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An unannounced MMO from The Elder Scrolls Online developer has been canceled by Xbox after seven years of work
Microsoft has canceled an unannounced massively multiplayer game (MMO) from The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Game Studios. This comes amid mass layoffs at Microsoft that have seen 9,000 ...
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Project Blackbird's Cancelation Has Me Worried About Western-Made MMOs
So, two pretty big MMO stories just landed, and they paint a clear picture of where the genre's heading. Over in the East, ...
The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company
Matt Firor, president of ZeniMax Online Studios and game director of The Elder Scrolls Online, has announced that he is ...
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World of Warcraft Collector’s Bounty drop rates gives everyone a massive stab at ultra-rare goodies, but most of us are still stuck grinding
Collector’s Bounty, a new World of Warcraft event, boosts drop rates of legendary gear but there’s still a massive grind to ...
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance — Bokura Founder Roy Answers the Community’s Biggest Questions
On May 15, 2025, fans got the surprise they’d been waiting for: Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, the long-anticipated anime ...
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5 Reasons I Can’t Get Into Mobile MMOs (No Matter How Hard I Try)
Even if there’s guilds and chat, something about mobile MMOs feels hollow. The world’s on rails, the community is silent, and ...
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Dune: Awakening delivers on the promise so many MMOs miss by never letting you forget it's a living world
It's such a great expression of the fact that developers can't necessarily make me feel like someone in the setting would. I ...
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Your Favorite MMO Might Not Exist Without This Game That Predates The Internet
I always thought that World of Warcraft was the longest-running online game, but it turns out to be a game I never would have ...
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Square Enix is “aware” of Final Fantasy XIV player numbers dropping, says YoshiP’s other projects will benefit the MMO
Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu discusses the dropping player count of Final Fantasy XIV and the numerous projects of ...
MMO dev admits egregious microtransactions are "harming" its game, the player base "isn't really growing," and it's time to clean up: "The era of a tainted RuneScape 3 is ...
Beginning in July, and continuing for "the next three months," Jagex will trial "Experiments" targeting pain points with microtransactions. These Experiments will last a couple of weeks apiece, with ...