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Daybreak has suffered another round of layoffs, between 60 and 70 people
It's Friday afternoon, which often portends bad news. Tonight, we're looking at more Daybreak layoffs. Massively OP understands that between 60 and 70 people may have been affected.
Former SOE/Daybreak President John Smedley acknowledged the news on Twitter with a little bit of shade thrown in for good measure. The H1Z1 team working through NantWorks also tweeted its condolences.
H1Z1 retunes its AR and AK weaponry with the latest patch
There's nothing festive about the latest Steam patch for H1Z1 (alias Z1 Battle Royale, alias Not Just Survive, alias Ricky "Player Pretty Well Known" Samberg) unless there's...
H1Z1 gets a new community manager for its PC-based Z1 Battle Royale
Remember how H1Z1 branded itself as Z1 Battle Royale because at this point the game has changed names more often than most people change socks?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 198: Manatee… in… spaaace!
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Citizen, H1Z1, City of Heroes, Elite Dangerous, Legends of Aria, and computer upgrades.
Global Chat: Investigating LOTRO’s progression servers
The new Lord of the Rings Online progression servers are proving to be of significant interest to MMO players and bloggers alike, with some...
One Shots: Snow joke
I ask for "weather" in a screenshot challenge and you all give me lots and lots and lots of MMO snow. I guess we're...
Jace Hall denies report about H1Z1’s esports league insolvency, view manipulation, and missing money
Over the weekend, eyebrows inched up again over ESPN's report on H1Z1's esports league, which was "suspended indefinitely" following what sounded like major financial...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
First impressions of Fallout 76: The confusion that binds all gamers together
When something looks familiar and seems familiar yet is slightly and significantly different, it can really break your stride and cause you to stumble....
H1Z1’s esports league is basically toast, ESPN reports
It looks like H1Z1's Pro League isn't gonna make it. ESPN is reporting this evening that the esports league teams received a letter from Jace...
Hellgate is back on Steam and buyable, but without Tokyo or multiplayer
The Hellgate is open for business. Again. Really and truly.
HanbitSoft has been milking the Hellgate London cow for the better part of a decade...
Defiance 2050 updates playerbase following Trion buyout, looks forward to the future
We haven't heard specifically from the Defiance 2050 team since last month when Trion was acquired by Gamigo and the majority of its employees laid...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG should have never been made?
This could be a gruesome topic, but it popped into my head after GIbiz published an article with advice for game developers from Melbourne Games....
Gamigo promises ‘new content on a regular basis’ for ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, Defiance, Atlas Reactor
Players still awaiting more details on what's happening to their MMORPGs following Gamigo's buyout of Trion Worlds' assets have finally received a blanket announcement,...
Bethsoft says it’s working on addressing Fallout 76’s many bugs, including the nastier exploits
I'm surprising no one by saying that Fallout 76's beta thus far has been a mess. We've seen report after report on the bugs...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed
The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.
Hellgate: London is coming back yet again on Steam
Yes, it's happening again. It never stops happening. Hellgate: London is getting yet another lease on life, which at this point may mean enough...
Daybreak confirms that ex-H1Z1 sandbox Just Survive is still sunsetting tomorrow
It looks like Just Survive's sunset is really happening.
Back in August, Daybreak announced that it was sunsetting the sandboxier zombie survival half of the...
Gamigo formally announces the Trion Worlds buyout that manifested yesterday
Yesterday's surprise news that MMO company Trion Worlds had been sold to Gamigo was then all but confirmed by Trion's Linda "Brasse" Carlson, who announced...
