It's sometimes easy to forget that the virtual worlds that we explore are often heavily influenced by the real world. PocketGamer.biz is reporting that the Chinese government recently put a ban on releasing games made in South Korea in China and its effect on the games industry was felt almost immediately. According to Nikkei, a Japanese business newspaper, Nexon's shares [...]
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It's the only podcast intelligence agencies tap because they enjoy listening to it: the MMOs.com Podcast! Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're recapping our experience with Revelation online, talking about the money-minting-machine Dungeon Fighter Online, the development cycle of PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDs, and more! If you can't make it you can [...]
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In the past year alone, Crytek has failed to make payroll, subsequently shut down five of its studios, and handed over Warface's NA/EU publishing rights to My.com, after which it let fifteen members of Warface's previous publishing staff go. Now, according to GamesIndustry.biz, the company has sold its Crytek Black Sea studio, which is located in Bulgaria, to SEGA, who [...]
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Motiga's had a rough go of it in the past. Last February, the developer of Gigantic saw "significant layoffs" that could have affected the game's release. Yesterday, Motiga CEO and founder Chris Chung confirmed to Destructoid that another round of layoffs, totaling "15 of the studio's 82 employees" were laid off. The following quote was provided. Any kind of layoff is [...]
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In an interview with Venturebeat Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney revealed that Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) earned more in lifetime revenue than the most successful movie franchise of all time, Star Wars. Revenue for Dungeon Fighter Online clocked in at $8.7B since its release in 2003 while ALL the Star Wars movies combined earned $7.6 billion in box office sales since [...]
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NetEase's mobile RPG Onmyoji is insanely popular. It has topped app store charts in multiple countries, including the Top Free games charts and Top Grossing games charts. It was also confirmed to be headed West this past January. As with many major gaming franchises these days, Onmyoji will be getting an officially-licensed movie. The movie will be created by Huayi [...]
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Nintendo's latest console, the Nintendo Switch, made waves a short time ago when it was fully unveiled as a traditional console that you could take with you on the go. It was touted as a console that you could take to a friend's house, split the core controller, which is made up of two Joycons, in two and play split-screen [...]
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