Following the recent incidences of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, ESPN and ABC have decided to pull this weekend’s Apex Legends EXP Invitational eSports TV broadcast. An ESPN spokesperson confirmed the news to Rock Paper Shotgun saying that, “The decision was made out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings [...]
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Square Enix reported their calendar year Q2 2019 earnings report today and MMO revenues and profits were at near record highs. MMO revenue came in at 8.8B Yen ($83M) for the quarter while profits were a little less than half that at 4B Yen ($38M). Just looking at this top line figure, Square Enix's MMOs contribute ~$27.6M in monthly revenues. [...]
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High-flying fantasy MMORPG Riders of Icarus has officially been operating in North America for three years. Apparently, three years also marks the end of Nexon America’s contract as the game’s publisher. In an announcement on the game’s official site, Nexon thanks the community and officially passes on the torch to Valofe Global. “NEXON would like to thank our Riders of [...]
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If you’ve ever been muted in an MMORPG and want to get back at the devs filing a lawsuit probably isn’t the best idea as one RuneScape player learned. Amro Elansari recently filed a lawsuit against UK development studio Jagex and parent company Shanghai Fukong for allegedly muting him without reason. In his lawsuit filed in a Pennsylvania Court, Elansari [...]
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Looking for a new game to play this Summer? Why not make it six? The annual Green Man Gaming Summer Sale is now live with a ridiculous offer that you won’t want to miss. Apart from the discounts already in place, Green Man Gaming, in partnership with Intel, will be giving away five free games for every Gold and Silver [...]
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The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has officially banned PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in the country. According to Jordanian news site Roya News, the TRC decided to ban the shooter based on complaints by a large number of citizens and concerned authorities about the game’s negative impact. Roya News also said that the TRC also based their decision on a study by [...]
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The Chinese parent company of Jagex announced today that Jagex was sold to a U.S. private equity firm called Platinum Equity for $520M. The sale shouldn't come as a surprise as Jagex's parent company has announced some time ago that they were looking to sell the company. What's surprising though is the price paid. Given Runescape's continued growth and profitability, [...]
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Niantic's hugely success Pokemon GO game is set to earn a total of $3 billion in lifetime revenue by the end of 2019 after launching on July 6, 2016, making it one of the most successful mobile games ever. Source: SensorTower The U.S. market accounts for 35% of total player spending while Japan comes in at 29%. The success of [...]
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As part of their aggressive 2019 recruitment drive, British video game developer Jagex has just hired a number of industry veterans to fill key roles in the studio. According to Jagex, the new members of the team will undoubtedly help them expand their development capabilities for both existing and new titles. Melissa Bachman-Woods joins Jagex as Vice-President of Studio. Bachman-Woods [...]
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Nexon’s share prices have taken an unexpected hit after a local newspaper reported that Kim Jung-ju has changed his mind about selling his controlling stake in the tech giant. According to Bloomberg, the company’s share prices have gone down as much as 5% bringing Kim’s stake valuation down from $8.6 billion to $6.1 billion. Back in January, Nexon made headlines [...]
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