The real problem with this genre is the fact that humans play it. Here’s some of the worst stuff they’ve done.
this is why we can’t have nice things
Fractured Online suffers a nasty admin hack that sees every player city in the game wiped out
The relaunched early access world of Fractured Online has suffered something of an apocalypse as Dynamight Studios CEO Jacopo Gallelli reported on Discord early...
MapleStory addresses uproar over Sol Erda energy caps in New Age
Nexon's MapleStory isn't often the subject of a big messy drama, but Nexon has gone and stepped in it with its big New Age...
Jeffrey Butler’s metaverse MMO Avalon reveals trailer and AI-driven player content tools
This past March we reported on the existence of Avalon, a blockchain-linked metaverse MMO from Avalon Corp, a company that has former SOE and...
Wayfinder suffers layoffs as Digital Extremes transfers the game fully to Airship Syndicate
Wayfinder hasn't even properly launched out of early access and it's already suffering layoffs. According to Polygon's unnamed sources, Tencent-owned Digital Extremes laid off...
The Epic Games Store is apparently still not profitable for Epic Games
It's now been five years since Epic Games launched the Epic Games store with an eye toward dethroning Steam, as epitomized by the fact...
Xbox announces plans for AI-based gamedev tools that generate game dialogue and quests ‘at scale’
The invasion of generative AI text and large language model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT into game development and design has gotten the backing of...
Destiny 2’s Bungie addresses layoffs and prior releases as devs express ‘anger, sadness and fear’
This news update is essentially a tale of two sides of the same Destiny 2 coin: On the one side, there's the public-facing statement...
Cryptic confirms layoffs, claiming Star Trek Online and Neverwinter aren’t ‘affected’
I wish I could say nobody could've seen this coming, but in fact, everyone did.
A few weeks ago, we learned that key Cryptic staffers...
New World’s latest big bug allows more than five players to enter an expedition
When I decided to hop into the Amrine Excavation expedition as part of Choose My Adventure's return to New World, it turned out that...
Nexon’s Embark Studios defends AI voice work in its arena shooter The Finals
The Finals, a free-to-play game show-themed arena shooter that's currently in open beta, is taking the heat for an admitted use of artificial intelligence...
Nitrado CEO claims ARK Survival Ascended ‘would never have existed’ without its $4M loan
The twisty, tangled, muddy mess between Nitrado, ARK: Survival Ascended publisher Snail Games, and the wider business of private server hosting continues to present...
Ubisoft and EA deprecate a dozen multiplayer games, including Star Wars Battlefront II of ‘pride and accomplishment’ fame
You can either chalk it up to the inescapable march of time and technology, shrug indifferently that older games are just dust in the...
Bungie bosses admit Destiny 2 revenues missed expectations this year by 45%
On Monday, we learned that Sony-owned Bungie was struggling with layoffs and delays both for Destiny 2's The Final Shape and for its extraction...
Bungie studio hit by layoffs, delays of Destiny 2’s Final Shape and Marathon
Sony-owned Bungie has become the latest gaming company to suffer apparently significant layoffs this year - enough to cause major delays to multiple titles.
As...
Roblox is forcing remote staff back into the office next year
Roblox is joining the growing chorus of tech companies attempting to force staff - some hired as remote workers - back into physical offices...
Court docs show Activision-Blizzard helped a gun manufacturer market to ‘young consumers’ in Call of Duty title
Just when you thought that Activision-Blizzard news might finally slow down now that Microsoft's officially acquired it, no less than the Wall Street Journal...
Whatever non-layoff thing is going on at Cryptic sounds ominous and we don’t like it
Disturbing and confusing news for Cryptic and its MMORPGs - chiefly Star Trek Online and Neverwinter - has erupted across social media today following...
Old School RuneScape addresses its botting problem, confirms nearly 2.4M bot bans this year
The botting problem in Old School RuneScape is a persistent thorn in players' side to the point that most believe that developer Jagex is...
Remember that report about cops fired for playing Pokemon Go on duty? There’s video now, and it’s worse
Way back in 2016 and 2017, it was rare to see a month go by without some sort of dreadful story about Pokemon Go...
Rocket League confirms an end to player trading December 5, sending the community into a tailspin
Rocket League players have started marching on the war path against Epic Games-owned developer Psyonix Games, which confirmed this week that player-to-player trading will...
