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The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
World of Warcraft devs discuss the Dracthyr, Blizzard adds new Chinese-favored payment options
Why should you have something like Empower spells in World of Warcraft? That's one of the questions that lead combat designer Brian Holinka and...
Harry Potter Magic Awakened announces plans for a 2023 launch as it tightens up the game
NetEase's mobile MMOTCG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened has been doing a lot of previewing, singing, and pre-registering, but it hasn't done a lot of...
MMO veteran Scott Hartsman discusses why overseas game publishing is so messy
All right, so Blizzard and Netease are no longer working together for publishing the former studio's games in China. That's significant, but it should...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard just lost China
Sometimes it's not fun to work in this particular industry. Not in the sense that it's horrible, but in the sense that you've written...
EG7 Q3 2022: LOTRO’s monthly active players are up 11% compared to last year
If you can pull your eyes away from the Activision-Blizzard/NetEase trainwreck that unfolded overnight, then we've got a blast of new financial news for...
WoW, Overwatch, Diablo, and more to sunset in China following failed Blizzard-Netease licensing deal
Last week, as part of its Q3 2022 investor report, Activision-Blizzard included what we described as an ominous note about its apparent difficulties negotiating...
NetEase’s survivalbox Once Human readies a November beta test and projects a Q4 2023 launch window
Back in June we were aimed in the direction of Once Human, a multiplayer survival sandbox from developer Starry Studio and publisher NetEase that...
First impressions of Marvel Snap, an addictive mobile card game by Hearthstone’s former director
Feeling the effects of the "superhero movie fatigue syndrome" that's going around these days, I wasn't overly eager to check out Marvel Snap when...
NetEase’s ‘adventure shooter MMORPG’ Ashfall offers a look at some puzzles players can solve
Back in September, we cast a light on Ashfall, a self-described "adventure shooter MMORPG" from developer Legendary Star Studios and publisher NetEase that's bringing...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon
Welcome back to our trimonthly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q3's results, comprising July, August, and September 2022....
Post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall boosts its visuals and adds two new game modes
Considering that we only recently became aware of Ashfall, NetEase and Legendary Star Studio's upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter MMO, we haven't really had that much...
NetEase’s Harry Potter Magic Awakened TCG sings you a song in its latest video
Every good game needs a theme song (and arguably every bad game does as well). Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, the upcoming mobile MMOTCG from...
NetEase’s heavy armor battler Tank Company soft launches on mobile
Do you have what it takes to be an authentic tanker? No? Well... um... do you at least have a phone? Oh you do...
Theorycraft Games nets $50M and two former Riot devs for a ‘team-based game of adventure, creativity, and high-stakes combat’
Back in March 2021 we reported on the formation of Theorycraft Games, a game dev studio that was made up of folks who had...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
The Daily Grind: Do you want another game in the EVE universe?
CCP Games, we gotta talk. You've been trying to make the EVE Online "universe" thing happen a long time. You've put out so many...
NetEase’s Harry Potter Magic Awakened TCG shares a video preview of gameplay features
At the beginning of this year we reported on the reveal of Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a mobile MMOTCG from NetEase, Warner Bros., and...
NetEase’s free-to-play survival shooter Lost Light makes its global debut on PC and mobile
Lost Light, the mobile and PC survival shooter from NetEase that we first reported on last year and checked in on last month, is...
