transmedia synergy
World of Tanks promotes its Girls und Panzer crossover because why did it take this long to have this happen?
It's all right if you don't know anything about the anime Girls und Panzer. You don't really need to know anything about it to...
‘It’s all coming back, just as you left it’: Fawkes hypes the return of Defiance with a new teaser video
Last week, we got the surprising but welcome news that Fawkes Games is unsunsetting Defiance, Trion Worlds' old "transmedia synergy MMO, come April 18th....
Wholesomeness alert: Sky Children of the Light has a spring-themed collab with The Little Prince
Now this is some transmedia synergy we can get behind because it doesn't get more wholesome than this: Cozy MMO Sky Children of the...
Defiance’s revival team didn’t get the database, will start with the final patch, and can’t commit to major updates yet
Back on Tuesday, we reported on the news that Fawkes Games - which in the past has picked up multiple discarded Gamigo MMORPGs -...
Trion’s 2013 transmedia synergy MMO Defiance is being revived by Fawkes Games
Two days ago I was explaining to my gen alpha children the origins of Trove's Heckbugs event and how the whole game was a...
Black Desert is promoting a Korea tourism package inspired by Land of the Morning Light
Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light and Land of the Morning Light: Seoul expansions have been a beacon of historical transmedia synergy over...
MMO Hype Train: What can Dune Awakening’s character creator teach us about the MMO?
Sometimes when it rains, it really pours around these here MMO parts. To demonstrate this, last week we not only got the official release...
Genshin Impact is getting its own official cookbook in September
Much of the food in Genshin Impact looks pretty tasty, if a bit cartoonish in visual style, but if fans wanted to recreate those...
Star Anvil’s Secret World North America TTRPG expansion raised over $63K in crowdfunding
It's very clear by now that there is a ravenous appetite for more of The Secret World in the tabletop RPG space: This past...
MapleStory is getting its own real-world themepark attraction in South Korea early next year
Thanks to financial reports, we already knew that MapleStory is a big deal in its native South Korea, but even we were pretty surprised...
ARK Survival Ascended launches more Power Rangers, Valentine’s Day, and Greek-themed DLC
Remember how we noted that ARK: Survival Ascended was mostly adding things at the end of 2024 and weirdly leaped forward to March in...
Final Fantasy XIV collabs with an instant camera maker for a free emote and screenshot contest
It's no secret that fans of Final Fantasy XIV love to take screenshots (colloquially known as "gposing" in reference to the in-game gpose screenshot...
Classic MMO-inspired web series The Guild is getting the musical treatment with a live reading February 23
Gamers of a certain vintage are probably going to be familiar with a classic comedy web series known as The Guild, but even then...
Destiny 2 highlights new activity, new and returning weapons, and Star Wars cosmetics arriving with Heresy update
The devs of Destiny 2 have once again put together a look ahead to its February 4th Heresy episode release in both video and...
For Science: GDC’s annual gamedev survey reflects anger with layoffs, disdain for gen AI
GDC's annual survey of the devs in the game industry is out today, with data reflecting polling and comments from over 3000 game developers.
"The...
World of Warships adds new special operations, World of Tanks readies a Rambo battle pass
John Rambo, who is famously known for being a tank commander and a literal tank himself (never mind a tragic character who weaves a...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Secret Level episode and Amazon’s odd priorities
Last week, Amazon's Prime Video launched its Secret Level anthology series of short animated episodes based on a variety of games. Included in this...
Blizzard roundup: Diablo IV’s treasure goblins, Overwatch 2 x The Last Airbender, and Diablo Immortal’s Diablo boss
If that headline seems like it's a big ol' pile of stuff, well, you're not wrong: Blizzard's variety of games are adding all kinds...
SMITE 2’s last closed alpha patch of 2024 brings three more gods and a Lord of the Rings crossover event
It's time for the last patch for the closed alpha of MOBA SMITE 2, and this one is going out with another set of...
New World’s Winter Convergence Festival is live with needed nerfs for mounts and the blunderbuss
New World fans waking up this morning will find the world transformed by the snows and festivities of the Christmas-esque Winter Convergence Festival as...
