The Weekly Raid: Are MMORPGs Back?

SuperData released their monthly digital games market report earlier today and its filled with good news for the MMORPG genre. World of Warcraft surged past League of Legends and Fortnite to claim the #2 spot for highest grossing PC game for the month of August. World of Warcraft brought in $161 million in August, not counting Battle for Azeroth pre-orders. [...]

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The Weekly Raid: The Second Coming Of The Bots

Bots have been an issue in MMOs since the very beginning. Early MMORPG developers were constantly frustrated by players employing botting programs to farm resources are quickly speed through content. Often the same people using these botting programs were RMTers who were making a buck while destroying fragile in-game economies. Even the biggest titles like World of Warcraft never found [...]

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Wizard101 Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary, Launching On Steam This Month

Wizard101, the child-friendly turn based MMORPG by KingIsle Entertainment, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this month. There are a bevy of new quests, pets, and giveaways to mark the game's first decade, but the most exciting news is the announcement that Wizard101 will be launching on Steam. Both Wizard101 and Pirate101 were listed on Steam Greenlight last year, powerful [...]

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Riot Games Responds To Sexist Culture Allegations

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Earlier this month Kotaku published an investigative piece uncovering a culture of sexism at Riot Games. Interviews with dozens of current and former employees painted Riot Games as a hostile work environment for women. In the weeks following the Kotaku piece, several other former employees, including Barry Hawkins, have gone public with their own stories. On August 29, Riot Games [...]

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Ashes Of Creation Alpha 1 Starts In September, Trailer Showing Action Combat Released

Ashes of Creation will make an appearance at this year's Gamescom, taking place from August 21-25 in Colgone, Germany. Intrepid Studios, the studio behind the ambitious fantasy MMORPG has also revealed that Alpha 1 testing will kick off in September 2018. Set to last seven months, Alpha 1 will test some of AoC's most exciting features. 100-player open world battlegrounds [...]

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