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New Blizzard analysis chronicles the studio’s five-year decline and developer exodus
The slow decline of Blizzard has been exhaustively covered over the last couple of years, but sometimes, it's more jolting to see it all...
The Game Archaeologist: Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution
Historically, space-bound MMORPGs have not had as easy of a go as their fantasy counterparts. For one thing, there are proportionally fewer of them...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2021: Blizzard lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years
Welcome back, my friends: It's time for another Activision-Blizzard investor report, and we're expecting this one to be a ride. Readers will recall that...
Activision-Blizzard is halving Bobby Kotick’s exorbitant salary and bonuses
Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick made headlines back in March when on the same day the company was going through its (at least) fourth round of...
The MOP Up: Why did Fortnite go dark for a day?
Earlier this month, the ever-popular Fortnite went dark for the better part of April 6th. So what happened? We finally have the full scoop...
Amazon and Leyou have canceled that unfinished Lord of the Rings MMO
For the last few years, we've been covering a new Lord of the Rings MMO that was a collaboration between Tencent's Leyou Technologies and...
Rumor: EG7 and Daybreak might be prepping PlanetSide 2’s Rogue Planet for its own company
Daybreak corporate sleuth and TheoryForge crewmate @MSandersonD has uncovered another Daybreak gem: new corporate registrations for Daybreak-related companies. California and Delaware filings show that...
WoW Factor: We’re waiting how long for Shadowlands’ patch 9.1, now?
So it looks like World of Warcraft's next patch is going up for testing on the week of April 12th. What the heck is happening? At...
Former Daybreak and H1Z1 vets Anthony Castoro and Jace Hall raise $9M for a ‘genre-defining metaverse’
The last time we heard the name Jace Hall, it was just about two years ago, when the version of H1Z1 esports he was...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 314: Blizzard’s a hot mess
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Wildwood, Astellia, SWTOR's next big thing, Magic Legends, and the Activision-Blizzard layoffs, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the hot mess known as Blizzard.
Blizzard admits to more layoffs, starts up alumni network
Last week, Blizzard Entertainment began laying off 190 employees, 50 of whom reportedly came from esports and live events. Now we know which other...
RIFT’s 10th birthday is here, but it ignores the elephant in the room
With the desperate, frenzied actions of a parent trying to redirect a kid's attention away from tragedy, Gamigo invites one and all to RIFT's...
Activision-Blizzard has laid off another 190 employees as Kotick could rake in an extra $200M
Don't look now, but Activision-Blizzard just laid off another batch of people.
According to a Bloomberg report, the company has slashed just under 190 jobs,...
Global Chat: RIFT’s melancholy birthday
Any MMO's 10th anniversary is a significant milestone and a reason for celebration, but for RIFT's birthday, this year is more like a funeral...
Gamigo has laid off an unspecified number of RIFT devs, says MMO will continue
Yesterday, we learned through a trusted tipster that multiple Gamigo developers situated in the US and working on RIFT had been laid off from...
Pathfinder Online shares the final tally and rewards for its Pharasmin Sequences event
This past December, Pathfinder Online held a holiday event that involved... Escalation drops that ran in five sequences for materials. While the event had...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2020: Activision’s revenues are up QoQ and YoY as Blizzard MAUs drop again
We've simply got to stop meeting like this exactly every three months. Yes, it's time for another round of Activision-Blizzard dissembling in the form...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2021?
Yep, it's that time of year again: We've been doing this recap for the last several years, although this one is going to be...
The Game Archaeologist: Free Realms
Its very name was a declaration of rebellion against the status quo. In an era that had yet to shift from a subscription-only model...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2021
All right, let's do this one more time. Yes, it's that time when we look ahead to the next year and ask which games...
