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No, Amazon is not trying to buy EA, probably
If your gaming-related social media feeds were full of breathless hot takes and panicked concern over rumors that Amazon was looking to buy up...
Alganon’s website is back as Derek Smart explains the relaunch is coming very soon
Those who had long doubted if Alganon was ever coming back are now invited to eat crow, as it has... a website once again!...
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...
How Naoki Yoshida rose from Square’s ‘stray dogs’ to ‘king’ of Final Fantasy XIV
Naoki Yoshida is that rare breed of game director who is not only liked by his playerbase but downright beloved, with player chants of...
Richard Garriott’s NFT MMO has a website and a name: Iron and Magic
You may remember that space tourist Richard Garriott, fresh off the utter collapse of Shroud of the Avatar, had threatened us all with another...
Tencent seeks larger stake in Ubisoft, Unity considers Chinese spinoff
China continues its wrangling of the western gaming industry with moves on both Ubisoft and Unity. Reuters reported yesterday that Tencent is attempting to increase...
TwitchCon will have no mask or vaccination requirements despite the ongoing pandemic
So let's just do a quick recap, shall we? This year's PAX East had vaccination and masking, and people still reported cases of COVID-19...
Diablo Immortal made $100 million in revenue in two months
When Diablo Immortal launched, pretty much everyone was united in calling the game out for its absolutely atrocious and exploitative monetization model, which led...
Ubisoft assures fans that Roller Champions isn’t getting cancelled, just getting a longer season
Amidst the general bloodbath that Ubisoft unleashed on Friday, you could be forgiven for thinking that Roller Champions was also a game on the...
Riders of Icarus’ play-to-earn crypto token is down to about ten cents of value
So, how is play-to-earn going for Riders of Icarus? Well, about as well as play-to-earn usually goes, which is to say very badly. MMO...
Neopets gets hacked for all user account data and source code, hacker offers everything for sale for bitcoin
So who had "Neopets gets hacked and sold on the black market" on their 2022 bingo card? When you think about online games, you...
Square-Enix finally makes good on its threat of selling NFTs with NFT-linked action figures
You may have thought that after seeing NFT prices crash along with cryptocurrency prices crashing, Square-Enix would have backed down from its inane blather...
The Daily Grind: Are there crowdfunded MMOs you’re still excited for?
When it comes to crowdfunded MMOs, the ones that get the most attention from gamers are often those that have collapsed into scams or...
Unity unveils plans to merge with app monetization platform ironSource in a $4.4B deal
Unity, the engine that powers a wide number of MMORPGs as well as other games, is hoping to improve its fiscal fortunes through a...
The Division Resurgence is announced as a new title for mobile platforms
Want to be able to have all of the city-reclaiming goon-shooting fun of The Division with you on the road? Ubisoft is ready to...
Unity, the game engine behind many MMOs, lays off ‘hundreds’ of staff
There are not a lot of MMO players who are ever curious about what game engine powers their title (or for that matter know...
Dragalia Lost is getting its final story update in July followed by a later sunset
Wow, we've never really talked about Dragalia Lost, have we? It seems as if we should have, what with it being a mobile title...
Ubisoft CEO cuts $300K out of his salary because of poor fiscal performance, takes a victory lap on hiring women
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, is taking the game company's lowered financial outlook personally, making the "personal decision" to remove €310,607, or about $327,000...
Activision-Blizzard shareholders reject employee Board rep, approve workplace abuse reports
So we've got good news and bad news when it comes to the brief Activision-Blizzard stockholder meeting and vote yesterday.
The shareholders, representing almost 83%...
Star Stable is pulling GameGuard from the game after three weeks
If for some reason you were unaware of this fact, Star Stable is a game about horses in which you play with horses and...
