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Discord’s new Social SDK will allow game devs to integrate the chat program into their titles more easily
Don't look now, but Discord is going to continue to be a thing that worms its way into gaming like a sort of mind-controlling...
Jeff Strain lawsuit accuses NetEase of spreading ‘defamatory rumors’ that led to his studios’ closure
Throughout last year we watched the slow implosion of Prytania Media, a company owned by former ArenaNet founder Jeff Strain, and its various sub-studios...
MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft’s latest corporate chaos and new accusations from the voice actors union
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. This week, Ubisoft's getting double the coverage because it's news so nice they're...
Fortnite faces a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged use of FOMO-inducing item shop timers
Fortnite has been found to utilize dark patterns to get money out of its players previously, so the allegations that its developer Epic Games...
Jagex’s new CEO discusses the legacy of RuneScape and OSRS, managing its devs, and microtransaction concerns
Last week saw a pretty significant shakeup for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape fans when Jagex CEO Phil Mansell announced he stepped down as...
ArcheAge Chronicles luminary Jake Song leaves XLGames, the company he founded, to ‘recharge’
Jake Song, a name that many MMORPG fans are familiar with for his involvement with the ArcheAge and Lineage series and his founding of...
Microsoft execs claim its Muse AI tool is a way to preserve games and akin to CGI’s impact on films
Microsoft would really, really like it if the entire world would adopt its newly revealed Muse AI tool, a so-called World and Human Action...
Rumor: NetEase is looking to sell more of its overseas studios, including MMO developer Jackalyptic Games
Earlier this week we broke down fiscal reports and expert analysis surrounding NetEase in light of the corporation axing a Seattle-based studio that was...
As NetEase confirms 40M Marvel Rivals players and billions in revenue, analysts suggest a Chinese exodus from the west
There has been a lot of understandable hand-wringing in relation to NetEase's firing of American developers who helped support its mega-hit hero shooter Marvel...
Roblox Corp is apparently under an ‘active and ongoing investigation’ by the SEC
This is either an ominous portent for Roblox or a major government agency trying to look tough. Either way, what has been discovered is...
Roblox stock dips after the company misses earnings projections for the fiscal year
Apparently a game company missing earnings forecasts by what looks like a rounding error is enough to cause its stock to drop now. That's...
Palworld hands out Pal skins for Lunar New Year as Pocketpair’s publishing arm takes off
Last weekend, we noted that the developer of survival sandbox Palworld is looking to extend its reach beyond a mobile launch, crossovers, and a...
Warner Bros Games sheds its CEO, partly owing to Multiversus’ profit problems
It looks as if the latest big-dollar stumbles for the Warner Bros. gaming division has come for the top of the tower, as CEO...
Unity game developers share optimistic outlooks for the industry in 2025
With the absolute bloodbath of layoffs in 2024 and some worrying trends to start off the year, it's easy to presume that the gaming...
Rumor: Tencent and Guillemot family are considering creation of a venture using Ubisoft assets
The rumors of some form of deal between Tencent and Ubisoft's Guillemot family owners now have a fresh wrinkle this week, as new insider...
Godfall and Duelyst developer Counterplay Games shutters according to Jackalyptic Games employees
Counterplay Games isn't what one would consider a big-name studio, but they have notability in our neck of the gaming woods as the developer...
NetEase yoinks funding from another studio and leaves Jar of Sparks to seek a new publisher
Back in 2022 we got word of NetEase funding a new studio known as Jar of Sparks, which is being headed by Jerry Hook,...
The names of multiple Star Citizen execs ousted before the new year are finally surfacing
Yesterday we reported on the resignation of Carl Jones from his position as chief strategy officer for Star Citizen developer CIG, which appeared to...
Gaming psychologist believes 2025 will bring ‘a new era of safety by design for our digital playgrounds’
We've written more than a few times about the effect of harassment, hate speech, and other toxic behaviors in MMOs and online gaming spaces...
Tencent pushes back against its classification as a Chinese military company by the US government
Supposedly the Chinese megacorp Tencent is up to more than just working in video games if the US Department of Defense is to be...
