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Krafton and Bluehole announce a partnership to create NFT avatars to sell in a future metaverse
The classic set of questions for journalists, investigators, and general critical thinkers to ask is the Five Ws: who, what, when, where, and why....
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...
The MOP Up: Anvil hitches up its combat pants as it looks at 2022
Coop shooter Anvil pushed out its first update since the game's December early access launch. The patch brings in balance adjustments, a new relic,...
TERA is apparently sunsetting its Japanese servers in April
Bad news for TERA players, at least those who played on the Japanese servers: The game is closing down in that region in April.
The...
MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft thinks crypto is just swell
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Ubisoft: Ubisoft just can't seem to stop taking wrong turns here. During its...
First Impressions: Elyon continues to blend in with the MMORPG gaming furniture
After about 30 or so levels and an entirely different class, I can pretty much say with a fair bit of confidence that my...
Krafton’s Elyon officially launches in the west today, F2P under Kakao’s banners
It's not every year that we get a whole bunch of MMORPG launches, but Elyon will help make 2021 a special year by adding...
Elyon’s headstart is live this morning, Kakao elaborates on the Luminus system
With Elyon's free-to-play launch date quickly looming on the horizon and its headstart live as of this morning, Kakao Games is eager to drum...
Elyon pre-downloading has begun, character creation is set for October 14
Yesterday, Elyon raised a few eyebrows when Krafton and Kakao announced that pre-download and character creation plans had "hit a bit of a snag"...
Elyon delays pre-download and character creation, says launch and headstart are ‘on course’
Elyon surprised everyone last month when it diverted from its September launch to an October 20th launch, with a change-up for its business model...
Elyon begins preregistration ahead of its October 20 free-to-play launch
So Krafton-Bluehole's upcoming MMORPG Elyon's been a bit of a tangle these last few months. After changing its name and its theme, it rolled...
MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
China now limits minors’ gaming time to three hours a week, indicates anti-monopoly policies are forthcoming
The Chinese government is introducing a significant crackdown on gaming for minors as state media has reported that children will only be allowed to...
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...
Thunder Tier One is a multiplayer top-down tactical shooter from a PUBG dev, and you can play test it this weekend
Evidently, one of the developers of battle royale shooter PUBG, the head of action and gunplay unit Pawel Smolewski, has been working on a...
MMO Business Roundup: EA’s executive compensation, Facebook’s Oculus shenanigans, KRAFTON’s IPO
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Electronic Arts is still awful: Remember how EA shareholders voted against its compensation...
Elyon teases experience curve rebalance coming in August’s closed beta test
KRAFTON is back with another update on the state of Elyon as we press onward to the second closed beta test in August. "With our...
Elyon offers pre-loading ahead of first western closed beta tomorrow
We've been joking around MOP that May is "World Beta Month" due to how many MMO betas that are scheduled to run over the...
Not So Massively Roundup: Valorant’s Breeze, Apex’s Olympus, Runeterra’s expansion, and Jeff
Welcome back to another roundup of news for Not-So-Massively and MMO-adjacent games in the MMORPG orbit!
Valorant: Riot's Valorant has rolled out the Breeze map...
Elyon’s bonus AMA talks about shifting metas, endgame gearing, and a Russian client
What's better than getting a big fat AMA about an upcoming MMO that you're interested in playing? Two AMAs, of course! Krafton said that...
