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Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years
Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...
Former World of Warcraft general manager John Hight is named president of WotC and digital gaming
Back in the middle of June, we learned that World of Warcraft general manager John Hight was stepping down from his position in pursuit...
LOTRO and DDO are still offline after 24 hours, so you might as well watch DDO’s PAX East panel
If you tried logging into Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online since yesterday morning, you're in for a bit of...
Gameloft unveils co-op Dungeons & Dragons survival life sim action RPG for PC and console
Are you ready for a new game that smooshes together survival games, life sims, action RPGs, and the Dungeons & Dragons IP? Then your...
Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast denies that it’s looking to sell off Dungeons & Dragons
Remember the uproar yesterday when a Chinese website scooped the story about how Hasbro was apparently shopping around the Dungeons & Dragons IP in...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Magic: the Gathering Arena is teaming up with IHOP (yay pancakes?)
Down at the plaza, there is an IHOP and a Denny's locked in a struggle like rival gangs in West Side Story. Who will...
Magic the Gathering Online launches Wilds of Eldraine set, adds a new pass, and tweaks game features
Hungry for more cards to collect in Magic: The Gathering Online? Then you're in luck this week as the online CCG has launched the...
Magic The Gathering Online releases Phyrexia All Will Be One expansion, says there’s been no data breach
Daybreak is promoting new acquisition Magic: The Gathering Online and its latest update, which rolled out last week and includes Phyrexia: All Will Be...
Dungeons & Dragons’ OGL fiasco ends in victory for third-party content like The Secret World TTRPG
Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro flooped around and found out. As we discussed earlier this month, the stewards of the Dungeons & Dragons...
The Soapbox: Comparing the monetization of physical and digital card games
Earlier this week, we reported on the recent Blizzard survey about a possible Hearthstone sub. When I read the news, I almost choked on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 405: Give me throne or give me liberty
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty, Skull & Bones' delay, roadmaps for the EverQuest MMOs, and John Smedley's departure from Amazon, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the Wizards of the Coast D&D mess and reimagining alts in MMOs.
Magic Online has made its formal move to Daybreak Game Company
One of the longest-running Magic the Gathering video games jumped ship this week to come under the command of Daybreak. Magic Online officially made...
Magic the Gathering Online details the last leg of its transition to Daybreak next week
I'm betting folks have forgotten all about this by now, but last December, Daybreak and Wizards of the Coast announced that Daybreak would be...
Wizards of the Coast silently soft-launches character-driven online CCG Magic Spellslingers for PC and mobile
If a digital card game launches and there aren't banner ads slathered all over websites, does its arrival make a sound? This may indeed...
EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO
Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...
Daybreak seeks a new executive producer for Magic: The Gathering Online
At the tail end of December, Magic: The Gathering Online fans were surprised by the sudden announcement that the online CCG would now be...
Daybreak assumes publisher role on Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering Online
This week is squeezing out one more surprise announcement: Daybreak is taking over the publishing of 2002's Magic: The Gathering Online.
"We are very excited...
Perfect Ten: It’s time to end all dragons in MMORPGs
If a genie ever appeared to grant me three wishes, I would not hesitate. I would not be selfish by asking for more wishes...
Magic Legends taps out: PWE and Cryptic are shutting it down before it even fully launched
Bad news for fans of Magic Legends: PWE and Cryptic announced this afternoon that they're sunsetting the game in October. Steve Ricossa broke the...