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Post-layoffs, Palia is celebrating its alpha anniversary with a new buyable bundle
We've all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game...
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects
The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.
Jeff Strain shuts down Possibility Space studio via email, blaming internal leaks to the press
Jeff Strain, the owner of Prytania Media, has elected to shut down another of his company's sub-studios. This time it's Possibility Space that has...
Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3
According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...
Last week’s massive Palia layoffs included waaaay too many senior Singularity 6 staff
As Palia players continue to reel from last week's news that Singularity 6 had laid off 35% of its team, the staff are continuing...
Former Prytania CEO blames economic downturn and lack of investor interest for Crop Circle Games closure
At the tail end of March, we finally received word that earlier furloughs of staff at Jeff Strain's Crop Circle Games transformed into a...
Palia studio Singularity 6 has been hit by layoffs – 35% of the team impacted
(This article has been updated with S6's statement at the end; the original piece is as follows.)
Palia studio Singularity 6's frustrating deceptions regarding the...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer finishes restructure, Riot settles lawsuit, Ubisoft continues layoffs
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer: Embracer has been a dumpster fire of epic proportions...
MMO Business Roundup: The Gearbox sale, GDC 2024, and layoffs for SEGA and Smilegate
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Embracer - The ailing games giant announced this morning that the rumored...
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer admits massive layoffs were due in part to gaming’s ‘lack of growth’
Ever since Microsoft announced a wave of layoffs that would affect 1,900 people - over 800 of whom work for Activision-Blizzard - the officially...
Hostile NCsoft shareholder meeting reveals ArenaNet is working on Guild Wars 3
The topic of Guild Wars 3 has been a common one over the last few years; when I dredged our articles, the first one...
Daybreak’s DC Universe Online launches native PS5 version, picks up ex-Cryptic devs, drops huge 2024 roadmap
If you cast your mind back to early February, you might recall that Daybreak parent company EG7 specifically called out DC Universe Online studio...
Jeff Strain’s Crop Circle Games studio shuts down abruptly following employee furloughs
Over the past couple of years we've been keeping a general eye on the opening of Crop Circle Games, a new indie studio formed...
Everything we learned about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, & Champions Online from Cryptic’s stream
The knowledge that Cryptic's MMOs have been shunted off to a tiny European corner of the Embracer empire is not news to the MMO...
Former Overwatch 2 devs express concerns that future story missions won’t see the light of day
The PvE offerings out of Overwatch 2 haven't been what one might call impressive: The shooter put out John Cena-endorsed story missions in August,...
Apex Legends esports tourney is hacked mid-match, postponing the event and raising security concerns
Nobody likes to see cheaters win in an esports competition (or any competition for that matter), but a bout of cheating occurring in an...
DC Universe Online reruns St. Patrick’s Day event as players raise concerns over perceived silence
St. Patrick's Day is coming soon, but DC Universe Online is getting into the Emerald Isle spirit ahead of time the only way it...
Has 2024 put the game industry ‘on the brink of disaster’? Extra Credits weighs in
If you haven't been paying attention -- despite even our own hollering it from the rooftops -- this year has been absolutely terrible for...
The newly recognized Activision QA United is now the biggest union in the US games industry
Yet another group of Activision-Blizzard workers under Microsoft have voted to unionize: a reported 600 Activision central QA workers in Texas, Minnesota, and California...
