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British police open investigation into an in-game sexual assault in a virtual reality metaverse
Virtual reality games are intensely immersive, putting their players into their worlds and surrounding them in the experience rather convincingly. Unfortunately, that immersion has...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
China’s government drafts new restrictions on gaming time, spending and login rewards, and lockboxes
The Chinese government has decided to once more consider a tightening of the thumbscrews on gaming, as regulators in the country have issued a...
Activision-Blizzard settles its 2021 California Civil Rights department lawsuit for $50M
Who here wanted one final reminder before the end of the year that we live in a cursed capitalist hellscape where justice can be...
Fantasy sandbox Myth of Empires aims for a February 2024 release
With a nasty legal tussle between Snail Games and Angela Games solved and a partnership between the two forged, fantasy sandbox MMO Myth of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2023
Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...
Epic wins its lawsuit against Google as jury finds Google Play engaged in monopolist practices
The long-running lawsuit between Epic and Google has been decided, and it's been a slam dunk win for Epic Games: A jury found that...
Elder Scrolls Online is changing the name of its Endless Archive content to Infinite Archive
Elder Scrolls Online's Endless Archive has been live for only six weeks, and it's already undergoing a major change... to its name. ZeniMax Online...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Project Boston was Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to create a ‘Steam of mobile’ games store
The point of the Epic v. Google antitrust lawsuit is ostensibly about whether Google is holding a monopoly that prevents competitors like Epic from...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase’s Worlds Untold, Embracer, Ubisoft, unionization, and Epic v. Google
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry and business news. Numbers numbers numbers!
NetEase - The Chinese megacorp NetEase just can't...
Krafton confirms PvPvE extraction RPG Dark and Darker Mobile is releasing next year
Remember back in August when Krafton inked a licensing partnership with Dark and Darker developer Ironmace for a mobile edition of the extraction RPG,...
Myth of Empires officially returns to Steam after a two-year legal drama
It's been a long, strange, and litigious journey for Myth of Empires -- but its biggest woes may be behind it now. The MMO...
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming addiction, GTA6, Ubisoft layoffs, Epic v. Google, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. There's been a lot this week, so we'll keep 'em brief!
Addiction: A woman...
The Epic Games Store is apparently still not profitable for Epic Games
It's now been five years since Epic Games launched the Epic Games store with an eye toward dethroning Steam, as epitomized by the fact...
The Day Before just delayed to December with its post-trademark-dispute early access
I know you're shocked, but The Day Before has delayed its launch once again - although it's not as bad as you're thinking.
Readers will...
Court docs show Activision-Blizzard helped a gun manufacturer market to ‘young consumers’ in Call of Duty title
Just when you thought that Activision-Blizzard news might finally slow down now that Microsoft's officially acquired it, no less than the Wall Street Journal...
Colony builder MMO SEED returns to active development with a playtest scheduled for October 18
Last November we had to report that the developing colony builder MMO SEED had to go radio silent for some time over a cease...
Remember that report about cops fired for playing Pokemon Go on duty? There’s video now, and it’s worse
Way back in 2016 and 2017, it was rare to see a month go by without some sort of dreadful story about Pokemon Go...
Myth of Empires resolves ARK Survival Evolved copyright lawsuit, paving the way for its return
Who here had "Myth of Empires resolves its legal woes to the point it gets to re-release" on their 2023 bingo card? We certainly...
