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Former CIG employee speaks out about Star Citizen’s design trajectory and money burn
The headlines around Star Citizen and money continue to swirl. Hot off of the heels of yesterday's report about the game's new crowdfunding total...
Star Citizen crowdfunding hits $600M under the specter of reported layoffs at CIG
It was only a few weeks ago when we reported on Star Citizen raking in $550M to date this year in crowdfunding, which was...
Kakao is effectively sunsetting ArcheAge Unchained, merging it into two remaining western ArcheAge servers
The age of ArcheAge Unchained is over: Kakao and XLGAMES have apparently decided to merge the Unchained servers back into the regular ArcheAge production...
BioWare is restructuring – and that means 50 roles ‘eliminated’ at the studio
Bad news for BioWare today, as General Manager Gary McKay has admitted that the studio's impending reshuffle means a wave of layoffs. McKay says...
Embracer Q1 FY 23/24: Sales and debts improve, Cryptic MMOs bolster back catalogue
It's time for another MMO and multiplayer fiscal report, this time coming from Embracer Group, the company that owns Gearbox Publishing, which owns Cryptic...
Embracer Group’s botched $2B deal was with Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group
If you're a fan of the games put out by Cryptic Studios or just Gearbox Publishing in general, you probably have not forgotten that...
Perfect Ten: Every expansion era of World of Warcraft ranked
For a long time, I have been considering this particular column just because, well, it's an obvious one. If you have a column whose...
Kakao partially denies report that ArcheAge will sunset following XLGAMES restructure
Korea's Money Today News has a disturbing scoop on turmoil at XLGAMES that appears to mean layoffs inside the studio - and a closure...
The Soapbox: Why The Secret World really failed
We're back with part two of my long-overdue post-mortem of The Secret World, my favourite MMORPG of all time. In the first part I...
Activision Blizzard is laying off workers in its esports division amidst future uncertainty regarding Overwatch League
Amidst all the other signs of robust health that you can see written across the state of Overwatch 2, you can add the Overwatch...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes
In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...
Niantic is sunsetting Marvel World of Heroes after all – tomorrow, in fact
At the end of June, Pokemon Go company Niantic announced a restructure of its entire business, a closure of its LA studio, the layoff...
Judge denies FTC’s injunction request, clearing the way for Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger
We now return you to the endless saga of Microsoft trying to slurp up Activision-Blizzard to rescue it from ignominy as regulatory factions around...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh: ‘Learn from my mistakes’
To say that Chronicles of Elyria boarded the drama train a while back with a long-distance ticket is a bit of an understatement (and...
Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing reorganization
The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure...
SMITE, Paladins company Hi-Rez is hit by layoffs following major restructuring and new CEO
Hi-Rez's Stewart Chisam has announced a major restructure of the company and its multiple online games studios - and unfortunately, it includes layoffs.
Chisam wrote...
Post-Gamigo Fractured, back home with Dynamight, is finally reopening testing June 22
It appears the long-running Fractured drama might truly be over as Dynamight Studios is getting back to its test plans.
Readers will recall that Fractured...
Embracer (Gearbox) announces major restructure with layoffs and canceled games
Just three weeks ago, Embracer Group - the megacorp that owns gobs of properties, including Gearbox, which governs Cryptic and a bunch of MMORPGs...
Diablo IV fixes PC stuttering, balances classes and glyphs, releases Halsey-SUGA vid
While the wider playerbase is still a day away from Diablo IV's launch, the game has been getting patches for its biggest and earliest...
Activision-Blizzard offers (some) hard numbers on its harassment and discrimination problem
Within the Variety puff piece on Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick earlier this week, Kotick insisted that the volumes of harassment accusations against the company...
