MOBAs are multiplayer online battle arenas, PvP-centric, non-persistent online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. We formerly categorized MOBAs as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our Multiplayer category for other multiplayer online games that aren’t fully massive. [Follow the MOBA tag’s RSS feed]
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Watch the rise and fall of the most popular Steam games of the last four years
For those of us who are visual learners (or heck, bar chart fanatics -Â and you know who you are), there's an interesting animated gif...
Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101
Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to...
Apex Legends just secured its 50 millionth player
Respawn and EA announced this morning a big milestone for surprise battle royale hit Apex Legends: It's just racked up its 50 millionth player.
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MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning
Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip.
Fortnite's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO battles did you survive by the skin of your teeth?
There's nothing more exhilarating than emerging victorious from a fight that you thought you would lose. The other day I was mindlessly going through...
Blizzard Roundup: NetEase on Diablo Immortal’s launch, plus news on HOTS, Hearthstone, and Overwatch
MMO Culture has an interesting translated bit from the NetEase conference call last week that homes in on Diablo Immortal, the game that was...
SuperData January 2019: Digital gaming revenue is down across the board as Fortnite has ‘increasingly lumpy revenue profile’
Hey so can we just get a do-over on January and maybe February? No? Sigh. SuperData's released its January 2019 report, and surprising no...
Heroes of Newerth gets its final major patch on February 26
The last patch for Heroes of Newerth arrives next week, at which point the game's live support will be scaled back to nothing but essential...
Kotaku exposes the creeps of game streaming, plus the update on Elvine you didn’t want
At the beginning of the month, we were all horrified to cover the news that a Twitch streamer and (now former) Hi-Rez employee, Thomas...
SMITE is now available on Nintendo Switch – and now it’s playable for free
This one is going to be real simple. You know what SMITE is, right? It's a MOBA featuring a bunch of deities and a...
Elder Scrolls Online teases the challenges and rewards of Wrathstone’s Frostvault dungeon, coming next week
We're barreling on toward the PC launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone DLC next week, and if indeed you'll be picking up the DLC,...
The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces
TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...
Video game unionization effort starts petition to remove Bobby Kotick from Activision-Blizzard
After calling for Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to resign on Wednesday, video game industry unionization group Game Workers Unite has now put together a...
Not So Massively: SMITE’s 6.1 update, RUST minicopters, World War Z’s launch date, and Battlerite’s F2P trailer
The Not So Massively games are piling up, so let's knock 'em out real quick here with the return of our old NSM roundup,...
Heroes of the Storm devs emerge with plan to make all collection skins buyable with gems
With the threat of mass layoffs now hanging heavy over Blizzard, you might have forgotten about the doom that befell Heroes of the Storm...
Activision Blizzard expected to slash jobs after flat sales, loss of Destiny 2
Storm clouds are gathering above Activision Blizzard, a portent of bad sales and dire predictions: The publisher is expected to cut "hundreds" of jobs this week...
The Soapbox: A pre-mortem for Star Wars The Old Republic, a game that never knew what it had
Would you believe that Star Wars: The Old Republic is shutting down? I'm going to bet that you could believe it, and I'm even going to bet...
Riot Games says it’s really, truly not working on a League of Legends MMO
Remember last summer when Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill teased Twitter by asking whether the company should make an MMO? Then, just as people...
Star Wars: The Old Republic battles the mother of all bugs next week
Even in a galaxy far, far away, pest control is an issue. Of course, this being Star Wars: The Old Republic, those pests are...
A Hi-Rez staffer has been arrested for alleged solicitation of sex with a minor in major sting op
Didn't expect to be catching this post tonight: Apparently a Hi-Rez employee has been arrested along with 20 other men accused of soliciting sex...
