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California DFEH appeals court denial to intervene in Activision-Blizzard’s EEOC settlement
California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is not about to call it quits on fighting Activision-Blizzard's settlement with the US's Equal Employment Opportunity...
Mainframe Industries’ cross-platform cloud-powered MMO raises over $22M in series B funding
Let's open this up with a bit of a history lesson: Back in October 2019, some former vets of CCP Games, Remedy, and Next...
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer advocates for game preservation through emulators
You have probably noticed by now that we here at Massively OP are proponents of game emulators for MMOs that have been decommissioned. Rogue...
Facebook commits to hiring 10,000 employees in the EU to build its metaverse
How many people does it take to build a metaverse? If you're Facebook, you have a pretty definitive number: 10,000. That's the amount of...
Minecraft Dungeons announces seasonal content, a battle pass, and Halloween
It's maybe not the biggest update that the multiplayer ARPG Minecraft Dungeons is going to ever see, but it is an update all the...
Minecraft mod Mammoth is meant to allow more than 1000 players to play together
We're probably not going to blow anyone's mind with this revelation, but here it is: Making a lag-free environment for a bunch of people...
Congress asks publishers to self-regulate lootboxes via a UK regulation that has nothing to do with lootboxes
There are some Democrats in the US Congress that are hoping to do something about lootboxes in the country. That's good. They even went...
Microsoft executives talk about expanding game services, game accessibility, inclusivity, and first-party releases
The head execs at Microsoft have some lofty plans for the wider gaming world if several statements are anything to go by. The company...
MMO Business Roundup: Discord, Ubisoft, Twitch, WB Games, Starfield, and more
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent games industry news! First, let's talk about Clyde. He's got a bit of a makeover.
Discord:...
Discord ends talks with Microsoft, remains independent – for now
Considering how popular and heavily used Discord is to MMO players, there were plenty of concerned and interested eyes turning to a proposed deal...
Discord is rumored to be in negotiations for a potential $10 billion sale to Microsoft
Remember when Discord servers weren't basically the foundation of every single video game community online? Those were good times. It also meant that people...
US and EU trading bodies both approve Microsoft’s $7.5B buyout of ZeniMax Media
It's been a few months since Microsoft acquired all of ZeniMax Media's studios to the tune of $7.5 billion back in September of last...
Microsoft outlines shared goals with Sony and Nintendo to make gaming ‘safer’
There are a lot of things that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all disagree about. Which company gets your money, for example. But a new...
Microsoft CFO says Bethsoft IPs can still go cross-platform but also wants new games ‘first, better, or best’ on Microsoft
As the news of Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Bethesda Softworks, and its various studios has settled in, there's been one niggling point that's...
Gamers welcomed Microsoft’s record-setting Xbox Series X launch with vaping memes
The release of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S systems has reportedly been one of the largest for the company, at least according...
Rumor: Halo Infinite may drop Xbox One support, delay to 2022
It may not be a good idea to base all of your hopes and dreams on Halo Infinite at this point in time. It...
Microsoft general manager says Apple’s block of Unreal Engine ‘will harm game creators and gamers’
The ongoing kaiju-sized hand-slapping fight between Epic Games and Apple isn't just about two massive corporations having a hissy fit over money; it's tangentially...
Gaming companies from Blizzard to Daybreak stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Update: We've been updating the end of this piece with all the online gaming studio statements we can find this week.
Sony has apparently decided...
Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today
If you're one of the many, many would-be Phantasy Star Online 2 fans waiting eagerly for news about the game's PC release, you have...
Microsoft’s latest edition of Flight Simulator touts single shard multiplayer features
Well, here's a game we weren't expecting to have on our radar, but these are strange times indeed. So with that in mind, let's...
