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MMO Business Roundup: Activision-Blizzard rebuffs diversity proposal, gaming Kickstarters are on the rise again
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
MMO Kickstarters may have lost the faith of the genre's playerbase, but for...
MMO Business Roundup: ESA’s PAC, mail criming, Steam by the numbers, and Blizzard charity
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent industry news in our first MMO Business Roundup of 2021!
The ESA: The Entertainment Software...
Lawful Neutral: 2020 was the year that wasn’t for MMO legal news
It seems surreal, but it is that time of the year again when we wax nostalgic about the year that was. Well, maybe this...
MMO Business Roundup: Twitch’s anti-hate policies, Cyberpunk’s concurrency, and the CASE Act
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Twitch: This week, Twitch introduced yet another round of policy changes in regard...
MMO Business Roundup: Activision’s Netflix lawsuit, Tolkien’s house, Roblox in China, and more
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Fortnite - It doesn't look as if gaming companies are feeling too hopeful...
Lawful Neutral: The Epic vs. Apple lawsuit – when titans are tweens
The MassivelyOP Golden Yacht was anchored someplace off the coast of Maine when the first news about Epic suing Apple hit. We had sailed...
MMO Business Roundup: Steam Game Festival, My.Games, Taipei Gameshow, Niantic, and RazerCon
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and gaming industry news relevant to the MMO-playing audience.
Steam Game Festival: Yes, another online event! The "autumn...
MMO Business Roundup: FarmVille’s sunset, Netmarble’s acquisitions, Intrepid hiring, WoW esports, PUBG India
Welcome back to another roundup of gaming industry news relevant to MMOs and MMO adjacent-titles.
PUBG India: Earlier this month, we covered how PUBG Corp....
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars 2 voice acting, EVE Online mental health, Good Game, and more
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Guild Wars 2: If you've been bummed about Guild Wars 2's pandemic-times...
MMO Business Roundup: GDC 2021, Netmarble, NYCC, voice actors, Gamescom, Steam’s autumn festival
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GDC 2021: Fresh off the digital GDC Summer 2020, Informa Tech announced that its...
Lawful Neutral: No really, who owns Jagex and RuneScape?
RuneScape is one of those games that always seems to fly under my radar. It's not intentional, and I don't have anything especially against...
MMO Business Roundup: Stalker Online hack, Oculus Go, Army esports collab, and Apple’s next move
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Stalker hack: If you're one of the mostly Russian players of Wargaming's Stalker Online,...
MMO Business Roundup: Richard Garriott, Square-Enix’s charity, Stadia, and Team Fortress’ racist bots
Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news relevant for the MMO genre.
Richard Garriott: Apparently, the former icon of...
MMO Business Roundup: PAX Online, PAX Aus, games for ADHD, Epic’s $17B valuation
Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news that bumps into our little old MMO genre over here.
PAX: PAX...
MMO Business Roundup: Paradox signs union agreement, shareholders slam Activision-Blizzard
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry business news.
Activision-Blizzard is under fire yet again for its corporate management, this...
MMO Business Roundup: Tencent facial recognition, Chinese gaming regulation, anti-cheat, and hackers
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits that just didn't fit in anywhere else.
First, Tencent has spent part of...
MMO Business Roundup: Warcraft modding, Valve source code leaks, and Nvidia goes good
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Warcraft modding: Polygon has an interesting explainer up on Blizzard's recent changes to its...
Lawful Neutral: Leakers, trade secrets, and lawsuits in the online gaming world
In recent years, you might have noticed a new type of lawsuit coming out of game companies, as some of the more litigation-happy studios...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom’s corporate move, Japan’s ratings board, and Dean Hall’s next big thing
We're back with another roundup of MMO industry and business stories related to our corner of the online gaming world.
Funcom: Funcom is moving to...
Lawful Neutral: Cheating, copyright law, and the WoW Glider lawsuit
I have fond memories of using the Game Genie on my NES. To my seven-year-old self, it was a godsend. So many Nintendo games...