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Bossa's ambitious SpatialOS-powered Worlds Adrift is shutting down in July News May 30th, 2019

Bossa's ambitious SpatialOS-powered Worlds Adrift is shutting down in July

"Creating an MMO like Worlds Adrift is a huge financial commitment and unfortunately, the game is just no longer commercially viable"

ArenaNet says Guild Wars 2 is unaffected by layoffs, studio try to support remaining staff News Apr 17th, 2019

ArenaNet says Guild Wars 2 is unaffected by layoffs, studio try to support remaining staff

"Some people who had moved onto other projects came back"

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue News Apr 11th, 2019

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue

30 per cent on mobile

Meet Klang: the Berlin-based indie studio with ambitious MMO dreams Indie Interview Feb 27th, 2019

Meet Klang: the Berlin-based indie studio with ambitious MMO dreams

Co-founder and CEO Mundi Vondi talks building single-shard MMOs with the help of Improbable's cloud tech

World of Tanks firm Wargaming snaps up Fractured Space firm Edge Case Games Job News Nov 27th, 2018

World of Tanks firm Wargaming snaps up Fractured Space firm Edge Case Games

32-person team working on an unannounced new MMO IP

How Nexon brought MMO MapleStory 2 from Korea to the West Success Story Nov 20th, 2018

How Nexon brought MMO MapleStory 2 from Korea to the West

Lead designer Miyoung Oh shares how the project attracted one million users within a week of this launch

More than one million people have played Nexon's MapleStory 2 News Oct 19th, 2018

More than one million people have played Nexon's MapleStory 2

MMO attracted this audience in just one week

World of Warcraft’s active subscriber count hits its highest point since 2014 News Sep 27th, 2018

World of Warcraft’s active subscriber count hits its highest point since 2014

The seventh expansion for Blizzard’s MMORPG brought in $161 million in August

Three years and more than 28m players later, what has Wargaming learnt running World of Warships? Interviews & Opinion Sep 18th, 2018

Three years and more than 28m players later, what has Wargaming learnt running World of Warships?

European publisher director Rajeev Girdhar talks running a service-based game, how the team approaches free-to-play and working across multiple platforms

Eve Online developer CCP sells to Korea's Pearl Abyss for $425m News Sep 6th, 2018

Eve Online developer CCP sells to Korea's Pearl Abyss for $425m

"I have been seriously impressed with what Pearl Abyss has achieved ever since I first visited their website for Black Desert Online and subsequently became an avid player of the game," CCP boss Pétursson says

Athlon Games is developing a new free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMORPG News Sep 5th, 2018

Athlon Games is developing a new free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMORPG

LA studio is partnering with an undisclosed developer to create a triple-A quality online game

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king News Aug 23rd, 2018

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king

CEO Phil Mansell says that money is a good indication of success, but it doesn't tell the whole story

'Our goal is to provide all of the things that developers need in order to provide this kind of immersive social experience' Feature Jul 16th, 2018

'Our goal is to provide all of the things that developers need in order to provide this kind of immersive social experience'

Artcraft Entertainment's Josef Hall explains the Crowfall developer's transition into technology licensing

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development News Jul 13th, 2018

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development

Engine tech VP Josef Hall - “Our technology is an "MMO in a box.”

RuneScape has brought in a lifetime revenue of over $800 million News Jul 11th, 2018

RuneScape has brought in a lifetime revenue of over $800 million

Consistent user growth has helped the venerable MMORPG rack up over 250 million player accounts

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