With Warcraft celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and World of Warcraft its 20th, you’re probably expecting a big celebration at BlizzCon this year. You’re in for a big disappointment though as Blizzard has decided to cancel this year’s fan convention altogether. “After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon [...]
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Valve is giving Steam users another reason to stay away from early access games as it expands its refund policy to include early access titles. Prior to the policy changes, Steam users could request a refund no questions asked two weeks after purchasing a fully launched title, provided that they haven’t reached the two-hour playtime limit. They could also sink [...]
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen the video game industry shift from one-off buy-to-play titles into live service games which now make up a good chunk of the market. If done right, live service games have the potential to generate continuous revenue for developers and publishers. The drawback is that they also require constant upkeep to roll out regular [...]
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Ubisoft is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons after it revoked all digital licenses for The Crew following the multiplayer racing game’s closure two weeks ago. Anyone who owned the game through Ubisoft Connect will no longer be able to access it, shattering fan hopes of an unofficial revival at some point in the future. Since [...]
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Electronic Arts is set to raise the price of EA Play this summer for both its Standard and Pro subscription tiers. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the publisher recently started sending out emails notifying users of the impending price increase with details on how much they’ll be tacking on to the current monthly subscription prices. The price hike will go into effect [...]
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KingsIsle Entertainment is expanding the Wizard101 franchise with a visual novel-styled prequel called Ravenwood Academy: A Wizard101 Story. Like the original free-to-play MMORPG, it promises a narrative-driven adventure that plops players into the shoes of a student of the titular school of magic, although it’s apparently going to be a single-player game. “Step into the role of an outcast student [...]
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Indie developer Frost Giant Studios is looking to secure additional funding for its multiplayer real-time strategy game, Stormgate, by launching an equity crowdfunding campaign. For those unfamiliar with the term, equity crowdfunding allows supporters to actually invest in a project and earn money based on its performance rather than making a donation in exchange for in-game perks or physical merch. [...]
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The restructuring at Embracer Group continues as the video game holding company shuffles Gearbox Publishing into Arc Games after selling off Gearbox Entertainment to Take-Two Interactive in a $420 million stock deal late last month. The deal saw Take-Two acquire full ownership of Gearbox Software, Gearbox Quebec, and Gearbox Montreal and its respective games which are now under the supervision [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase have mended their fences after a particularly nasty falling out last year. For context, both parties cut ties with each other in January 2023 after failing to negotiate new terms, which Blizzard chalked up to a difference in principles while NetEase accused them of negotiating in bad faith. The end of the partnership led to mass [...]
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Fallout fans are in for a treat today as Amazon announces that the highly awaited and much-hyped Fallout TV series will be premiering on Prime Video tonight, a day earlier than scheduled. That will include all eight episodes of the show’s pilot season with a special interactive premiere event to celebrate its release. “The special release includes a live global [...]
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