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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: Square saw another broad...
Insiders say Bungie’s latest layoffs were an inevitable result of over-promising execs
It was already assumed that layoffs of 220 workers that hit Destiny 2 developer Bungie were a result of executive mismanagement, but now there...
Destiny 2 studio Bungie lays off another 220 workers, ending work on multiple games
Bungie is conducting yet another round of massive layoffs today. The Destiny 2 studio announced the elimination of 220 jobs, around 17% of the...
Palworld studio enters partnership to accelerate ‘multifaceted global development’ and expansion
Admittedly, this bit of Palworld news is entering into supposition territory, but considering the language of the announcement, it could mean big things for...
PSA: APB Reloaded is shutting down console-to-PC character transfers on Friday
You might not recall this, but at the start of the year, Little Orbit made the shocking announcement that it would be shuttering the...
Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies
It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...
Team-based PvP FPS Concord preps beta test for this weekend
Last month the team vs. team FPS world was introduced to a new arrival in the form of Concord, a 5v5 shooter from developer...
Wayfinder promises it’s working on releasing the Echoes update to PlayStation fans
Airship Syndicate stated its intention to bring Wayfinder's game-changing Echoes update to PlayStation this summer. With the calendar sliding into mid-July, those fans might...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs suffering from the ‘tyranny of IP’?
Back in May, a Sony Pictures executive did a one hell of an interview on Deadline that, among other things, complained about the "tyranny...
Concord is a team vs team FPS that promises approachable but deep gameplay
Evidently game studios smell Overwatch 2's blood in the water because we've got yet another addition to the team vs. team hero shooter sub-genre....
Portions of Destiny 2’s Final Shape expansion accidentally become playable to PS5 fans ahead of schedule
We're reasonably sure that releasing the next expansion for Destiny 2 is a bit more involved than pushing a "go" button, but it looks...
Destiny 2 drops new Final Shape trailer as Steam concurrency is booming
Do long delays make the heart grow fonder? Maybe not, but they sure do give the video team a lot more time to make...
Vampire survivalbox V Rising fully launches on PS5 June 11 – here’s the new trailer
If you're a PlayStation player staring mournfully at the formal launch of vampire survivalbox V Rising - and its 1.0 Ruins of Mortium content...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator can’t quit tinkering with the game
Stardew Valley's creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a...