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MMO Business Roundup: Roblox’s 4D AI, Perfect World’s layoffs, Bethsoft’s unionization, and Rockstar’s ambitions
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Roblox - The controversial games giant now claims that it's "building...
Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks
Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive.
Starting on June 11th for existing...
Red Dead Redemption is getting a basic re-release, Red Dead Online continues its shambolic updates
Rockstar Games appears to be continuing to take the minimum viable product path when it comes to supporting the long-suffering Red Dead Online fanbase...
Star Citizen is creeping up on $600M in crowdfunding, outstripping many AAA titles’ budgets
It's time for our semi-annual (semi-monthly? semi-regular?) look at the funding page for Star Citizen, and once more we're seeing the cost of keeping...
Some Assembly Required: Red Dead roleplay servers succeed where Red Dead Online failed
One of my all-time favorite single-player game experiences was Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2. The underserved Western genre is beautifully realized in this open-world...
Take Two blames lower third quarter 2023 net bookings on ‘macroeconomic conditions,’ notes strong performance from GTA Online
While Take Two Interactive has its thumbs in a lot of pies, we're reporting on the company's third quarter financial news primarily because it...
Red Dead Online, Apex Legends, Fortnite, and Habbo celebrate Halloween 2022
Halloween festivities are already starting to roll out across the MMOverse and multiplayer titles too. Here are a few to keep an eye on...
Rockstar devs call studio ‘a boys’ club transformed into a real company’ as it reels back crunch culture
Readers might recall a rather infamous episode related to Rockstar Games and the treatment of its devs during the creation of Red Dead Redemption...
The Daily Grind: Why did Red Dead Online fail?
Last week, Rockstar delivered the distressing news that it's essentially putting Red Dead Online, the MMO version of Red Dead Redemption 2, into maintenance...
MMO Business Roundup: Preservation, charity, modding, memes, and Microsoft’s merger
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business.
Microsoft ABK: It's not just the US digging into Microsoft's...
Whatever happened to Red Dead Online?
Unlike Grand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar's online western RPG has been withering away due to studio neglect. It's been close to a year since...
Massively Uplifting: MMOs show true love through helping kids, planting trees
Attitudes and thoughts about Valentine's Day vary widely, from crass commercialism to idyllic romanticism to complete indifference. But the fact remains that the spirit...
Battle Bards Episode 207: Seeing Red
Have you ever gotten so mad that you literally saw red? Better yet, have you ever heard the color red when you’ve listened to...
Guild Wars 2 brings back the Twisted Marionette next week, teases End of Dragons voice actor
Way back in April, ArenaNet dropped its summer 2021 roadmap for Guild Wars 2, and among the planned updates was the return of the...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is on the way
The multi-platform hit Apex Legends is finally making the jump to mobile. Droid Gamers reported that Tencent and Respawn are working on a phone...
The Soapbox: Red Dead Online is just not as fun as it should be
A few weeks ago, I detailed my newfound adventures in the single-player title Red Dead Redemption 2. More relevant to our interests here on...
Red Dead Online is now just $5 as a standalone product, plus the bounty hunter expansion is live
If you haven't played Red Dead Online yet because you didn't want to shell out for Red Dead Redemption 2, now is the time...
Red Dead Online becomes a $4.99 standalone title next week, teases new bounty hunter content
If you thought it was a bit odd yesterday to see an uncritical interview in mainstream media on Red Dead Online after the game...
MMO Burnout: Red Dead Redemption 2 succeeds in spite of itself
I have very little experience in the Red Dead world. I can recall wandering around Best Buy nearly two decades ago and encountering an...
The MOP Up: EVE Echoes racks up one million players
It looks like CCP's newest mobile game is already a smash hit. According to the studio, EVE Echoes has already crossed one million players...