live in South Korea (since 2020) and North America...
Aion Classic’s arrival in Europe has been delayed again, this time to April 25
So... Aion Classic's path to a European release has been a bit of a mess, and I can only imagine some producer at Gameforge...
Aion Classic officially launches in Europe on April 12 – here’s Gameforge’s new trailer
After a brief delay, Gameforge has officially announced today that Aion Classic will launch for the European playerbase on April 12th, following its 2021...
Polish and illness have slightly delayed Gameforge’s launch of Aion Classic in Europe
Last November, Gameforge and NCsoft finally announced that they would launch Aion Classic for the European version of the game, long after its 2021...
Austrian court finds FIFA lockboxes violate the country’s gambling laws, orders Sony to issue refunds
The question of whether the lockboxes in the recent run of FIFA soccer titles constitute gambling has been one that many nations around the...
Kakao’s mobile MMO Moonlight Sculptor is closing down in May after less than two years online
At 4:20 a.m. EST this morning, Kakao and XL Games announced that Moonlight Sculptor's global servers are set for demolition in multiple regions just...
Final Fantasy XIV opens another ticket lottery for the London Fan Festival in October
European fans, were you feeling left out of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Vegas hoopla? No longer: Square-Enix took the wraps off the...
Amazon Games will publish NCsoft’s Throne & Liberty in the Americas, Europe, and Japan
The rumors were true: Amazon Games is publishing NCsoft's Throne and Liberty in the west. The companies announced the partnership early this morning.
"Amazon Games...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Aion Classic is still launching a European version in ‘early 2023’
This morning's NCsoft financials was a clear reminder that Aion Classic was one of the smartest things Aion has ever done, which is surely...
Q4 2022: Nexon counts huge YOY revenue boost, pushes harder into blockchain
Nexon's Q4 2022 financial figures are the latest to arrive this week, as CEO Owen Mahoney presided over a mostly decent quarter for the...
Final Fantasy XIV suspends European housing demolition in wake of Turkiye, Syria earthquakes
No one wants to be worried about stuff in a video game in the wake of a natural disaster, which is why Final Fantasy...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick predicts a bleak future for a UK that rejects the Microsoft merger
Probably the last thing you want to see on a Wednesday or any other day that ends in -day is Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick...
Blade & Soul further reduces 2023 content plans in new producer letter
Blade & Soul is ending its January with a producer letter that offers fans several teases for the year ahead. One of them is...
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...
