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Austrian court finds FIFA lockboxes violate the country’s gambling laws, orders Sony to issue refunds

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The question of whether the lockboxes in the recent run of FIFA soccer titles constitute gambling has been one that many nations around the...

Congress is very disappointed in gaming’s response to extremism in games as the ESA downplays the problem

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In mid-December, members of the US Congress sent signed letters to major game companies about what they're doing to combat the rise of online...

The FTC grants Microsoft’s request for Sony docs as leaks say the EU will approve ABK merger

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Remember back when Sony accused Microsoft of "harassment" for requesting internal documents from Sony that would aid Microsoft in defending its Activision-Blizzard merger before...

Avalon is the latest blockchain metaverse project from old-school MMO devs

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I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...

Microsoft strikes deal to put Activision games on NVIDIA GeForce Now

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Nintendo was not the only video game corporation striking big deals with Microsoft yesterday: Microsoft is also teaming up with NVIDIA to put Activision...

Microsoft and Nintendo ink deal to put Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles for the next decade

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Well here's another nudge from Microsoft in its efforts to buy up Activision-Blizzard: As international regulators debate the merger, Microsoft inked a deal with...
Popcorn appropriately.

Sony argues Microsoft’s doc request in FTC lawsuit is tantamount to harassment

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The legal claws are coming out between Microsoft and Sony, apparently. Legal filings placed by both companies that involve Sony trying to fight Microsoft's...

Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick says Sony won’t return his phone calls

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Bobby Kotick and the Activision-Blizzard board have shied away from investor calls for the last year as the Microsoft buyout looms, but that hasn't...
Oh good.

E3 2023: Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony will all apparently skip the first in-person E3 since 2019

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As first reported last night by IGN, E3 will apparently be a low-key affair, thanks to the absence of Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox. The...

Microsoft buyout faces pushback from the UK as Google and Nvidia express concerns about the deal to the FTC

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The billion-dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard from Microsoft was likely never going to be a smooth transaction, but we suspect all parties involved weren't expecting...

John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio

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John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2023

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As 2022 drew to a close, we spent our Massively Overthinking roundtables discussing our predictions for 2023 as well as our goals. Now, we're...

FTC lawsuit against Microsoft enters pre-trial hearings today while the merger is approved in Chile

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The antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Microsoft is taking its first plodding steps forward. A judge confirmed last week that...
Oops.

Microsoft claims the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit violates its fifth amendment rights

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The beginning of this month saw Microsoft's big money buyout of Activision-Blizzard hit a US federal government-level snag when the FTC filed an antitrust...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2022

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You might not know this about me, but I literally spend all year jotting down in my little notepad file all the quirky stuff...

Microsoft Xbox boss announces commitments to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch and keep the series on Steam

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Last week insider reports said that Microsoft was willing to enter into a 10-year commitment with Sony that would ensure access to the Call...
Hey. I got a ball.

End-of-Year Eleven: The Biggest MMO Surprises of 2022

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All right, 2022, you are officially no longer allowed to surprise us any more because we're doing the end-of-year thing now and that means...
Popcorn appropriately.

Microsoft to concede Call of Duty to Sony for 10 years to stave off UK government’s halt of ActiBlizz buyout

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Over the past couple of months, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been putting Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard under a microscope, with...
This took some work.

The Game Archaeologist: Wizardry Online, the short-lived permadeath MMO

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While the Wizardry series may not have the cultural cache that Ultima or Final Fantasy ended up with, nevertheless the dungeon crawling RPG series...
Zero dawn, significantly more sunset.

Sony and NCsoft have reportedly teamed up to produce an MMO based on the Horizon franchise

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Is anyone else feeling like it's just a little odd that at this point any video game series with more than one entry is...

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