Blizzard is opening their first eSports "stadium" on March 30th, in Taipei City, Taiwan, according to Yahoo eSports (which you will have to translate to read). I put "stadium" in vexatious quotes because I've never seen a stadium with folding chairs—as seen below; maybe it's a translation issue. CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Mike Morhaime will be in the flesh [...]
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On this Sunday Funday the MMOs.com crew is getting blood for the blood god in Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade. When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST If you can't make it you can always watch on the MMOs.com YouTube channel once its uploaded. Watch live video from mmosdotcom on www.twitch.tv
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Last September, Blizzard Entertainment announced that it would be retiring the Battle.net moniker and replacing it with generic "Blizzard" branding for all of its products. At the time, the company stated that its reason for doing so was that "there’s been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls—Blizzard and Battle.net." It's a pretty [...]
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Facebook wants to compete directly with Twitch and Youtube by offering their own livestreaming tools for games. Good luck. According to Gamasutra, Facebook describes their service as, "this new feature makes it easier than ever to stream your PC gameplay to friends and followers and engage with them while you play." The social media giant is banking on their billion—or [...]
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SuperData Research has published a new report that includes news about several Chinese companies, including news about Perfect World's 2016 annual report. In 2016, Perfect World reported revenues of 6.1 billion RMB, or approximately $885 million, 4.7 billion RMB, approximately 77% of their earnings, of which was brought in by the company's "gaming department." Both the company's overall 2016 revenues [...]
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For World Poetry Day, tonight's MMOs.com Podcast will be shared entirely in Free Verse: a normal Podcast with a rhyme or two here and there. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're talking about the Navy's big-budget-no-product-singularity-combating-MMO, Pathfinder Online's ambitious release schedule, a new studio formed by ex-WoW devs, and [...]
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Blizzard is bringing the banhammer and currently seeking a hefty $8.5 million in damages against German-based hack distributor and creator "Bossland GmbH". The ongoing lawsuit, first filed by Blizzard in California on July 1st, 2016 - accuses Bossland of trafficking "circumvention tools" and copyright infringement under the DMCA, as well as unfair competition from the profits of these violations. Despite [...]
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Netmarble, the developer and publisher of the highly successful mobile MMORPG Lineage 2: Revolution, announced today that it is gearing up to raise upwards of 2.7 trillion Korean Won, or $2.4 billion, via an initial public offering. According to Gamesindustry.biz, granted it can manage to raise the money, it would then hold the title of South Korea's second largest IPO, [...]
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In a recent interview at GDC 2017, League of Legends's design director Greg Street sat down with Polygon to discuss the eventual inclusion of LGBT characters amongst the game's roster. Citing Overwatch's overwhelmingly positive reception for Tracer's trailblazing reveal, Street is eager to follow suit and make an impact. “We owe it to the players and, I think, to the [...]
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Zynga, the one time social gaming darling of Farmville fame, initially had a tough time adjusting to the mobile era. Most of the studio's hit titles were from an earlier era when people played their games directly on Facebook. They may be down but they're not out. Last month the San Fransisco based company released their 2016 annual report. The [...]
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