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Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs
I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game's almost infamous level squish, players...
Vague Patch Notes: The limits of data in MMORPGs
Yesterday, I went on a rant about data. As you probably guessed from the various columns wherein I attempt to use data to analyze...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase’s Worlds Untold, Embracer, Ubisoft, unionization, and Epic v. Google
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry and business news. Numbers numbers numbers!
NetEase - The Chinese megacorp NetEase just can't...
Path of Exile shares the statistics of seeds in the Harvest league
A new challenge league has been running in Path of Exile for about four weeks now, and that means it's time to share statistics....
Sea of Thieves has welcomed more than 15 million players
Playing Sea of Thieves is all about sailing on the high seas, but it turns out that they're not particularly lonely waters. The game...
SuperData calls expansions the ‘lifeblood’ for World of Warcraft
I have a thing about graphs without labeled axes. Just yesterday, I was literally making fun of the time Nexon turned in this unitless graph in its investor report. Yay squiggly lines!
Call of Duty: Warzone scored 15 million players in its first four days of operation
Hey, when the timing is right, the timing is just right. Call of Duty: Warzone is the battle royale free-to-play spinoff of the Call...
Call of Duty: Warzone launches to day one numbers greater than Apex Legends’
Those people who like their military shooty-shoots and also like their battle royale games got something of a treat when Call of Duty: Warzone launched...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online is losing players, and no one can agree on why
Nobody wants to think that a favourite MMO is losing popularity, but with EVE Online now being over 15 years old, it's a possibility...
The Daily Grind: Do DPS numbers help you improve your play in an MMO?
Let's be perfectly clear here, this question is not meant to be theoretical but personal. Whether or not DPS numbers should be in World of Warcraft...
City of Heroes Homecoming players have rolled almost a million toons to date
I've always said that if I could do one thing in video games - you know, besides what I already love and do -...
The Daily Grind: Do you trust player census numbers for MMOs?
It's a shame that developers don't really give you any official player numbers any more, but that's the state we live in. Players have...
Conan Exiles boasts about its concurrency while looking to stability improvements
While Conan Exiles may have made a fairly quick trip out of early access compared to its peers in the genre, there's always the...
Radical Heights patches in a new scanner and new customization
Where are your enemies in Radical Heights? Considering the fact that it's a battle royale game, they're everywhere. But the latest patch adds in...
Trove has passed 15 million players… and lots of other milestones
Congratulations are in order for Trove, which has passed 15 million players over the course of its lifespan. That's a lot of people logging...
DC Universe Online is releasing its stat rebalance with its next major patch
No one likes seeing numbers go down in an MMO. You work really hard to make sure your attack power goes as high as...
Wild West Online discusses splitting the difference between scale and player participation
How many players makes an MMO? It seems like a straightforward question, but it's a rather complex one, and one that Wild West Online...
The Daily Grind: What form of balance is best for MMOs?
I've been thinking about balance a lot. We all say that we'd like a balanced game, but there are a lot of different potential...
We still don’t really know how many people play The Elder Scrolls Online
How many players does The Elder Scrolls Online have? We don't know -- ZeniMax is coy about that. But we do have a better...
The Crew boasts five million players
Would you believe that The Crew has five million players? Because apparently it has indeed just hit the five million mark, which is the...
