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Flameseeker Chronicles: Fear not this night – there is hope for Guild Wars 2’s future
The last two weeks of February were devastating to the Guild Wars 2 community. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced the layoffs of nearly...
Global Chat: Parting ways with Cryptic’s Foundry
It's a sad and regrettable situation for Cryptic to be closing one of its most unique features -- and in two games, no less....
EverQuesting: EverQuest turns the big 2-0
Today is a pretty big day in Norrath: EverQuest turns the big 2-0! Impressive. Twenty years is quite an accomplishment. Even more impressive than...
Guild Wars 2 player builds Super Adventure Box guild hall in tribute to designer Josh Foreman
My kid has already started pestering me about Super Adventure Box this year. It's almost April 1st. Is it open yet? Will there be...
Valve parts ways with Artifact creator Richard Garfield in round of layoffs
Forget for one moment the horrific bleeding of Artifact's playerbase -- now the digital card game has lost its most high-profile designer.
We are just...
World of Warcraft posts a survival guide for patch 8.1.5 incoming on March 12
Do you feel sufficiently prepared for the arrival of patch 8.1.5. in World of Warcraft? Complete with new allied races, new profession-based questlines, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 210: The spice must flow
Justin and Bree discuss Funcom's Dune, Anarchy Online's prog, Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone, Atlas' wipe, Guild Wars 2's layoffs, DDO's Sharn expansion, and Outlaws of the Old West, with adventures in Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, and SWG; a mailbag question on finding laid-back MMOs; and a sponsored segment on Black Desert.
Guild Wars 2 drops WvW warclaw mount, Lounge, and class balance tweaks in today’s patch
Last week was surely the most disastrous in Guild Wars 2 history, and that's saying a lot given the mess that was last July....
EVE Online and CCP Games are losing another key developer: CCP Guard
EVE Online is losing a key dev today as Senior Community Development Lead Sveinn "CCP Guard" Kjarval announced his departure from CCP Games.
"After sixteen...
Daybreak is rearranging and hopefully salvaging Player Studio, its player designer program
It looks as if Daybreak has fresh plans for Player Studio, the nifty system that allowed players to create and submit in-game content for...
Blizzard Roundup: NetEase on Diablo Immortal’s launch, plus news on HOTS, Hearthstone, and Overwatch
MMO Culture has an interesting translated bit from the NetEase conference call last week that homes in on Diablo Immortal, the game that was...
Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Z promises ArenaNet is ‘still committed’ to Guild Wars 2 with ‘long-term plans’
In the wake of the massive ArenaNet layoffs that we've been covering since last week, Guild Wars 2 players have been - let's be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
Unionization group Game Workers Unite withdraws call for firing ArenaNet’s Mike O’Brien
Update: GWU has now withdrawn its call; we've updated at the end of this piece. The original article follows.
If yesterday was the day for supportive...
143 ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 devs have been laid off as fans express #LoveForArenaNet
Last week's horrific news that NCsoft and ArenaNet would be laying off a large part of the Guild Wars 2 studio and canceling multiple...
Two weeks after Activision Blizzard’s layoffs, its stock price is barely higher than before the layoffs
You all remember when Activision Blizzard laid off 800 employees on a year that was, on balance, a very good year for the company?...
MMO Business Roundup: Overpaid gaming CEOs, FTC’s lootbox workshops, and why online launches are trainwrecks
Welcome back to another MMO Business Roundup, where we check in on all your favorite flaming dumpster fires in the gaming business world.
The 2019...
The Daily Grind: So how worried are you about Guild Wars 2?
Last night's devastating news that NCsoft was forcing Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet to make major layoffs definitely shook me, even more than the...
Now confirmed: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is suffering heavy layoffs, but the game will continue
Update: The layoffs have now been confirmed, and ArenaNet has now issued a statement. We're continuing to update this article at the end.
Kotaku is...
Blizzard devs characterize layoffs as a ‘bloodbath’ as pro-unionization effort calls for Bobby Kotick’s resignation
A day after Activision-Blizzard announced record earnings and began laying off a reported 800 people, we're finally getting a clearer picture of the full...
