Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion must have perked a few ears over in Silicon Valley. Roblox, the LEGO inspired sandbox MMO, closed a series C funding round on March 14 that brought in $92 million. The lead venture firms for the round were Index Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners. Roblox raised money twice before; once back [...]
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The most powerful military in the world has all sorts of initiatives to help bolster its image and its recruitment, remember America's Army? Now its the US Navy's turn to tap into the endless amounts of idle time possessed by gamers. The Navy's aims are far more ambitious (and confusing) than those of their boots-on-the-ground counterpart. In an 11 minute [...]
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Since last year, WildStar has seen notable members of its development team leave for one reason or another. Jen Ortiz, Carbine’s Senior Product Manager is the most recent addition to that list, breaking the news to everyone on Twitter Friday. Today was my last day at Carbine Studios (moving on to other opportunities). I wish the team the best...we've done [...]
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What better way to spend St. Patrick's day than watch the MMOs.com crew grind through a game with an inexplicable colon: Ar:piel? Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST 1AM Swaziland Arpiel Gameplay Grindfest Friday - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube If you can't make it you can always watch on the MMOs.com YouTube [...]
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Twitch has launched its desktop app into Open Beta today and you can head to the software's website to download it for yourself and give it a whirl. Twitch App is designed to be an all-in-one communication's hub for both streamers and viewers, featuring both a server creation tool—à la Discord—and Voice Chat. I've made an MMOs.com Test Channel if [...]
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Blizzard's annual gaming convention BlizzCon has been formally announced for 2017, and will take place in Anaheim, California from November 3rd to 4th. Of course, you have to prepare early for a BlizzCon. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 5th: Tickets to the 11th BlizzCon will go on sale in two batches: Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m. PDT Saturday, [...]
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Who needs GDC when you have the MMOs.com Podcast? The louder we talk, the right[er] we are. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're talking Albion Online's latest update—and maybe one of the last before full release, how Dean Hall moon-walked away again, TERA's console gamble, and more! If you [...]
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Sony announced today that PlayStation Now will be receiving a major update later this year that allows subscribers to stream PlayStation 4 games to a PC or PlayStation 4. None of the PlayStation 4 games that will be available on the service have been unveiled as of yet, but more details are set to be announced in the time leading [...]
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On June 15, 2015 Dean Hall, of DayZ fame, took the stage at E3 to announce his latest project: Ion. The game was billed as a joint project between his New Zealand based RocketWerkz studio and Improbable, the London based company behind SpatialOS. Hall announced that work on the Sci-Fi MMORPG had begun a year earlier and that it would [...]
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Valve is making another change to the way it calculates user review scores on a game's store page. Now, players who receive games for free will no longer have their review counted towards the total user review score. With the changes we are making now, the review score (shown at the top of store pages and in various places throughout [...]
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