The real problem with this genre is the fact that humans play it. Here’s some of the worst stuff they’ve done.
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The Day Before Steam keys go for three figures on the grey market as Fntastic announces server closures
We all thought that news from The Day Before was going to end too, but the whole sordid story of this zombie extraction shooter...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen pledges extra test sessions following a cancellation of alpha backer access
Earlier this week, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen ran into a SNAFU with a backend system that ultimately led to Visionary Realms cancelling a...
QA employees accuse Activision-Blizzard of a ‘soft layoff’ after studios mandate a return to offices in January
Activision-Blizzard is once again electing to mistreat its QA employees according to a statement from the A Better ABK proto-union, which accuses the company...
Fortnite’s expensive race cars are now slightly less expensive after players revolt
How much would you be willing to pay for a car in Fortnite? Besides $0 anyway; we see you, commenters. Epic Games asked that...
Activision-Blizzard settles its 2021 California Civil Rights department lawsuit for $50M
Who here wanted one final reminder before the end of the year that we live in a cursed capitalist hellscape where justice can be...
Ubisoft’s 2014 racing game The Crew 1 is sunsetting in March 2024
2023 has one more thing to take away from the greater MMO genre: Ubisoft is sunsetting The Crew, the original game in the driving...
‘Shit happens,’ The Day Before devs tell disgruntled players as mass-refunds continue
We're into day six of The Day Before drama, which certainly doesn't embroil any of you, as our readers were too clever to buy...
The Day Before dev studio announces its closure, claims the game ‘failed financially’
It hasn't even been a week between the early access release of The Day Before and today, but supposedly the game's launch has been...
The Day Before devs downplay original massively multiplayer pitch as playerbase and reviews plummet
When survival shooter The Day Before made its scheduled but disastrous early access launch, multiple players pointed out a wealth of issues with the...
Bungie devs face the ‘soul-crushing’ pressure of financial targets, a Sony takeover, and threat of more layoffs
It's already been reported that life within Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is extremely unhappy in the wake of recent layoffs and the...
Tree of Savior gets a new Pontifex class… and stuffs its unlock into a lootbox
Tree of Savior is most definitely not hurting for classes as a quick look on its site can attest, but as of this week's...
Star Trek Online now has third-party ship model NFTs as new Cryptic boss DECA opens hiring
Remember back when Star Trek Online announced that it was ending its six-year partnership with GamePrint, bringing to an end the service that allowed...
EVE Online players have formed a new corporation led by ChatGPT
It's said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, so why trust all of the power of an EVE Online corporation to one human when you...
Destiny 2 swiftly stops sales of a baffling Starter Pack after players drag Bungie for the bundle
What do you think would be included in a Starter Pack for Destiny 2? Do you envision some currency? Perhaps access to an expansion...
Diablo IV surveys suggest Vessel of Hatred bundles will sell early access to ‘functional items’ and stash tabs
While Diablo IV's Vessel of Hatred expansion isn't expected until sometime later next year, Blizzard has decided to apparently burn some goodwill early. According...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling...
Diablo IV receives a sudden wave of positive reviews on Steam by suspected bot accounts
There are some strange things going on at the Steam page of Diablo IV. According to the eagle eye of a Redditor by the...
CCP Games’ EVE Online-adjacent blockchain game Project Awakening confirms a December 6 playtest
Back in March we reported that CCP Games had begun development of Project Awakening, a blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe. The...
EverQuest players are raising the alarm over an economy-crushing dupe exploit
The EverQuest community is up in arms over what's being perceived as a meager response to a major problem that has reportedly crashed...
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore loses 17,000 player accounts in ransomware hack
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore is currently on track to emerge from 2023 as one of the most battered and bruised MMORPGs on the market....
