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MMO Business Roundup: Bandai Namco’s Q1 2025, My Games’ publishing arm, Tencent at Gamescom
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And much like yesterday's digest, we begin with some quarterly financials! Woo!
Bandai Namco:...
Final Fantasy XIV launches the Moonfire Faire, recounts its EU fan gatherings, celebrates cats
Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion was already about what a summer vacation would look like for the Warrior of Light, but today brings a...
Vague Patch Notes: Is it time for MMORPGs to start embracing romance?
The other day, I was writing about Baldur's Gate 3 celebrating its anniversary with statistics about all the companions that people have smooched over...
Warframe’s August 21 Lotus Eaters update sets the narrative table for Warframe 1999’s winter arrival
Are you excited to go back in time to Warframe 1999? Then you're going to want to fire up the game on Wednesday, August...
MMO Business Roundup: Sony, SEGA, and Square-Enix drop a mixed bag of quarterly financials
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news - this time 'round, it's all about quarterly financial reports.
Square-Enix:Â Square saw another broad...
World of Warcraft’s latest lore video pays a visit to the Nerubian realm
As we march through the final weeks before World of Warcraft's newest expansion arrives, Blizzard is parceling out a series of lore videos to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 479: The MMO that must not be named
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Bungie, Ashes of Creation, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG Legends.
Final Fantasy XIV is releasing the Dawntrail soundtrack on October 30 with a Wind-up Zero minion
The Final Fantasy XIV music team has long been respected for providing absolute bangers throughout every expansion soundtrack, and Dawntrail is not an exception....
The Stream Team: Warframe’s Dog Days adds pearls for assists
One of the announcements during TennoLive 2024 was that this year's Dog Days summer event in Warframe would allow players to also earn pearls...
Elder Scrolls Online is giving away cosmetics and more in its 70K-hour community playtime challenge
We wouldn't normally cover an MMORPG promotion with a third party, but in the case of Elder Scrolls Online and Alienware, the promo includes...
Wisdom of Nym: The story beats that really work in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
Before I dive into this week's column, I want to start things off by noting a weird aspect of storytelling that's true in Final...
Tencent and Square Enix are reportedly working on a mobile version of Final Fantasy XIV
How do you put 10 years' worth of MMORPG like Final Fantasy XIV into a mobile version? We could all be seeing an answer...
The Stream Team: A day of dailies in Final Fantasy XIV
It's easy like Sunday morning on OPTV's Eorzea Sunday, as MOP's Chris and his crew will be leaping in to the random draw that...
Insiders say Bungie’s latest layoffs were an inevitable result of over-promising execs
It was already assumed that layoffs of 220 workers that hit Destiny 2 developer Bungie were a result of executive mismanagement, but now there...
Final Fantasy XIV shares its full program schedule for Gamescom 2024
It's only a couple of weeks until Gamescom 2024 kicks off, and Final Fantasy XIV is getting quite a presence there. Obviously it will...
Final Fantasy XIV brings the Moonfire Faire around once more on August 8
Yo dawg, we heard you like summer celebrations, so we put a summer celebration in your summer vacation in Final Fantasy XIV so you...
Vague Patch Notes: The player-provided guidance problem in MMORPGs
Final Fantasy XIV has a player-based mentor program and an automatic guidance network for new players. The idea is that certain players can volunteer...
Dungeons and Dragons Online tests new level cap, quests, and feats for Magic of Myth Drannor
Before anyone knows it, August 14th will be upon us, which means Dungeons and Dragons Online players will be able to get in to...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with outstanding tutorial sections
Tutorials! They're important. I even wrote an entire column about them recently, talking about how important they are in getting people into a new...
Destiny 2 studio Bungie lays off another 220 workers, ending work on multiple games
Bungie is conducting yet another round of massive layoffs today. The Destiny 2 studio announced the elimination of 220 jobs, around 17% of the...
