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Square says Marvel's Avengers was "not as successful" as it'd have liked News Nov 5th, 2021

Square says Marvel's Avengers was "not as successful" as it'd have liked

Company blames lack of experience in service-based titles

Next Dragon Age game is going to be purely single-player News Feb 26th, 2021

Next Dragon Age game is going to be purely single-player

Jedi: Fallen Order convinced EA that not everything needs to be multiplayer or service-based

Leaked PlayStation report shows single player games are "thriving" News Dec 1st, 2020

Leaked PlayStation report shows single player games are "thriving"

Research suggests that the bulk of users aren't turning to multiplayer experiences

Square Enix reports $62.7m loss over Marvel's Avengers News Nov 9th, 2020

Square Enix reports $62.7m loss over Marvel's Avengers

It seems that the title hasn't hit the mark the Japanese publisher had in mind

Crystal Dynamics "confident" that players will return to Marvel's Avengers News Oct 9th, 2020

Crystal Dynamics "confident" that players will return to Marvel's Avengers

Follows matchmaking woes, in part due to declining user figures

EA has "no plans" for more Star Wars Squadrons content News Oct 9th, 2020

EA has "no plans" for more Star Wars Squadrons content

But creative director Frazier does say "never say never"

Star Wars Squadrons won't feature microtransactions News Jun 22nd, 2020

Star Wars Squadrons won't feature microtransactions

New content might come to the game, but it's not a service-based affair

Bungie outlines future Destiny 2 plans News Jun 10th, 2020

Bungie outlines future Destiny 2 plans

Studio firm has no intention to do another numbered release

Final Fantasy XIV director Yoshida isn't threatened by games like Fortnite and Overwatch News Dec 10th, 2019

Final Fantasy XIV director Yoshida isn't threatened by games like Fortnite and Overwatch

Audience for those titles is younger than that of Square Enix's MMO

Report points to BioWare "revamping" Anthem entirely News Nov 18th, 2019

Report points to BioWare "revamping" Anthem entirely

Online sci-fi title to be reworked in near future

Xbox isn't so focused on games-as-a-service titles anymore, marketing boss Greenberg says News Nov 18th, 2019

Xbox isn't so focused on games-as-a-service titles anymore, marketing boss Greenberg says

"I think the whole industry is on something of a learning curve"

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018 News Jan 3rd, 2019

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018

Valve has revealed the top-selling, most-played and most successful games of the last twelve months

Activision might be disappointed in Destiny 2 figures, but developer Bungie sure isn't News Nov 12th, 2018

Activision might be disappointed in Destiny 2 figures, but developer Bungie sure isn't

The game's director Luke Smith takes to Twitter to refute comments from the studio's publishing overlords

In the age of games-as-a-service, talking to Twitch and Facebook is the "most important" thing, says Jagex News Oct 5th, 2018

In the age of games-as-a-service, talking to Twitch and Facebook is the "most important" thing, says Jagex

Conversations with platform holders still important, but not as much as they were five years ago, CEO Phil Mansell says

Remedy is looking into live multiplayer with new Vanguard skunkworks team Job News Aug 30th, 2018

Remedy is looking into live multiplayer with new Vanguard skunkworks team

Certainly a change from the Finnish developer's single-player focus

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