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Helldivers 2 CEO talks live service, sudden popularity, and ‘business leaders who have taken stupid risks’
Helldivers 2 continues to stand tall as an example of a live service multiplayer title generally doing right by its players, thanks in part...
Game company stock values in multiple markets start to tumble in the wake of US tariffs
With US President Donald Trump's imposed trade tariffs throwing the global economy into turmoil and stoking fears of another Great Depression in the US,...
‘We like to make really big games’: John Smedley teases Distinct Possibility by namedropping PlanetSide 2 devs
Our regular readers and followers of the MMO genre already know the name of John Smedley. He was the former head of Sony Online...
Tactical shooter Spectre Divide folds weeks after launch despite $60M in investment
Another multiplayer game bites the dust -- and this one virtually right out of the gate.
Calling to mind the abrupt closure last year of...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO games, events, and ideas hitting the decade mark in 2025
A decade is a long time. It's kind of weird that we don't think much about games or shows or whatever hitting the decade...
Rumor: NCsoft may have canceled its unannounced Horizon MMO
For the last couple of years, we've had plenty of clues that Sony and NCsoft were collaborating on some sort of MMORPG in the...
Sony announces a live action film adaptation of Helldivers 2 is in production
If you've enjoyed your time in Helldivers 2 enough that you've considered going to see a film based on the co-op shooter, then you're...
The Daily Grind: Which game or studio made the biggest contribution to killing the MMORPG genre in 2024?
So here's another fun annual Daily Grind that always gets people good and angry. And believe it or not, I'm not going to nominate...
Helldivers 2 makes fans mad with pricing for its limited-time Killzone collab cash shop offerings
Don't look now, but Helldivers 2 has stepped in it with its playerbase again: A new offering added to the in-game cash shop today...
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...
