Everyone has a fighting chance
Yesterday we reported on Xbox’s layoffs as part of Microsoft’s broader layoff purge, including the cancelation of the in-development unannounced MMO over at ESO developer ZeniMax Online Studios. Now, a new report by IGN details the extent of the layoffs, despite the MMO’s development doing well internally.
I love Capture the Flag, so I was instantly drawn to Last Flag when it was announced during Summer Game Fest. And what I played shows some incredible potential.
Warcraft Rumble, Blizzard’s mobile spin-off, is headed to maintenance mode, the company announced today. This comes the same day that Xbox has had sweeping layoffs across its games division, including multiple game cancellations.
ZeniMax Online Studios President Matt Firor is stepping down from the studio later this month, the company announced. The Elder Scrolls Online studio head had been in his role for the past 18 years, and the announcement today comes in the wake of layoffs across Microsoft’s business, including canceling ZOS’ in-development MMO, codenamed "Blackbird."
Pearl Abyss is taking Crimson Desert to Gamescom, bringing their open-world action RPG to Germany for the largest summer showcase of the year for fans to play.
During MagicCon Vegas over the weekend, we had the chance to talk to the Edge of Eternities team all about building the next Magic: The Gathering set. And during the discussion, we learned some interesting tidbits aout how the Station mechanic came to be.
King of Meat, Glowmade and Amazon’s upcoming co-op dungeon platformer, is poised to launch sometime this year, showcased its dungeon create mode during SGF, and it shows potential – if the game can break through all of the multiplayer games we’ve got on the horizon.
Funcom released an infographic highlighting some of Dune: Awakening’s stats since the launch of the survival MMO earlier this month, including the announcement of hitting one million players, and the sheer volume of spice those players have become addicted to.
Stormhaven Studios’ little MMO that could, Embers Adrift, is finally launching fully on Steam after weeks of frustration and uncertainty thanks to issues with their former payment processor. To celebrate, the team is holding a 50% off sale running from June 24th through July 10th.
Black Desert’s much-anticipated current-gen console upgrade is upon us this week, and the team at Pearl Abyss has teased the upcoming content for the MMO, including the Deadeye finally making its way to console next month.