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Working As Intended: ‘Multiplex monotony’ and the death of the mid-budget MMORPG

Bree Royce - February 20, 2015 112

Back in December, film editor and author Jason Bailey wrote a piece on Flavorwire called How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left a Generation...

Any Kill Bill references you want to make here may or may not be apropos. It's a fine line.

The Daily Grind: Are you optimistic about WildStar’s future?

Eliot Lefebvre - February 20, 2015 291

I'm sure this won't serve as a grand surprise to anyone reading this, but I've been thinking a lot about the future of WildStar...

NCsoft buys Netmarble stock to block hostile takeover by Nexon

Eliot Lefebvre - February 17, 2015 106

How do you prevent a hostile takeover? In NCsoft's case, you buy something. Specifically, you buy a large portion of shares from Netmarble while...

Daybreak’s John Smedley: EverQuest Next is going to be ‘more than ok’

Justin Olivetti - February 13, 2015 183

Worried about this week's mass firings of Daybreak employees and wondering what might happen to both Landmark and EverQuest Next? The studio has a...

Nexon pressures NCsoft as largest shareholder

Justin Olivetti - February 12, 2015 64

While Nexon and NCsoft may be competing developers in the MMO space, business has made strange and hostile bedfellows of both. After purchasing enough shares...

Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Former PS2 producer: ‘Don’t hate on Daybreak’

Eliot Lefebvre - February 12, 2015 109

After yesterday's news it's understandable that fans of Daybreak Games' software lineup might be somewhere between nervous and upset. Former PlanetSide 2 producer David...