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Ubisoft Paris will strike on January 27 following CEO’s responsibility-shifting

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If Ubisoft thought that slashing more games, delaying others (like Skull & Bones), and promising "increased cautiousness over the coming years" would stave off...

Microsoft and Unity collectively shed over 10,000 employees in latest round of tech layoffs

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Another round of layoffs are coming to both Microsoft and Unity. Both tech companies are dropping more employees from their respective workforces, with Unity...

Fractured should be back in February as Gamigo shrinks to just a quarter of its 2020 portfolio

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Last month, Gamigo suffered a round of layoffs, axed multiple MMOs (dispatching them to other publishers), and stealth-deleted Fractured from its website - Fractured,...

NetEase lays off staffers who were working on Blizzard games in China

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Lest we forget, the falling out between NetEase and Blizzard has a toll greater than either company's bottom line; it also saw a human...
Costs money!

Overwatch 2 breaks down its MMR and matchmaking systems while hinting at planned updates

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A competitive shooter like Overwatch 2 lives and dies by a few different grinding gears, such as those that power player MMR and matchmaking,...
Wheeeee

Fractured Online returns to closed development over ‘platform troubles’

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Over the course of this week, we've been covering the ongoing Gamigo clownshow: The company suffered layoffs it didn't disclose, which took out the...

Fractured vanishes from Gamigo’s site, Fawkes Games opens a weird website

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Yesterday, we covered the distressing news that Gamigo had suffered layoffs - including the loss of RIFT's last remaining community manager, which is already...

Gamigo transfers publishing of Aura Kingdom, Grand Fantasia, Shaiya, and Last Chaos amid layoffs and Aeria portal closure

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It just wouldn't seem right to end the year without watching Gamigo light itself on fire, now would it? Fortunately, the company has indulged...
Run! They've got a New World in the sidecar!

End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2022

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I might be biased - by which I mean I am definitely biased - but 2022 was a year of big stories and big...

A year after major layoffs, Book of Travels is ‘back to full capacity’ ahead of price hike

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Remember a year ago when Book of Travels studio Might and Delight let go almost a third of its dev team following the tepid...

Blizzard addresses World of Warcraft Dragonflight bugs and raid release timing

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Now that World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is out in the wild, it might be helpful for players to have a collated pile of informational...

Overwatch 2 promotes its first mythic skin while reducing legacy skin prices for former players

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Dressing up your favorite Overwatch 2 character in shiny skins is likely what makes most players spend their money, and Blizzard is hoping that...

Rumor: Diablo IV could release in April 2023, with pre-orders available during The Game Awards 2022

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When can players expect to wander the darkity-dark of Diablo IV? Sometime in the first portion of 2023 if some rumors are to be...
Wrong dragon, right flighting.

World of Warcraft’s freebie Feldrake mount causes fan outrage as Dragonflight’s dungeons are previewed

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Normally a Twitch drop item isn't something we'd call headline news, even if that drop comes from the 500-pound gorilla that is World of...

Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 employees across the entire company, including at its Xbox division

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Much of the discussion around Microsoft is unsurprisingly focused on its attempt to buy up all of Activision-Blizzard to the tune of $70 billion,...
DO THE THING

Book of Travels eyes price increase, newbie hand-holding, and targeted DLC

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Book of Travels just marked its first anniversary from its October 2021 early access launch, you might be surprised to realize. The "micro-MMO" initially...

Overwatch 2 plans to combat player toxicity and secure accounts with a ‘defense matrix’

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Wrath what? Blizzard doesn't have time to think about the immediate past when it has another launch coming right around the corner. Next week,...

Book of Travels previews train and boat enhancements coming in next update

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If you thought that Might and Delight was going to give up after launching a tiny MMO to a tiny early access population and...

Diablo II Resurrected’s PTR adds more Terror Zones and new sundered charms, confirms second ladder season’s launch date

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The public test realm of Diablo II: Resurrected is the news hub for what's coming to the ARPG (obviously), which means that an update...
Cool.

WoW Classic’s abruptly started Zombie Plague event is already over

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Last Friday night, the WoW Classic servers experienced some unexpected timing for its Scourge Invasion event, with the whole affair starting off hours ahead...

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