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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...
Skyforge is launching Hunters of Terra for multiple platforms on June 2
If you're playing Skyforge on the Nintendo Switch, you have a good reason to peer out at PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One players with...
WoW Factor: Are Heroic dungeons the original sin of World of Warcraft’s current issues?
The launch of The Burning Crusade's pre-patch in WoW Classic has me thinking about the features that expansion brought to World of Warcraft. I know, really it...
The Daily Grind: When should MMO companies intervene in borky MMO economies?
On this week's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I answered a question about whether MMO studios have a responsibility to monitor and nudge the player...
The Stream Team: Pushing deeper into the Underdark in Neverwinter
After securing the Verdant Caves, Massively OP's MJ and her team are ready to help Davlin Hoth expand the safe area in Neverwinter's Underdark....
Massively Overthinking: How much should MMO subs be in 2021?
MMORPG blogger Wilhelm at The Ancient Gaming Noob has a fantastic piece up this month on the traditional $15 MMO subscription. He dips back...
Old school-styled MMORPG Ethyrial offers a peek at a monster journal and plans for closed alpha testing
We're circling back around to the indie MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, which we aimed a spotlight at last month; it's an MMORPG from...
Black Desert PC issues apologies and recompense for recent Node War issues, offers gifts to new and returning players on console
If you were among the PC players of Black Desert who experienced some problems with Node War and Conquest War this past weekend, Pearl...
Darkfall Rise of Agon’s Chinese VIP-only server officially opens to all players tomorrow
We've waded through the waist-deep mire of Google Translate to bring you this Darkfall: Rise of Agon news. Readers will recall that the sandbox...
Blizzard is about to stream some Overwatch 2 PvP gameplay and a Q&A
MMO players are understandably concerned about the state of World of Warcraft after Blizzard's disastrous player losses over the last few years, but Overwatch...
Wurm Online showcases new animal feeding stations, better breeding features, and improved horse models
This news is for those Wurm Online players that are all about that farm life, particularly livestock and animal husbandry. The most recent Valrei...
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...
Vague Patch Notes: The self-made shadowboxing of MMO feuds
There's no actual feud between the development teams behind World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV. The two teams have congratulated one another on successful expansion...
Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 5.55’s additions, players hold a vigil for Kentaro Miura
The upcoming patch 5.55 for Final Fantasy XIV is a smaller patch, but it does wrap up the main scenario quests ahead of Endwalker and gives...
Virtual Reality MMO Zenith delays alpha 2 test again, now to July
Small teams with big ambitions are no strangers to encountering obstacles and hiccups along the say, and so it is with the indie team...
LOTRO shutting down Ithil progression server, offers free transfers
Back when Lord of the Rings Online rolled out its progression server Anor back in November 2018, the response was so overwhelming that SSG...
Old School RuneScape soft-launches clans, prepares for A Kingdom Divided, and announces Jad Challenge winners
This week in Old School RuneScape is a pretty busy one if you consider the the weekly update newsletter coming out of Jagex. As...
So Mythic Quest is a TV show about a fictional MMO studio – how well does it represent actual MMO issues?
As an avid MMO gamer and big fan of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, I was extremely excited to watch Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Fall of Khazad-dûm raid and update 30 class balancing are now in testing
Delays are behind it now: Lord of the Rings Online has opened up its test server with update 30 in tow as promised, so...
