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15-year-old MMO and its sequel shed their subscription-only access
Read More »Web of opportunity: The new frontier of web game development
Develop speaks to middleware firms to find out the best tools available for making browser games for desktops and mobiles
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online and other MMOs still locked behind Xbox Live paywall
Recent changes to Xbox Live have not liberated Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online from its Xbox Live Gold requirement. As part of its Kinect announcement yesterday Microsoft also confirmed rumours that video streaming apps such as Netflix will now be made available to all, regardless of whether they subscribe to …
Read More »Oculus envisions VR MMO with 1bn people
Oculus VR’s future plans include the possibility of an MMO that would simultaneously support 1bn players, CEO Brendan Iribe revealed during technology conference TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014. The unbelievable number is only possible, Iribe explains, thanks to the company’s recent $2bn Facebook deal – though the executive admits the technology …
Read More »Defiance goes free-to-play next month
PS3 version will make the switch in July, Xbox 360 version to follow
Read More »Microsoft Spotlight: MMOs in the cloud
How Azure helped a five-person indie to rewrite the rules of MMOs
Read More »Funcom’s LEGO MMO gets £1m funding boost
Funcom has secured 960,000 in additional funds for the development and release of its upcoming MMO LEGO Minifigures Online. The extra money is part of a deal in 2012 with US firm Yorkville Advisors, which offered the company access to additional funds if needed within 36 months. Following the agreement, …
Read More »Crowdfunded MMO Pantheon runs out of cash
The new MMO from EverQuest and Vanguard designer Brad McQuaid has run out of money, forcing studio Visionary Realms to slow” development. Pantheon failed in its Kickstarter bid earlier this year, raising just $460,657 of its $800,000 goal. Its developers however began an independent crowdfunding drive via its own website, …
Read More »CCP cancels World of Darkness, reduces staff
Eve Online and Dust 514 developer CCP has announced the cancellation of its MMO World of Darkness, as well as a reduction in staff. The company revealed in a statement this week that with the canning of the title’s development, 56 jobs have been cut at its Atlanta studio. "The …
Read More »World of Tanks users spend the most
World of Tanks claimed more average revenue per user than any other online game in the last 12 months, according to a new research. Thereport by SuperDataranks Wargaming’s popular free-to-play warfare game at the top of a chart that includes major hitters such as League of Legends, DOTA 2 and …
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