game industry
Leaderboard: Has the gaming community ‘beaten’ NFTs?
I have to give this article in Bloomberg a lot of props for being something you don't see very often: a piece touting the...
Odin Valhalla Rising’s Lionheart Studio retracts IPO listing plans over valuation issues and market fatigue
Earlier this month we reported on Odin: Valhalla Rising developer Lionheart Studio's plans to list its IPO on the Korean KOSDAQ stock exchange, which...
China’s restrictions on game time sees a drop in minors’ gaming engagement in the country
Last year, the Chinese government tightened the screws on minors' gaming access, limiting play time to only three hours a week at specific times...
Sony appears to have set up an internal game preservation department
It probably goes without saying that we here at Massively Overpowered are kind of fond of game preservation, helped by the fact that we...
Habbo Hotel goes full play-to-earn with the announcement of Habbo X
Remember when having Habbo Hotel owner Sulake selling off Habbo-based NFTs seemed just like it was pointlessly destructive grifting from an isolated unscrupulous developer? Good times....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio do you find the least believable?
Over the course of several years working in this industry, I have grown more willing to believe some studios and less willing to believe...
Square-Enix’s president is still bullish on the prospect of NFTs and blockchain in gaming
Have you forgotten about president Yosuke Matsuda's buzzword-laden blockchain pitch from the start of the year? It's entirely possible you have, since in the...
Netmarble promises a bunch of blockchain titles despite their being banned in its home country
Just an FYI if you were starting to forget this or something, Netmarble is a garbage company. There's plenty of reasons to think that,...
Sony boss stresses that Bungie acquisition is about multiplatform live service games
If you were worried about the future of Destiny 2 on your platform of choice, the latest interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan...
Vague Patch Notes: Why play-to-earn is a garbage idea
Good afternoon, readers. Do you remember not so long ago when I talked about the fact that MMOs are perfectly fine as just games...
The Daily Grind: Which 2021 MMO do you think has the best shot at revitalizing itself?
The good news for 2021 in our genre was that there were a lot of MMOs that made it to release. The bad news is...
Take-Two acquires Zynga for a price of $12.7 billion
If you've ever played one of the FarmVille games and thought that it would be much better if you could hop in a stolen motor...
GameStop plans to create an NFT and crypto marketplace this year
If you've ever wondered how GameStop manages to keep making the worst decisions and losing money with a zeal and intensity usually reserved for...
Raven Software strike extends to its third week as Activision-Blizzard claims management is listening
January 3rd marked the third week during which the staff for Raven Software (responsible for several Call of Duty titles including Call of Duty: Warzone) was...
Final Fantasy XIV suspends sales and ads to mitigate Endwalker server congestion
So, anecdotally, how's the congestion situation for you in Final Fantasy XIV? Getting better? Director and producer Naoki Yoshida clearly feels that it's not getting...
Court denies the California DFEH intervention in the Activision-Blizzard EEOC settlement
You know that things are not going great for a company when multiple state and federal agencies are all descending on you for various...
Activision-Blizzard is walking out again, Australia’s game industry unionizes
Activision-Blizzard's workers are continuing to mobilize: Following the mass-layoffs at Activision's RavenQA over the weekend, Raven workers staged a walkout yesterday, and now they're...
Epic asks the court to deny Apple the right to postpone its anti-steering measures
So let's recap a little bit. The one major victory that Epic won in its lawsuit against Apple was about steering people to only...
Facebook commits to hiring 10,000 employees in the EU to build its metaverse
How many people does it take to build a metaverse? If you're Facebook, you have a pretty definitive number: 10,000. That's the amount of...
Oculus pauses sales of the Quest 2 to address headset foam issue
If you were abut to buy yourself an Oculus Quest 2, you can't. Not right away, anyhow. A new notification from the team indicates...
