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The MOP Up: CDPR lays off the rest of Gwent’s dev team
As CD Projekt Red prepares to end development of its card battler Gwent, it announced that it'll be letting the remaining 30 developers on...
Jack Emmert confirms that NetEase’s Warhammer 40,000 MMO is being built in Unreal Engine 5
Hopefully you didn't miss the fascinating announcement last month that Jack Emmert's new Austin-based, NetEase-owned game studio is working on a Warhammer 40,000 MMO...
Ashfall delays release to summer 2024, promises multiple beta tests beforehand
As the self-described "adventure shooter MMORPG" Ashfall moves closer to its first closed beta test in July, developer Legendary Studios has had to follow...
Jack Emmert’s NetEase-owned studio rebrands as Jackalyptic Games, teases Warhammer 40K title
The studio is named Jackalyptic Games, it's owned by Netease, and it's headed by Jack Emmert. You might think that you wouldn't want to...
Tencent’s Tarisland offers a global release window of later this year and a new CG hype trailer
When NetEase and Blizzard had their messy breakup that ultimately lead to World of Warcraft being pulled from China, Tencent swooped in with an...
The MOP Up: Magic the Gathering Arena jumps the gun on Steam
While we were all led to believe that Magic the Gathering Arena was coming to Steam this fall -- mostly because investors were told...
The MOP Up: World War II Online focuses on rebuilding squads
"Squads" are the watchword of World War II Online as of late, with Cornered Rats pouring more effort into bolstering this group makeup in...
Lawful Neutral: What if Activision-Blizzard just… sold Blizzard?
Last week, Activision-Blizzard and Bobby Kotick got a bad surprise: The UK moved to block the acquisition of ABK by Microsoft, citing concerns over...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2023: ABK revenues are up as Blizzard MAUs fall back down to reality
Activision blinked: Activision-Blizzard wasn't supposed to release its Q1 2023 financials until tomorrow after the bell, but it's just done it this morning out of...
That NetEase lawsuit against Blizzard turns out to have been a… bizarre clerical error?
Yesterday, we - and just about everyone else in the industry - picked up a Wowhead story about a lawsuit being lodged by NetEase...
NetEase is suing Blizzard for 300M CN¥ over licensing agreements [Updated]
We've updated this story at the end as NetEase's name has been removed from the lawsuit. The original article follows.
If you thought the NetEase...
NetEase’s Harry Potter: Magic Awakened conjures a soft launch in select countries
While wizards may need a wand with a gummy juice core to do magic, all players need is a good deck of cards. It's...
Activision-Blizzard and NetEase’s breakup was caused by long-brewing disputes and alleged threats
One of the biggest MMO and gaming stories capping off the end of 2022 and spilling over into the start of 2023 was the...
Ashfall provides a brief peek at its crafting system and some of the high-level items players can make
The NetEase post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall is back once more with another quickie dev blog that's all about crafting. Or at least a short...
Whatever happened to PixArk, Ship of Fools, and Justice Online?
Welcome back to another edition of Whatever Happened To, our intermittent roundup on MMOs and multiplayer games that have somehow slipped off our radar...
Post-apoc shooter MMO Ashfall targets a 15 day-long open beta window for the second quarter
If you've been following the development track of Ashfall, you know that news has been primarily about offering gameplay previews and not too much...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2022: Blizzard revenues, MAUs spike thanks to WoW Dragonflight and Overwatch 2
Welcome back to our inevitable coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials: Today's edition sums up Q4's results, comprising October, November, and December 2022. Let's break it...
Marvel Snap gets even more multiplayer with today’s battle mode
It's been one of the most requested features of Ben Brode's Marvel Snap: A one-on-one battle mode to duke it out between friends. And...
Whatever happened to NetEase’s DarkBind?
Last spring we got word of a new NetEase mobile MMO in the works called DarkBind. The studio promoted the game's attractive graphics, hardcore...
