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Sony appears to have set up an internal game preservation department
It probably goes without saying that we here at Massively Overpowered are kind of fond of game preservation, helped by the fact that we...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s freeze, ABK’s new diversity officer, and Sony and Epic’s metaverse
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
China has ended its latest gaming-approval freeze after nine months of regulators locking out...
The Game Archaeologist: When EverQuest players killed the unkillable Sleeper
In many CRPGs and MMORPGs, there are bosses designed to be so crazy tough that, for most people, these enemies are straight-out unkillable. Developers...
Sony officially announces its new three-tier PlayStation Plus subscriptions coming in June
Last week, anonymous insiders spilled all sorts of beans on an upcoming subscription service for the PlayStation console that would, among other things, merge...
Insiders unveil PlayStation’s plans for a Game Pass-like subscription service
There's plenty of folks - 25 million of them, in fact - who love Microsoft's Game Pass service, a subscription plan that lets players...
Into the Super-Verse: No, I do not want Daybreak’s Marvel MMO
Greetings, true believers! This particular column is actually not the result of reader requests but specifically from our editor, who has long noted that...
Vague Patch Notes: Looking back on the MassivelyOP magic, seven years in
As of tomorrow, we're seven years out from the launch of this site. This means that we're actually into the point when I've been...
Microsoft says that it will keep Activision Blizzard games on Sony’s PlayStation
If you were worried that the sale of Activision Blizzard might leave a good portion of the gaming console community without their Orcs, superheroes,...
Google has ‘deprioritized’ Stadia, pivots to offer cloud gaming white labeling
The drawing down of Google Stadia has reached what appears to be its expected and inevitable end. As first reported by Business Insider, and...
Sony pays Destiny 2 developers $1.2 billion not to jump ship
Many Destiny 2 fans are still wrapping their heads around the fact that Sony just purchased Bungie for $3.6 billion. And as with any...
Sony boss stresses that Bungie acquisition is about multiplatform live service games
If you were worried about the future of Destiny 2 on your platform of choice, the latest interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan...
Sony is acquiring Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6 billion
The acquisition train just keeps on rolling, as Sony announced today that it's acquiring developer Bungie for $3.6 billion US. Bungie is best known...
Sony believes Microsoft will ‘continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform’
While most MMORPG players are watching this week's pending sale of Activision-Blizzard to Microsoft because of the MMORPGs, people outside the World of Warcraft...
Sony Interactive Entertainment is hit with a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination
This past Monday, a female former IT analyst for Sony Interactive Entertainment filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that she was the victim...
LittleBigPlanet’s PS3 and Vita servers will remain offline permanently thanks to a toxic hacker
This past May we reported on the woes of the original LittleBigPlanet, a cutesy 2.5-D platformer that is a primarily single-player experience but also...
Sony faces a potential class action lawsuit over restrictions on digital PlayStation games sales
It would appear that the ongoing legal spat between Apple and Epic Games has prompted up further legal uprisings against digital game stores' business...
Sony injects investment into Discord ahead of putting Discord on PlayStation
Well now, suddenly it's a lot more clear why Discord and Microsoft ended their buyout talks, isn't it?
Yes, Sony announced today that it's partnering...
Rumor: Sony is getting rid of the PlayStation 3, PSP, and Vita stores this year
If there are digital games you've always wanted to get for your now-older PlayStation 3... now might be the right time to do it....
Microsoft outlines shared goals with Sony and Nintendo to make gaming ‘safer’
There are a lot of things that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all disagree about. Which company gets your money, for example. But a new...
Sony admits PlayStation 5 pre-orders ‘could have been smoother,’ promises more consoles through year’s end
If you were among those who took part in the pre-order blitz for the PlayStation 5 and found things far from well handled, then...
