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Indie MMO Spotlight: Blockchains, Xmas Events, And Stoners
With less than three weeks remaining in 2021, the indie MMO universe is still as busy as always. Alphas and Betas are still popping off, holiday events are starting to ramp up, and there’s enough concept art and dev videos floating around to keep you busy for hours. So let’s quit wasting time and get things moving with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary With a Yearlong Event
BioWare has updated the December event calendar for Star Wars the Old Republic and announced by way of this update that the game’s 10th anniversary is going to be a year-long event.
New Report Details Destiny Developer Bungie’s Toxic Workplace Culture
A new report has come out that details the toxic work culture that flourished at Bungie, the developer of Destiny 2 and creator of the Halo franchise. Specifically it talks about crunch and mental stress across the team, but also how the studio has been trying to acknowledge and right the ship over the years.
Gamigo Adds a Clue and a Countdown Timer to Its Mysterious New MMO Site
There’s a brand-new countdown on the mysterious Uncertain Folder site that Gamigo has set up for its upcoming new licensed MMO. In addition to recently offering a new clue after four separate audio story chapters.
The Elder Scrolls Online will Focus on Intrigue and Factions in 2022, Including One Race Yet to Get a Deep Dive
ZeniMax Online Studios’ Matt Firor reflects on the Elder Scrolls Online in 2021, and what’s ahead for 2022. Expect a content direction change and continued work on infrastructure improvements.
ABK Worker’s Alliance Clarifies Strike Demands As Activision Blizzard Executive Sends Email To Workers Over Unionization Efforts
Activision Blizzard executive Brian Bulatao sent an email to staff just a day after reports starting coming out that unionization efforts had started at the company, stressing that the game publisher can fix its workplace culture without the need to unionize. However, ominously, the former Trump Administration official, cautioned employees to ‘consider the consequences’ of signing up with the Communications Worlds of America (CWA).
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds Won’t Be Officially Announcing Its MMO Till Next Year
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds won’t be officially announcing its MMO until next year, according to a message posted to Discord by its community manager. The message, retweeted by the official Playable Worlds accounts states that while development is ‘underway and making great progress,’ the studio has decided to delay sharing details until sometime in 2022.
Survive Dangerous and Mysterious Realms in Shared World Survival Crafting Game Nightingale
Nightingale is the debut game from Inflexion Games. A "shared world survival crafting game" and the story concerns a magical cataclysm and the attempts to make sense of and escape what follows.
Interview: Digging deep into Melvor Idle with its creator, Brendan Malcolm
Melvor Idle is a brand new, casual, indie adventure game that emulates some of the best parts about skilling in RuneScape, so much so that Jagex reached out personally to offer to publish it. We sat down this week with Brendan Malcolm to talk about Melvor Idle, his inspiration, and how he partnered with Jagex to make this indie idler a massive success.