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MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem
Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs.
First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 enters beta testing
That's great, it starts with an NDA and no platform crossplay, Bethesda is not afraid. It's the end of the world as we know...
MMOs on the fringe: Warhawk, Spellbreak, Survival Heroes, and Vendetta Online
Quick: What does a team shooter, a battle royale game, a MOBA, and an MMO have in common? Answer: They're all in this weird...
Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?
MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation.
"Everyone has...
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...
Guild Wars 2 dev explains the real cost of crunch to games and gamers, Rockstar Lincoln clarifies crunch policy
Rockstar's crunch problem and the ongoing industry discussion around games dev labor abuses don't appear to be dying down. Ahead of the weekend, Rockstar Lincoln...
The MOP Up: Mutant Year Zero breaks down the barriers
I think a lot of us unfamiliar with the IP might be giving Funcom's upcoming Mutant Year Zero a wary look and a wide...
Global Chat: Is it time to get rid of MMO factions?
Factions in MMORPGs are a "love 'em, hate 'em, or largely ignore 'em until the studio remembers it has 'em and decides to shove...
MMO Business Roundup: Discord’s new TOS, Steam China, EA vs Actiblizz, Dota 2’s transparent lockboxes, WASD
Welcome back to another roundup of businessy things of interest to MMO players this week!
Discord
If you're one of the bajillions of MMO players who...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation briefly removes its NDA
The NDA for Ashes of Creation is gone! Quickly, everyone, take the time to post as many screenshots as possible... aaaaand it's back again. Seriously,...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes
Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase.
"Patch 1.125 is chock...
Betawatch: Fortnite begins true Android open beta
Fortnite rolled into a true open beta for Android this week, allowing everyone a chance to get in there and die on a phone,...
MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft Moscow, A:IR publishing, OSU esports, SpatialOS, and Square-Enix
Business business business numbers, is this working?! Let's dip into some of the scattered online gaming business tidbits of the week that might otherwise...
The MOP Up: Sony’s PlayStation 3 sunset apocalypse
Sony's decision to shut down several online servers for some past PlayStation 3 games on October 25th is shaping up to be a sunset...
Global Chat: Does Guild Wars 2’s newest episode reach for the stars?
Guild Wars 2's newest living world episode seems to be grabbing the MMO community's attention in a way that the season so far hasn't....
Betawatch: Crowfall calls its own races monsters
Wow, Crowfall, that's rude. Very rude. Are you really going to label your own races as monsters just because they're part deer or part...
Funcom roundup: Conan Exiles’ thrall hunger system, Mutant Year Zero’s new video, and Secret World Legends’ Masquerade
Funcom is up to some stuff today. Over in Conan Exiles, the Pets Update is live, or rather half of it is live, and it's...
MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem
Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings!
FIFA...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds
Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
Betawatch: Fallout 76 will start testing at the end of October
Oh, Fallout 76, you have yet to release, but you give those of us on the reporting circuit a true bounty. For one thing,...
