Old School RuneScape once again assures players that it is fighting bots as Defender of Varrock returns
Jagex would have probably liked this week in Old School RuneScape to be primarily focused on the updated release of its Defender of Varrock...
Nightingale’s early access launches to mixed Steam reviews, performance hotfixing, and a growing playerbase
With the first 24 hours of Nightingale's early access release almost behind it, we're doing the usual thing where we collect overall initial impressions...
Argentinian World of Warcraft players say the game is ‘dead’ after January pricing changes
Argentinian fans of World of Warcraft are sounding the alarm over Blizzard's decision to change both the cost of subscription to the MMORPG and...
Bandai Namco reports YoY sales drop, admitting Blue Protocol JP ‘significantly fell short’
Bandai Namco has disclosed its fiscal-year third quarter financial reports, and it looks like things are not going well for the developer and publisher,...
Tibia sees an uptick in updates as Tibia-inspired 3Dragons plans beta testing
Life over in the classic MMO Tibia has kept going for quite a while now, but things appear to have picked up quite a...
Star Citizen’s live game director vacates position after nine years at CIG
We'll admit that this bit of Star Citizen news is ripe for speculation, and that speculation may be steered by how one feels about...
Diablo IV releases its uber unique crafting system, tries selling portal effects for $30
How much would you pay to get some differently colored portal effects in Diablo IV? Evidently Blizzard believes that fans will shell out $30...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Crowfall owner Monumental hit with layoffs while eyeing blockchain
The question of Crowfall's existence has been an unanswered one for quite some time ever since the game was purchased by Mythgard publisher Monumental...
It looks like the ‘noncore IP’ Daybreak sold for $5.9M is PlanetSide after all
Yesterday, when we covered EG7's Q4 2023 financials, we highlighted the company's disclosure that Daybreak had sold a "noncore IP" for $5.9M, a move...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen answers player questions about its new seasonal update cadence
With Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen shifting its development method yet again to a six week-long seasonal cadence, players have once more come to...
The Daily Grind: Do any old MMORPGs provoke trauma for you?
A while back I fell down a rabbit hole digging into Blade and Soul NEO Classic (trying to figure out whether the NEO was...
RuneScape’s Jagex confirms it’s being sold for the fourth time in eight years as it talks up ‘forever games’
Rumors from earlier this week that suggested RuneScape company Jagex was once again for sale have now been proven correct, thanks to a formal...
RuneScape’s Jagex is apparently being sold yet again, this time to a private equity firm for over $1B
Stop me if you've heard this one: RuneScape company Jagex is for sale yet again.
Back in September, we first caught the rumor that Jagex's...
Astroneer is running a multi-stage Breakdown event running until April 7
Do you need something to pass the time in the adorable little survival sandbox of Astroneer? Then you're in luck because the Breakdown event...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Sneak Out, ManaSoul, Rise of Mythos aka Kings Call
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you've probably never heard of (but we'll be impressed if you have).
Sneak Out
Sneak Out is for some...
After nearly eight years, Dual Universe says physical Kickstarter rewards are en route
Dual Universe completed its Kickstarter crowdfunding drive in October 2016. Some of those backer tiers included physical schwag that would be mailed to player...
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour
Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour is coming to Los Angeles February 16th-18th, but despite its already being sold out, Niantic is still dangling some key...
Elite Dangerous unveils 2024 plans for powerplay rework, next Thargoid War step, and ‘at least’ four new ships
The playerbase of Elite Dangerous is waking up to some unique emotions today: a sense of hope and excitement for the spaceship sandbox. That's...
Hasbro is selling the Dungeons & Dragons IP – and Tencent is the potential buyer
There's a potentially big business deal happening in both the world of tabletop gaming and video gaming: Insider sources reporting to Chinese news site...
