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Nexon has shut down its California studio, canceling at least one PC title
Nexon's main western studio is no more, as the gaming giant closed down its Irvine location this week and canceled the projects that teams...
Ubisoft Montreal replaces vacant CEO seat with another long-standing executive
Earlier this week, we reported that Ubisoft had seen three executives walk from their positions as a result of mounting accusations of sexual misconduct....
The Daily Grind: Are you anxious about the Funcom acquisition?
I read the news today, oh boy. Tencent has bought out all of Funcom's stuff. This is pretty significant; it's yet another thing being...
Sony is considering purchasing the Chinese firm Leyou
You probably don't think a whole lot about Leyou at this point, but you probably should; the holding company owns most of Digital Extremes...
The latest gaming industry #metoo callouts impact Twitch, MMOs, MOBAs, and esports
The gaming industry is seeing a second wave - a second wave of the #metoo movement, that is. As we covered earlier this week,...
Star Wars Squadrons has no plans for DLC and is looking to lateral progression for its multiplayer
If you're a big fan of what Star Wars Squadrons has on offer (namely, piloting a ship even in VR and blowing things up)...
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds studio raises an additional $10 million in funding
We still know nothing about what the first project out of Raph Koster's new studio, Playable Worlds, will actually look like. But we do...
Ubisoft claims its Trackmania reboot isn’t a sub game – you just pay for access
The community around Trackmania Nations is not terribly keen about the upcoming game's business model, since it appears to be set up that the...
David Braben of Elite: Dangerous sees physical games going away in two to three years
Attention, everyone who ordered a physical copy of a video game within the past year: David Braben is coming for your physical games with...
Fortnite follows up the newest Tenet trailer with a full Christopher Nolan film this summer
It seems relatively obvious based on recent events that Fortnite has very little interest in being a video game at this point. Being a virtual...
MMO Business Roundup: Guerilla Collective, PlayStation Studios, XLGAMES’ new MMO, ChinaJoy, and NCsoft’s baseball team
Welcome back to another roundup of business stories relating to MMOs - or adjacent to them. Adjacentness!
Funcom: The Norwegian MMO company will be participating...
Overwatch League team Vancouver Titans loses its entire roster amidst controversy
There has been some talk that the third season of the Overwatch League is kind of crucial for attracting viewers and convincing fans to...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2020: Blizzard MAUs flat at 32M, but revenue jumps ahead of Shadowlands
It won't surprise you, given the current global health crisis, that a large portion of Activision-Blizzard's first quarter revenue report and conference call focused...
Vague Patch Notes: The ESRB is not your friend, gamers
So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...
EverQuest is adding two new time-locked progression servers, Aradune and Rizlona, launching May 27
If you like to hop back to the olden days of EverQuest, to feel the game evolve from launch to very slightly after launch,...
Last Oasis declares that cheaters will not be tolerated within the game
If you decide to cheat in Last Oasis, the developers do not like you. No, not if you're just testing it out. No, not...
Eternal Magic has officially launched on Steam
Hey kids! Do you remember Eternal Magic? If you said "isn't that the game that was accused of ripping off assets from other games,"...
Sandboxy-ish Minecraft-ish spinoff Hytale is acquired by Riot Games
We know that Riot Games has been making a hard push to move beyond its status of just having one major game under its...
PEGI adds lockbox warnings to rating labels
That sure didn't take long. Earlier this week, we found out that the ESRB would be adding a specific content warning to games in...
E3 won’t be happening in a digital format this year
The cancellation of E3 2020 was significant; even if the trade show has been generally diminished in importance over the past several years, it's...
