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Marvel Rivals director speculates on Concord’s demise: “I don’t think anybody can accurately predict” flops
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero-based FPS that has attracted absolute scads of players following its launch and earning favorable comparisons to Overwatch 2....
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024
I have not had a good 2024. I have, in fact, had the absolute opposite of that. I feel like I exist now through...
Rumor: Job posting suggests another new multiplayer title in the Horizon Zero Dawn universe
How do you feel about the open world maps of the single-player Horizon: Zero Dawn series? Have you thought how those maps just weren't...
Sony reflects on team FPS Concord’s disaster: ‘We are still in the process of learning’
The flash-in-the-pan launch and then nearly immediate cancellation of Firewalk Studios' Concord remains one of the more startling game disasters of the year, and...
Sony didn’t just sunset Concord – now it’s closing Concord’s studio, Firewalk
The news just keeps getting worse for Sony's Concord: The company is closing down not just the remains of the game but its entire...
Palworld releases to the PlayStation 5, Monster Hunter Wilds confirms February 28 launch date
Sony's State of Play presentation wasn't only about a new name for ArcheAge 2; it also brought a couple of big reveals for our...
Rumor: Bungie’s Marathon will cost $40 and is aiming for a 2025 release
News about Bungie's new-look version of Marathon has been pretty thin, which isn't really a surprise considering layoffs at Bungie last year delayed the...
Legal analysts paint a grim picture for Pocketpair’s chances in Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit
Last week saw Nintendo's lawyers rouse themselves from slumber and roar forth at Pocketpair's wildly successful critter-catching survivalbox Palworld as the company filed a...
Rumor: Insiders leak details about Destiny Rising, an in-development mobile game by NetEase
What would a looter shooter like Destiny look like on mobile? This is a question that many gamers may yet ponder as insider leaks...
Concord devs anticipate layoffs as Sony moves their director to a ‘support role’
The sad story of the team vs. team hero shooter Concord doesn't appear to simply stop at the game being killed after roughly two...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
PlayStation 5 Pro’s $700 price tag fuels debate over PC rigs and console preferences
Last week saw the gaming world get hit with a meteorite when Sony introduced the $700 PlayStation 5 Pro, an upgraded version of the...
Former Sony exec suggests breadless game devs eat cake, Ubisoft investor demands more layoffs
You know, if you let gaming execs talk long enough, they all but hang themselves without your having to do anything - at least,...
Sony’s dead team shooter Concord lives on in Amazon’s Secret Level anthology
It's been an exceptionally strange past month for fans of Sony's team-based FPS Concord. The title launched late August as a possible rival to...
Interview: Wayfinder on the latest patch, October launch, mod support, and Critical Role collab
Wayfinder has already stealth-launched its "quality-of-life 2" patch on Steam as of this past weekend, and now it's live on the the PlayStation console...
Wayfinder returns to the PlayStation store with the Echoes update
While Wayfinder fans on the PC got to enjoy (or at least, experience) the sweeping Echoes relaunch back in June, PlayStation 5 fans have...
Sony is killing Concord on September 6 and issuing refunds
It would appear that this particular Concord did not so much fly as it arced momentarily upwards before flopping back to the ground. Only...
Bungie reportedly fired Marathon’s former director over internal misconduct allegations
Earlier this year, Marathon Director Chris Barrett was replaced by Joe Ziegler as part of a reported leadership shake-up, but as it turns out,...
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...
