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Vague Patch Notes: Control archetypes in MMORPGs are dead, but also they aren’t
Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It's...
SAG-AFTRA details new voice actor labor agreement as it heads for union member ratification
For the past 11 months, members of the SAG-AFTRA voice actors union have been on strike against video game companies after discussions related to...
The MOP Up: DDO’s Ravenloft expands its gothic horror to Frankenstein
MOP Reader Mick shared an interview in which Dungeons and Dragons Online's developers talked about how this summer's The Chill of Ravenloft is expanding...
Massively on the Go: The good, the bad, and the ugly of Pokemon GO’s transition to Scopely
As I mentioned in the June event round-up, Pokemon GO's been sold off to Scopely, and it's a done deal now. In the lead up,...
Apple lost its latest U.S. appeal over the App Store’s third-party payment systems
They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, but then the legal system can...
Pride events, player celebrations, and support nods begin across multiplayer and MMORPG titles
The month of June is Pride Month, and that means celebrations, support, and acknowledgment of LGBTQIA+ life and matters is back at the forefront...
Ubisoft’s CEO and HR director must testify before a Paris court in the Ubisoft harassment trial
This past March we reported on the start of legal proceedings in France against former chief creative officer Serge Hascoet, former VP of editorial...
Fortnite is finally back on the U.S. Apple App Store after nearly five years of legal battles
Our long national nightmare is over: Fortnite is finally back on the Apple App Store.
We've been following this story since it punched up the...
Bungie’s morale is reportedly in ‘free-fall’ after the Marathon plagiarism incident
You know what game studio you probably wouldn't want to be working at this month? Bungie. The Destiny 2 developer is taking its deserved...
Apple’s legal intransigence forces Fortnite off the appstore globally as Epic Games again asks the courts to intervene
Last week we reported on apparent Apple stonewalling in regard to Fortnite's return to the US App Store, as the corporation appeared to be...
Apple’s apparent stalling forces Epic Games to delay a Fortnite patch as its App Store submission dangles
There are children, there are petulant children, and then there are tech executives, apparently: Readers might remember that Epic Games was in the process...
Activision lawsuit argues hackers make PC players quit Call of Duty Black Ops 6 over toxicity
For one reason or another, online shooters just seem to attract some of the worst kinds of online behaviors, and while cheating isn't the...
Palworld confirms gameplay mechanic adjustments made in response to the Nintendo lawsuit
While Palworld developer Pocketpair is still resolved to fight against Nintendo's patent infringement lawsuit, it's also admitting that some concessions have been made in...
FTC ruling exposes the real price of getting a specific Genshin Impact character through the gacha system
How much do you have to spend in order to get a character you want from Genshin Impact? The answer might surprise you! Actually,...
Courts put an end to the FTC’s 2023 lawsuit against Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard
You'd be absolutely forgiven in assuming that all of the legal drama surrounding the 2023 Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard was done a while...
SAG-AFTRA’s voice actor strike continues with generative AI being the key sticking point
It's been just about a year since the voice actors' strike began, and the negotiations between studios and SAG-AFTRA (the union representing the actors)...
Copyright infringement lawsuit over Destiny 2’s Red War narrative is allowed to proceed
Last October we first reported on a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Destiny 2 developer Bungie in which author Matthew Kelsey Martineau, who was...
Epic Games follows up court victory with indie-friendly revshare and out-of-app purchase platform
When we covered the Epic v. Apple injunction ruling yesterday in which the judge excoriated Apple for playing dirty with court orders, there was...
‘This is an injunction, not a negotiation’: Apple’s antics secure a fresh court victory for Epic Games
Surely the gaming commentariat has not forgotten the drawn-out popcorn drama that was the Epic v. Apple case, right? It was one of the...
We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream
Today is the day: the day when we finally learn what the hell is going on with Camelot Unchained.
MMORPG vets will surely already know...
