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MMO Business Roundup: Riot’s diversity ‘progress’, NetEase’s esports arena, DayZ down under, and Twitch threats
Welcome back to another roundup of what's going on in the business of making online games! Let's start with the most controversial of the...
Square-Enix Q1 2019 financials: Final Fantasy XIV helps drive revenue spike
One brings shadow, one brings the light, but Shadowbringers itself brings great financial results. The results for the first quarter of the financial year...
Nexon aims to fully acquire Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios with a stock buyout
On the heels of multiple financial news bursts, Nexon has decided to spend money on a studio once again. This time the cash splash...
Roblox celebrates 100 million monthly users with a special shoulder accessory
We all know that Roblox is one of those games that no one seems to know anyone who's actively playing even as it keeps...
Vague Patch Notes: Just stop pre-ordering video games
Look, you've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating now: Don't pre-order that game. Pre-ordering games is a bad idea. And this week,...
Riders of Icarus changes publishers as Nexon’s contract for the game runs out
Apparently, it has been three years since Riders of Icarus arrived in North America, but apparently that time also represents the end of Nexon's...
Rumor: Nexon may be merging its PC and mobile businesses following canceled company sale
Over the course of 2019, we've watched as Nexon's founding family put its controlling interest up for bid, seeking as much as $9B for...
New Frontier launches on Steam with the publisher that supposedly was not connected to the game
Oh boy. Oh, boy. So you all remember Wild West Online, right? Survival sandbox that launched in much the same way that having a...
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is delayed until December and made an Epic store exclusive
So here's the breakdown. MechWarrior Online is the multiplayer shooter developed by Piranha Games based off the longstanding single-player series of shooters. Piranha Games...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s launch month revenue is ahead of competitors but well behind Pokemon Go
Here's the good news for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. In the category of AR mobile games? Its launch month has been substantially better than...
Hi-Rez Studios announces the launch of UK-based Red Beard Games
It looks like Hi-Rez Studios is making sure the plural in its name is relevant. The company announced the launch of Red Beard Games...
ZeniMax and Bungie are part of a joint effort to fight against gamedev crunch
People are becoming more and more aware of the abusive mill game developers are being ground against in order to release the titles we...
Newly proposed Chinese gaming regulations target romantic plotlines and sexual content
Love conquers all -- except for Chinese gaming regulations, if the recently proposed rules for game content regulation come to pass. The People's Daily,...
Video essay attempts to identify how MMOs lost their way
Is the MMO genre dead, or has it simply lost its way? In a recent video essay, YouTuber TheHiveLeader makes the argument for the...
Nexon’s stock dips following rumors that its massive buyout has been canceled
After many months of speculation on who exactly would be allowed to bid on Nexon by buying out its founding family's controlling stake in...
Rumor: Diablo 4 and a new Overwatch game are seemingly confirmed by Blizzard Versailles employees
We've had persistent rumors about development on Diablo 4 for a long time now, thanks to Blizzard job postings and teases and leaks. And...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has generated about 15% of what Pokemon Go made on launch
How big were you betting on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite? If you look at it in terms of developer history, the obvious point of...
US Senator Bernie Sanders publicly offers support for game worker unionization
That dull, wooden hammering you hear in the background is the attachment of planks to platforms. With the US 2020 presidential campaign season drawing...
Former Epic producer reveals that Fortnite almost got canned over Save the World
Fortnite Battle Royale has been a runaway success for Epic Games, cementing the popularity of the battle royale genre in mainstream gaming culture and...
The Division 2: Freebie weekend and lessons learned from running a live game
The whole "games as a service" thing is a pretty hot-button topic in gaming circles, but there often isn't a lot of discussion about...
