NCSoft reported their Q2 2018 earnings this week and revenues are down across the board except for Lineage, which saw a 50% increase in revenue quarter over quarter. Company-wide revenues are down 8% for the quarter and a whopping 69% year over year. Mobile games once again made up the bulk of NCSoft's revenue, out-earning every other major title combined. [...]
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Remember Wild Buster? The buy to play action MMORPG with MOBA elements that lasted a few short months before shutting down? Well, it's back. The game launched into open beta today as Champions of Titan and went with the free to play model. The game is available on IDC's own platform as well as Steam. Open beta is set to [...]
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Square Enix reported their Q2 2018 earnings (FY Q1 2019) this last week and the numbers weren't particularly good. Revenue is down across every major category including MMO Games, Mobile Games, and HD Games (everything excluding MMO / Mobile). Revenue declines at the MMO division aren't uprising as its been a year since Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion launched. Revenues [...]
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While Playerunknown's Battlegrounds on the PC has been losing players over the last 6 months, PUBG Mobile has been a huge success. Tencent Games and PUBG Corp announced today that PUBG Mobile hit a new milestone - 100 million downloads and 14 million daily active users. Those numbers are worldwide excluding China, South Korea, and Japan, which makes the figures [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast – Episode 162: Riot Games and Sexism, Battle for Azeroth, & MoreWatch this video on YouTube MMOs.com Podcast Episode 162 - Omer (@remotayx) and Erhan (@Ehaltay) This is episode one hundred and sixty two of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. As always we jumped [...]
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Its not easy being king. League of Legends, and the studio behind the hit MOBA, Riot Games have been a major leading force in the gaming industry for years. This week, the legendary studio finds itself under assault. One broadside against Riot Games is a lengthy investigative piece by Kotaku alleging rampant sexism at the studio's offices across the world. [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #160 August 13, 2018Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #160 - August 13, 2018 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending August 13, 2018. This is episode 160 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: [...]
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Nexon announced their Q2 2018 earnings report this weekend and company revenue is up 2% year over year to $430 million for the quarter. China and South Korea once again were Nexon's biggest markets with North America making up only 7% of total revenue. PC remains the company's biggest platform but mobile continues to grow. Nexon also acquired 30% of [...]
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Pearl Abyss finished showing off Black Desert Online remastered at their press event in South Korea today and we have an official release date. Besides the improved visuals and audio Pearl Abyss announced a new playable (male ranger), a new territory (Ordillta), changes to leveling, new marketplace system, and more. The remastered graphics and audio will be launching on August [...]
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GameForge is picking up the license to the isometric action MMORPG Guardians of Ember. The transfer is set to happen on September 1, 2018. The game was previously available on Steam through Insel Games as a buy to play title and continues to run as such. No word on whether the game will change business models once GameForge picks it [...]
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