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PUBG is adding survival mastery to its progression system
Weapon Mastery is a thing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a progression track following your ability to inflict significant harm upon your opposition over time and...
The MOP Up: Skyforge hisses and burns
It's (sigh) mass hiss-teria in Skyforge these days thanks to Gorgonide forces invading the place. Gorgonide? Really? Devs ain't even trying these days. Anyway,...
SuperData July 2019: Fortnite, League of Legends tumble as GTAO surges
League of Legends has been dethroned again, according to SuperData's latest game industry global revenue report for the month of July 2019. Riot's MOBA...
PUBG’s test build of Update 4.2 brings bad weather to Erangel and various quality-of-life improvements
Storm's comin', and not just the storm of painful blue jelly that makes up the closing walls of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds zone of death,...
The MOP Up: H1Z1’s huge PlayStation 4 update
Do you remember when H1Z1 used to be about surviving the zombie apocalypse? Yeah, me neither. In any case, gear up and slide behind...
MMO Business Roundup: Video game gambling, toxicity, post-lawsuit reconciliation, and successful UX design
Welcome back to another mish-mash roundup of MMO-business-related happenings that just don't fit in anywhere else. To wit:
On game gambling: Remember the bizarrely bad...
The MOP Up: Ragnarok Online EU is relaunching
Ragnarok Online is changing hands in Europe, and as part of that, the long-running fantasy MMO is relaunching with a different spin under 4game....
Cheating cheaters and the online video game companies that fight them
I'm so tired of cheaters in video games. Well, I mean, also cheaters at life, but we're on a video game website, so today,...
Jordan bans PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, plans to ban Fortnite and others
The Jordanian government has announced that the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has officially banned PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. According to a report from Jordanian news...
PUBG Corp has a new studio working on a game creating a new narrative in the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds universe
So, how much do you know about the universe of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds? It's perfectly valid if your reaction to that question is incredulity that...
The MOP Up: Aion Legions of War brings the fight to cheaters
Aion: Legions of War is still trying to make the best of its first few months, but it's going to take some serious work...
SuperData May 2019: Overwatch returns to the top 10 as battle royales duke it out
We're nearing the end of June, and you know what that means: It's time for SuperData to peek back at the global revenue for...
The MOP Up: Project Torque revs back up for another race
Car racing MMOs have endured bumpy runs in the genre, including the late Project Torque (also called Level R and HEAT Online). Torque ran...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds unveils plans for improving Erangel’s visuals
As more maps are added to a game like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the older maps inevitably start looking a bit... well... old. Erangel was the first map...
Google Play is now requiring mobile games with loot boxes display the probability of getting items
Many can agree that loot boxes are a problem to varying degrees in gaming today, but does knowing the odds of getting something you...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles pops its god bubbles
Bubbles. They are marvelous things that thrill children, turn gum into an art form, and apparently ward off evil barbarians from being naughty. Of...
PUBG Mobile plans new ‘healthy gaming’ feature reminding you to take breaks
Young man! How long have you played this game?
I said young man! Your playtime is insane!
You should slow down, maybe out of the house,
You...
Tencent gives up on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being approved in China
Tencent has been waiting a long time to release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China. For more than a year, the game has been in "testing" whilst waiting...
PUBG Corp. is suing over the Chinese term for Chicken Dinner as Update 28 goes live
PUBG Corp. is back in court, and this time it's suing not another game company or clone but the Chinese bureaucracy itself.
As MMO Culture...
MMO Business Roundup: Apex Legends’ Twitch decline, PUBG’s funding, and crappy gaming myths
Welcome back to another roundup of smaller business stories affecting the MMO industry and orbiting genres.
It's not just your imagination: Apex Legends hasn't been...