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Kakao partially denies report that ArcheAge will sunset following XLGAMES restructure

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Korea's Money Today News has a disturbing scoop on turmoil at XLGAMES that appears to mean layoffs inside the studio - and a closure...

2003’s Endless Online returns in 2023 with a new official server run by its original developer

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There were plenty of pixel graphic isometric MMORPGs running around in the 2000's - Furcadia and Habbo Hotel immediately spring to mind - but...

The Realm Online’s corporate buyer surfaces with a bizarre website and studio partner

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Over the course of June, we learned the sad news that player-led developer Realm Worlds would be shutting down the current version of The...

The MOP Up: AdventureQuest 3D heads to the beach

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A beach party is in full effect over at AdventureQuest 3D: "Summer is here, heroes! Bask in the thrill of adventure, collect Trophies for...

Lawful Neutral: How might the so-called AI revolution affect the MMO genre?

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This article has been rolling around in my head since ChatGPT rocketed into the public awareness a few months ago, and just in the...

The Magic to Master Kickstarter fiasco has become a scandal over Idea Fabrik, Hero Engine, and The Repopulation

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Last week, we reported on the dubious Kickstarter of studio Laniatus' MMO Magic to Master, an old MMO being brought back from the dead...

Bossa shows off Lost Skies’ art and animation development

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We're watching Bossa Games' new MMO, Lost Skies, with enthusiasm, owing to the fact that it seems to take all the things we loved...

Massively on the Go: Top 5 features location-based games need use more

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In our last Massively on the Go, we talked about the top five features location-based games keep using but shouldn't. The genre is relatively...

Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?

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In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...

Massively on the Go: Jurassic World Alive plods on five years later, encumbered by over-monetization

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Ludia's Jurassic World Alive is still stomping along. It's gotten some features over the years that seem, well, "borrowed" from that Pokemon GPS game, but yeesh,...

Will Smith headlines Tencent’s mobile survival MMO Undawn, launching June 15

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Tencent's Level Infinite and LightSpeed Studios have announced today that Undawn is coming in June - June 15th, to be exact. The post-apoc open-world...

Whatever happened to Legends of Aria aka Britaria? (2023 edition)

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We turn our gaze away for just a little bit and suddenly a tire fire has sprung forth, and that tire fire is named...

Peridot, Niantic’s newest Pokemon Go lookalike, is live on iOS and Android today

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A year ago, Pokemon Go and Ingress studio Niantic announced a new MMOARG not attached to an existing IP: Peridot. The pitch was that...
boop

War Thunder Edge is now War Thunder Mobile, entering open beta testing on Android

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Last November we were alerted to the upcoming release of War Thunder Edge, a mobile version of the multiplayer military vehicle battler that promised...

Massively on the Go: WalkScape’s Schamppu wants game to walk the fitness walk

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It turns out I wasn't alone in WalkScape piquing my curiosity, so those of you who are intrigued by a new RuneScape-inspired walking-centric MMOARG...
We have Au Ra at home.

Lawful Neutral: What if Activision-Blizzard just… sold Blizzard?

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Last week, Activision-Blizzard and Bobby Kotick got a bad surprise: The UK moved to block the acquisition of ABK by Microsoft, citing concerns over...
why does this continue

Appellate court reaffirms Apple’s store is not monopolist but must still allow third-party purchasing options

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The three year-long legal fight between Apple and Epic finally made another step forward yesterday, but since it has been that long, allow us...
Fight for something, probably, whatever.

That NetEase lawsuit against Blizzard turns out to have been a… bizarre clerical error?

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Yesterday, we - and just about everyone else in the industry - picked up a Wowhead story about a lawsuit being lodged by NetEase...
Bye forever!

The MOP Up: Champions Online ups the ante on Monster Island

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With a name like "Monster Island," you wouldn't expect this Champions Online locale to be a walk in the park. And in fact, this...

The Game Archaeologist: Pirates of the Caribbean Online

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In 1967, Disneyland opened one of its most iconic attractions: a dark boat ride called Pirates of the Caribbean. A large fandom surrounding the...

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