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Diablo Immortal launches on mobile and PC today with hellacious microtransactions
The newest entry in Blizzard's long-running Diablo series was couched in controversy literally from the first minutes that it was announced. Now, with Diablo...
EG7 Q1 2022 financials: EG7 has canceled Daybreak’s Marvel MMORPG
Remember earlier this month when NetEase announced that Jack Emmert was heading up a new NetEase studio called Jackalope Games, meaning that he was...
NetEase Connect unveils a cavalcade of new titles and updates to existing games for PC and mobile
Earlier this month, publisher NetEase announced a special event known as NetEase Connect that would showcase new games and updates to existing games. Now...
The MOP Up: Craftopia gets a rush from its bosses
The ultimate PvE dungeon just arrived in Craftopia, challenging players to wade through the elite of the monster corps in an effort to gain...
Former Hearthstone devs reveal Marvel Snap multiplayer CCG with beta signups open now
No, it's not a bean, a clicking noise, or a government assistance program: Marvel Snap is just a a new multiplayer card-collecting game. Nuverse...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 372: Blizzard’s great mobile hope
Justin and bree discuss Blizzard's quarterly financials, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Forsaken World's sunset, ZeniMax's rumored Star Wars MMO, and EVE Fanfest and its COVID outbreak, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail topic on MMOs moving from fantasy to sci-fi.
The MOP Up: MapleStory celebrates 17 years of two-dimensional adventuring
As of last month, it's been 17 years since MapleStory first released. To celebrate, Nexon released the Blooming Forest update with plenty of anniversary...
Jack Emmert is apparently leading a new NetEase studio – and not Daybreak’s Marvel MMO
So remember how Jack Emmert, the former Cryptic Studios boss, had moved over to Daybreak in 2016, where he was heading up Dimensional Ink,...
The MOP Up: Crossout’s Knight Mayhem mode makes its medieval mark
Vehicle battler MMO Crossout has brought back its mayhem mode with a medieval theme called Knight Mayhem. The event runs through May 12th and...
MMOARPG Diablo Immortal launches June 2 – the same day its PC open beta begins
Buried in this morning's frankly disastrous Activision-Blizzard quarterly financial report is some actual good news for gamers (and Blizzard itself, which could use a...
Mobile MMOTCG Harry Potter Magic Awakened adds new pre-registration goodies from the IP’s latest film
At the top of February, Warner Bros., Portkey Games, and NetEase unveiled a new mobile MMOTCG called Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and opened it...
NetEase announces closed beta for new hardcore mobile MMORPG DarkBind
NetEase has another action MMORPG on deck: It's called DarkBind, and it's set to launch in both North America and Japan, with closed beta...
Diablo Immortal opens pre-registrations on the App Store as June 30 launch rumors swirl
Cue the "It's happening!" gifs because Diablo Immortal opened up pre-registrations on the App Store this week, which follows a similar tactic on Google...
Lightforge Games raises $15 million in funding for development of a social RPG project
So what is Lightforge Games actually building right now? The answer is that we don't actually know, but we do know that the company has...
You’re an MMOTCG, Harry: NetEase and Warner Bros. announce Harry Potter Magic Awakened
If you're still mourning the January death of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, don't worry: The franchise has yet another multiplayer wizarding world mobile title...
Chinese martial arts MMORPG Justice Online announces western release but it can be played via cloud gaming now
Have you heard of Justice Online? Unless you live in China, probably not: It's a martial arts MMORPG based on a wuxia novel by...
China’s continued freeze on new gaming approvals sees 14,000 gaming firms in the country shut down
The fight against the so-called "spiritual opium" of gaming by the Chinese government presses on into the new year. Readers will recall that a...
Mobile MMO EVE Echoes launches the Yoiul Festival for the winter holiday
EVE Echoes joins the chorus of MMORPGs getting a holiday event this month, as NetEase and CCP Games announced today that the Yoiul Festival...
The MOP Up: Trove’s polished paragon paradise
Trove is making sure that its players have plenty to do this season thanks to a Polished Paragon system. This patch came out on...
