game industry
Capcom posts its best financial year ever thanks to Monster Hunter World
It must have been some time ago at Capcom's business strategy meeting where the top executives were sitting around and talking in hushed tones...
Dutch Gaming Authority calls out four games as violating its lootbox policies
If you had expected the Netherlands to be leading the fight against lootboxes, you may be more clairvoyant than the rest of the population....
MOBAs provide a template for the future of the battle royale genre
So where will battle royale games be in another five years? We don't know just yet, but from a purely business standpoint we can...
Hate groups are getting deleted from Steam… if they’re overt enough
It's fair to say at this point that Steam is an enormous part of the PC gaming market. It's also fair to say that...
Steam terminates its relationship with MMO company Insel Games over alleged review manipulation
It's really unusual to see publishers outright booted off of Steam, but Valve has done exactly that to Insel Games following reports of review...
The Daily Grind: Has the MOBA bubble burst?
The past few weeks have not been kind for fans of MOBAs. In a short span of time we've lost Paragon, Master x Master,...
Amazon’s New World page is back again [Updated]
On Monday of last week, we reported that a video of the anticipated and rather mysterious New World from Amazon had been leaked... and...
Why developers believe abusive vitriol is the cost of doing business with games
When is it appropriate to send verbal abuse to someone you don't know personally? When is it appropriate to tell someone that you hope...
EA filed an ‘Engagement Optimized Matchmaking’ patent in 2016
Remember Activision's rather skeezy matchmaking patent from last year? That one was pretty straightforward in how it worked, if unpleasant: You buy something from...
LawBreakers is the weak link in Nexon’s Q3 2017 financial results
Here's the good news for Nexon's Q3 2017 investor call: The company had a good set of third-quarter results overall, and it has a...
Rumor: Blizzard’s next title involves vehicles and may be an Overwatch spinoff
There's a title under development at Blizzard that's been hiring for a while now, but no one actually knows what it is. So when...
Clicker Heroes dev on abandoning the free-to-play model for the sequel
If you've never played Clicker Heroes, you can pick it up for your phone or on Steam right now; it's a lightweight little idle...
Raph Koster on the cost of making games from the industry side
All of this talk about the price of making games and the price of playing games thanks to Star Wars: Battlefront II has meant...
Steam continues reviews system tinkering to thwart spam
Steam has been doubling down on addressing review problems lately, starting with its attempt to counter review bombing. This has been a good thing,...
PlayerUnknown thinks PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds doesn’t deserve game of the year
Did you know that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is up for a Game of the Year award? Probably not, because... like, there are a lot of...
Former Blizzard executive Rob Pardo thinks we’re a long way off from VR MMOs
Rob Pardo is no longer with Blizzard, but he can still count World of Warcraft's success as a big feather in his cap. So...
Activision secures patent for software to trick you into buying cash shop stuff, seriously
Hey, gang, this is absolutely wonderful. Activision has filed and been granted a patent for software designed to push you into buying cash shop...
The Daily Grind: Do you grade MMO studios on a curve?
Here's a non-surprise that came out of a discussion between Bree and me: We totally grade MMO studios on a curve. That curve is...
Digital Extremes to open a new studio in Toronto
The studio behind Warframe is riding the success of that game until it runs out of rail, because why would they not? A new...
The Daily Grind: Do veteran gamers help or hurt MMOs?
You may recall that just yesterday, Justin was asking whether dinosaurs help or hurt MMOs. When I first saw the topic, though, my assumption...
