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MMO developer Funcom is taking a break from its mature-themed titles to work on a licensed Lego MMO game, the company has confirmed. The Age of Conan and Secret World developer is hoping for an offering that will appeal to a more ‘family-friendly’ audience, one that will be more broadly …

Square Enix has confirmed that ten-year-old MMO outing Final Fantasy XI remains the profitable title in the series ever released. Looking at profitability, it’s the top of all past Final Fantasy games,” Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada told the Vana Fest 2012 audience, Andriasang reports. The publisher recently announced yet …

Online world Vindictus benefiting from Entertainment Creation Suite productivity 'boost'

MMO rift to use updated real-time dynamic interactive clothing and soft-body physics effects

Develop's Audio Special continues with advice from Side

Sini Downing offers advice on handling the logistics of voice production for MMOs

Jagex is closing its MMO 8Realms after little more than a year since the game’s closed beta was released. Develop understands that as a result of the closure, a number of Jagex staff are to lose their jobs, while others will have their positions moved within the company. Jagex has …

Staff losses reported as MMO studio calls empire-building game 8Realms to a close

A new MMO called Marvel Heroes has been announced by Gazillion Entertainment. Powered by Unreal Engine 3, the game features a roster of recognisable super chaps and chapesses including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Deadpool and Dr Doom. Capturing thedistinctive moments of such revered fiction within a game environment is …

38 Studios has successfully made a $1.125m payment to the state of Rhode Island. The news comes after reports that the MMO developer’s collapse could cost state tax payers $112m, and word from Joystiq that the studio couldn’t make payroll or pay the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee announced that the …