‘Nobody said a word, everyone was super supportive, but I think there was this inward embarrassment,’ designer Jeff Kaplan says of cancelled MMO
Read More »Runescape ditches Java for NXT engine after 15 years
Quadrupled draw distances, water effects and dynamic light and shadows introduced to Jagex’s MMO
Read More »Fairytale Distillery adds €100,000 to MMO investment
Total funding for German studio’s Das Tal now at €180,000
Read More »Carbine lays off staff as WildStar performance flags
Chinese launch of MMO cancelled as studio moves to focus on supporting ‘live game’ in US and Europe
Read More »Kabam lays off 8% of staff to focus on mobile MMOs
Multiplayer efforts including Marvel: Contest of Champions and Star Wars: Uprising to be prioritised
Read More »Blizzard might offer free copies of WoW to Warcraft moviegoers
Buying a ticket to Duncan Jones’ upcoming Warcraft movie might also grab you a free copy of the MMO. PCGamesN reports that Blizzard sent a survey to players of the game. In it was touted the possibility of offering anyone who buys a ticket to see the film an ‘Ultimate …
Read More »NCSoft’s Blade and Soul player count surpasses 1m
Less than a week after it launched, new MMO Blade and Soul has shot past one million active players. NCSoft’s title launched on Tuesday January 19th 2016 in Europe and America following its debut in China and South Korea in 2012. The publisher announced that Blade and Soul was set …
Read More »Blade & Soul western launch set for January
Popular MMO Blade & Soul will make its way to western markets this January, publisher NCSoft has revealed. The game will release in North America and Europe on January 19th. It’s been out in Eastern markets since 2012, though the free-to-play title still remains in beta to this point. While …
Read More »Defiance game will live on, despite death of TV series
The tie-in Defiance MMO will continue ‘exactly as before’, the CEO of Trion Worlds has pledged, following the cancellation of its TV counterpart. The sci-fi show has been dropped by US network Syfy after three seasons, having premiered in April 2013 – two weeks after developer Trion Worlds’ interconnecting MMO …
Read More »Layoffs hit Marvel Heroes studio
Marvel Heroes 2015 developer Gazillion has suffered a round of layoffs, the studio has confirmed. Following the re-launch of its licensed free-to-play MMO last summer, Gamasutra – citing Marvel Heroes QA director Michael Parks – reports Gazillion had been hit by a lot” of redundancies. Gazillion responded by officially confirming …
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