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PAX East 2022’s COVID outbreak has already resulted in one death
Last week, we covered the story about an apparent COVID outbreak at PAX East, which followed an outbreak at GDC; no less than the...
World of Warships offers free premium play, World of Warcraft doubles experience during the outbreak
If you're not used to being home a lot, you're probably a little twitchy right now and angling for something to do. Fear not:...
EA becomes the latest studio to back out of a con over coronavirus concerns
This week's Boston-based PAX East has already felt the effects of multiple companies, from Sony to Square Enix, backing out over coronavirus fears -...
MMO Business Roundup: Stadia, Coronavirus, E3, VR, EVE Fanfest, Discord, and WOTC’s BioWare devs
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Stadia: Google has responded to the uproar over its poor communication with the Stadia...
Blizzard’s Overwatch League matches in China are on hold for two months for the coronavirus
For whatever other issues Blizzard is having right now, it can't be said that the studio isn't paying close attention to potential viral outbreaks...
League of Legends Chinese pro esports league suspends events over spreading coronavirus
If you've somehow missed all the news about the growing coronavirus epidemic, we'll forgive you - it's been a wild news week in the...
Fortnite players download a hack and wind up hacked themselves
It turns out that when you download third-party hacks designed to help you cheat in a game, the people you are downloading them from...
Video game journalist infects hundreds of EVE nerds with insidious virus
A gaming convention turned into the banal opening scene of a zombie outbreak movie this week as a number of players who attended EVE...
The Game Archaeologist: 1988’s Monster
"You're in the middle of a vast hall stretching out of sight to the east and west. Strange shadows play across the high vaulted...
