investment
Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors
Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...
Mediumly multiplayer Loftia, bolstered by investor funding, talks quests, energy, and sustainability
We've had our eye on solarpunk-themed "mediumly multiplayer" sandbox Loftia since last year, when Aussie developer Qloud scored a whopping $1.27M on Kickstarter to...
10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul
So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...
Stormgate studio plans to sell company stock to its players in order to raise marketing funds
Normally when a company "goes public," it generally means that its executives are beholden to the whims of an investor board that almost exclusively...
Marvel Snap studio secures $100M investment that assures independence and new game creation
Second Dinner, the studio headed by former Hearthstone dev Ben Brode that managed to nail down the Marvel IP to launch its digital CCG...
Upcoming MMO from indie Gardens studio pulls in $31.3M from Tencent, Dreamhaven, Krafton, and more
Another week, another new studio popping up with a pseudo MMO and a laundry list of the biggest investors in the industry desperately dumping...
Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling
Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....
Kakao Games invests in Korean studio Redlab Games to create a play-to-earn mobile MMO
Kakao Games is looking to dive deeper into the play-to-earn cesspool, it appears. The publisher has reportedly invested an undisclosed amount into Korean studio...
The Daily Grind: How long do you play an MMO before deciding to spend money on it?
Investing in MMOs is no longer something you usually need to do up front. More often than not you can log in to a...
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds scored $25M in investment for his ‘modern sandbox MMO’
Raph Koster's Playable Worlds is inching a little closer to a playable world thanks to another cash infusion.
GIbiz reports that the company has raised...
Zenith’s Ramen VR just scored another $35M in investment, ‘accelerates’ efforts on PC version
Zenith studio Ramen VR just secured more money to bolster the future of the VR MMORPG: The company announced last night that it just...
Lightforge Games raises $15 million in funding for development of a social RPG project
So what is Lightforge Games actually building right now? The answer is that we don't actually know, but we do know that the company has...
MMO Business Roundup: Unionbusting, Kakao, sportswashing, DDOS attacks, plagiarism, and PUBG
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent industry news. I'm sorry.
Raven Software: The internal Activision studio that saw first a strike and...
VR MMO Zenith raises $10 million from investors, says ‘not much’ will change about development
We've been a little skeptical about the long-term prospects of Zenith, but the virtual reality MMORPG has a better chance today of making it...
Krafton’s IPO launch didn’t go to plan thanks to China and Tencent
Yesterday was supposed to be a huge day for Krafton, the South Korean gaming giant behind everything from TERA to PUBG, as it launched...
Portal Knights studio gets $10M investment to make open-world sandbox
After selling over 3.5 million copies of Portal Knights, what's indie developer Keen Games going to do next? Make an even bigger game, that's...
Palia’s latest investment round nets $30M as pre-alpha invites – all 200 of them – begin
Palia's reveal last month had the MMO and MMO-adjacent communities abuzz with delight over the cutesy simulation MMO, including ours. In our article on...
Activision-Blizzard extends contentious shareholder vote on executive pay
MMO readers will recall that earlier this year, the industry erupted over a public relations fiasco Activision-Blizzard failed to adequately counter: In the midst...
Sony injects investment into Discord ahead of putting Discord on PlayStation
Well now, suddenly it's a lot more clear why Discord and Microsoft ended their buyout talks, isn't it?
Yes, Sony announced today that it's partnering...
Dreamworld co-founder’s ex-fiancee calls out Kickstarter fibs but says he’s not intentionally scamming
A couple of weeks back, we covered the impending Kickstarter funding of Dreamworld, a game by a couple of MMORPG industry novices promising the...
