MMO Friday Fight: The Final Round – MMOs vs. The Rest Of The Gaming World
In one corner, we have MMOs, the ultimate test of community, persistence, and digital world-building. In the other corner: the rest of the gaming world,...
Greg Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle will run one more Project Ghost stream to talk shop before the end
The likely loss of Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle and Project Ghost MMORPG has been a bitter pill to swallow this fall thanks the...
Yes, World of Warcraft’s housing will indeed have its own premium store currency
In all of the excitement over World of Warcraft’s upcoming player housing system — which is less than a month away now, mind you —...
Square Enix lays off hundreds of workers, telling investors it’ll divert 70% of QA work to AI
Why let skilled quality assurance workers make sure game code is functional when an investment in AI can botch the work? That would appear to...
New World has merged down to nine global servers to kick off its maintenance mode era
Prior to the launch of Nighthaven, New World fans had been itching for another round of server consolidation and then, ideally, new fresh start servers....
Rumor: World of Warcraft may have leaked that it has nine million active players
Some noteworthy developments have emerged from The House That Azeroth Built this week. We’ll start with a juicy rumor that is making the circuit surrounding...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever commemorated an MMO character or ship in art?
A few weeks back, CCP Games tweeted about EVE Online players who have recreated their MMO ships as real-life models, and I have to say,...
The Stream Team: Meeting Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Servants of the Overlord
Sometimes you just can’t stop the cultist ritual. That’s what Massively OP’s MJ is facing now after the drow and the Lords of Dust succeeded...
UK’s Game Dev Union Swings At Rockstar Games For Over 30 ‘Brazen’ Alleged Union-Busting Firings
The game studio fired 30 union staffers for allegedly discussing 'confidential' information in a labor Discord; the union claimed it was an act of 'unlawful...
LOTRO’s November Bonus Days Start Today, and is the Spring Festival Returns Next Week
The Lord of the Rings Online is bringing back the Spring Festival next week, and has another round of bonus days this month. Go to...