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Cozy MMO Fae Farm unveils Coasts of Croakia DLC as Phoenix Labs lays off more staff
Do you love the roly-poly frog friends in Fae Farm? Would you like to travel to a magical world that's likely replete with these...
Massively on the Go: Planning your Pokemon GO December 2023 Community Day targets
Pokemon Go's upcoming Community Day round-up event from December 16th-17th is a bit daunting. It's not just because the event regularly puts a year's...
Project Boston was Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to create a ‘Steam of mobile’ games store
The point of the Epic v. Google antitrust lawsuit is ostensibly about whether Google is holding a monopoly that prevents competitors like Epic from...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go goes to Hisui with poor timing
Pokemon Go has a lot to make up for after last month... nay, last season. The bonuses were terrible, the Research Breakthrough 'mon were dull,...
BitCraft delicately balances social interactions and private ownership with its player housing
The fact that BitCraft, Clockwork Labs' upcoming investor-funded sandbox MMO, will feature player housing is something that one might take for granted. But what...
The Sims 5 developers are looking to Animal Crossing and Among Us for multiplayer inspiration
If the promise of multiplayer in The Sims 5 (technically still Project Rene but let's not front) brings you memories of The Sims Online,...
Dino survival MMO Path of Titans lets player critters pounce, pull, and carry other tasty creatures in latest patch
Eating on the run is usually bad form, but when it comes to being a dinosaur in the survival MMO Path of Titans, that...
NCsoft’s battle royale brawler Battle Crush enters open beta on PC and Android until October 30
Back in March, we received word of NCsoft's latest game Battle Crush, a self-described "action battle brawler" that otherwise plays out like any battle...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s November events are looking lean
Pokemon Go seems to be skipping the Turkey and giving us a lean-looking November, at least based on the leaks so far. That's not...
Massively on the Go: Super Mario Bros. Wonder is pretty wonderful
Not every game has to be an MMO. Adding more players in certain contexts really can ruin the experience of a game. But at...
Super Mario Bros. Wonder leans in to local and online co-op multiplayer
We're not generally one for bringing Super Mario Bros. games into our wider coverage because these games, while wholesome fun, are primarily single-player titles....
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Party Play is peak Niantic
Pokemon Go's newest feature, Party Play, is out now, and it's... well, very Niantic. Since the feature was first datamined, it seemed like it...
Palia lands on the Epic Games Store next week alongside new European servers
Palia is expanding its playerbase, or hoping to at least: Singularity 6 announced this morning that it's rolling out to the Epic Games Store...
Splatoween returns to Nintendo’s Splatoon 3 just in time for Halloween
Splatoween - the Splatoon version of Halloween - is making its return to Splatoon 3 this year from October 27th-29th after a noticeable absence last year,...
Transmedia madness roundup: PUBG’s KFC collab, Animal Crossing’s LEGO figs, and Roblox’s Barbie experience
The strange bedfellows made of game studios and other brands has been A Thing for a while - we've even made a whole Golden...
MMO Business Roundup: BioWare lawsuit, Nintendo multiplayer sunset, Twitch layoffs
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Numbers numbers numbers.
BioWare
Remember the hefty BioWare layoffs back in the summer? A group...
Fae Farm launches cross-promos with fast food and grocery chains, heralds strong initial sales
Any game is happy to herald that it's doing big things, but how many of those games are eager to announce partnerships with Dippin...
The Soapbox: The real cost of breaking trust with gamers
There's a quote going around these days in gaming spheres about trust being like a broken vase that can be fixed but will never...
Vague Patch Notes: The games industry arrogance cycle, in MMOs and elsewhere
Unity has fallen. Oh, sure, the company has rolled back the worst parts of its incredibly boneheaded "give us money for your successful game"...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s October events are early with tricks if not treats
Pokemon Go news this month feels like Christmas. We usually don't get news until days before the new month starts, if that. But this...
