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It seems weird to be writing about Trion Worlds again, but here we are. MMO players will recall that back in 2015, three gamers...

There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...

You may recall that last year, the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) released a report in which it concluded that "the purchase of loot...

It's a day that ends in "y" and so that means some fresh lootbox-related news to share with you fine folks! First up is...

You might remember back in October, we covered how the US Library of Congress granted expanded DMCA exceptions for preserving online games. The...

The continuing fiasco that is League of Legends' Riot Games continues today, though today's update is a good sign for workers at least....

Hello citizens! Today, I'm going to talk about a little game that's been flying under the radar and I think deserves some air time:...

Over the weekend, we once again covered the continuing fiasco that is League of Legends' Riot Games, when as Kotaku first reported,...

PUBG Corp. is back in court, and this time it's suing not another game company or clone but the Chinese bureaucracy itself. As MMO...

For the last year and change, we watched in slowly dawning horror during China's big game "freeze," when bureaucrats shut down avenues for...

 It appears that the City of Heroes rogue server that was up in testing all weekend has already run into trouble with what...

You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.

Yet another country has decided to ban online games over fears of addiction and negative influence on youth. The Iraqi parliament voted this...

With Fortnite and then Apex Legends eclipsing PUBG here in the west and its own original lead designer departing for greener pastures,...

One of the stranger lawsuits we've seen - not just this year, but ever - involved The Pinkertons. Yes, the real Pinkertons, the modern-day...

It’s been an interesting few weeks for gaming. We saw the announcement of Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, and then Apple’s subscribe-to-access game...

Welcome back to the MMO Business Roundup! Remember about a year ago when the battle royale industry started trying to sue everyone into oblivion?...

Welcome friends to the inaugural post of Lawful Neutral on Massively OP. I'm Andy, but you know me better as Serrenity, writer of...

Does it ever seem weird to you when companies involved in gaming show up in big political dramas in the real world? Because it...

Four cities in the Indian state of Gujarat have instituted a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds over concern that the game causes violent behavior....