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Former Sony exec suggests breadless game devs eat cake, Ubisoft investor demands more layoffs
You know, if you let gaming execs talk long enough, they all but hang themselves without your having to do anything - at least,...
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...
Ubisoft announces game cancellations, game delays, and company cost-cutting measures
The financial fortunes for developer and publisher Ubisoft are looking a bit more grim in the wake of an internal email and its first...
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...
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...
Activision Blizzard faces lawsuits from shareholders regarding the sale to Microsoft
Ah, here we go, the lawsuits have started to roll in about the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. We all knew they were...
Just months after supposed angel investment, indie MMO TitanReach has ceased development – again
Raise your hand along with us if you saw this one coming: Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently ceased operation just half a year after...
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...
Activision-Blizzard shareholders say nay votes constitute ‘rebuke’ of company pay practices
Earlier this month, we covered moves by Activision-Blizzard shareholders and long-term investor watchdogs to agitate voting against the company's "Say-on-Pay" policy. Critics argued that...
Vague Patch Notes: How to read games industry investor reports as a player
The old adage goes that diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. By extension, marketing is the...
EA aims to mask active user numbers in investor earnings reports
Don't call it hiding anything, just call it select data provisioning! Electronic Arts COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen has said that future earnings reports...
Former Riot devs form well-funded Singularity 6 to build a ‘virtual society’ MMO
MMOs are dead, huh? No less than the likes of ex-Riot Games devs say not so fast. New(ish) studio Singularity 6 - led by...
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?
Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
You will go to the moon in Project Entropia – and own a slice for six bucks
Wanna own a part of a moon? Entropia Universe is putting one up for sale, and you can even play on it this year.
"Arkadia...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s CCP Games is gambling with the livelihoods of employees
Last week we broke the story that EVE Online developer CCP Games is backing out of the virtual reality games market, closing its Altanta...
Worlds Adrift dev Bossa Studios picks up $10M in investor funding
Worlds Adrift developer Bossa Studios just got a massive influx of cash - 10 million bucks - thanks to a Series A investment round...
Colony MMO Seed secures additional funding
Last week we reported that Klang Games is making an interesting-looking colony survival game called Seed that is utilizing SpatialOS to create this expansive...
Crowfall crosses minimum goal for its equity crowdfunding effort
ArtCraft announced today day that it's "officially crossed the minimum necessary threshold" for its latest crowdfunding effort for Crowfall. It's now raised $152,084 with...
Exclusive: Origins of Malu suspends development, seeks investors
These are the days when your job isn't much fun: When you report sad news in the MMOverse. Today's unhappy announcement is that the...
