MMO Business Roundup: Comic Con 2021, Apple v. Epic, and Twitch transparency
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Comic-Con 2021: Organizers have now canceled the core Comic-Con event for the second year...
Blade & Soul’s Unreal Engine 4 upgrade appears to be shutting down altogether
If you were excited about the Unreal Engine 4 upgrade in the works for Blade & Soul, we have some bad news for you. You...
Intel Copies AMD’s Memory Overclocking Approach With Rocket Lake CPUs
Team Blue may have its own Infinity Fabric-like feature.
AMD Big Navi and RDNA2 GPUs: Release Date, Specs, Everything We Know
The AMD Big Navi / RDNA2 architecture powers the next generation consoles and high-end graphics cards. Here’s what we know and what we expect from the upcoming GPUs.
Massively on the Go: Getting the most out of your Animal Crossing Warp Pipes
As I mentioned in our Nintendo Direct February recap, the Mario-item crossover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons included functional warp-pipes, bringing fast travel to the...
Netflix Is Upgrading It’s Platform To Cosmos
It has been seven years since Netflix last updated the system they use to transcode the audio and video files sent to them by their...
Ubisoft Teams With Belgian Pro League To Develop Blockchain-Driven Fantasy Soccer Game
Blockchain technology is beginning to take off, as we saw with the 10-second video that sold for $6.6 million at auction. Simultaneously, trading cards have also taken off in certain markets, but it can be difficult to find cards and packs. Combining both ideas, Ubisoft has partnered with the Belgian Pro League to develop the One Shot League,
Virgin Media Trials Lightning Quick 400Gbps Fiber Tech Using Existing Network Infrastructure
Virgin Media is currently trialing fiber internet that is insanely fast and could eventually deploy to residential customers. In the South East England town of Reading, Berkshire, Virgin Media conducted performance tests using prototype Infinera X.R. Optics technology. Using this new tech within its existing infrastructure, the telecommunications
DC Universe Online’s Community Style Initiative seeks to get player feedback on outfit styles to add to the game
When it comes to character cosmetics, getting the right look is arguably the most important in superhero MMOs, where a character’s entire identity is intrinsically...
Crowfall Reveals Their Roadmap for Short, Medium, Long Term
In a recent post in their Discord, the Crowfall team have revealed their roadmap outlining their timeline for the short, medium, and long terms. Go...