Category: MMORPG.com General News
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General: Global Users Spend 8-15% of Leisure Time Gaming
Nielsen has released a new paper called 360 Gaming Report that reveals some very similar worldwide gaming statistics. Across the globe, gamers spend between 8-15% of leisure time primarily playing on consoles and mobile devices with a nearly 50-50 spli…
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General: Hostile Takeover of Gameloft Complete, Vivendi Eyes Ubisoft
After years of quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, buying up any shares of Gameloft, Vivendi finally has become the majority owner of the mobile games company. Alongside the Gameloft purchases, Vivendi has also been making moves on Ubisoft by purcha…
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General: ‘Ridiculous to Dedicate an Entire Room to VR Gaming’
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, speaking at the Cowen & Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, has said that there are too many impediments to VR gaming in the current state of the world and that it’s “ridiculous to think the average home in America would dedicate an entire room to VR gaming”.
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General: Game On #84 | Overwatched
This week on Game On, Chris and Brax sit down to discuss a week dominated by Overwatch, but that’s not all! They also discuss Battleborn’s immediate $20 price cut, No Man’s Sky’s latest delay, Fallout 4: Far Harbor, Funcom’s life saving investment, and…
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General: GoG Connect Allows Some Non-DRM Steam Games to be Added
GoG Connect is a new feature at Good Old Games that allows players to add non-DRM restricted Steam games to their GoG collection. This is not open to all Steam non-DRM titles, but there is an impressive list that you can check to see which of your Stea…
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General: Empire: Revenant Beta Gift Key Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given gift keys for Empire: Revenant – the all new browser game brought to you by AMZGame featuring figures from ancient history and mythology to engage in epic PvE and PvP battles! This key will give you great in game items such a…
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General: ELEX: New Trailer, New Website All to Set the Mood
Piranha Bytes and Nordic Games have a treat in store for fans of the upcoming ARPG ELEX. To set the mood for the post apocalyptic universe, devs sent out a new trailer and updated the official website with more information about game classes, the game …
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General: Gamigo & Aeria Games Announce Merger
Gamigo Group has posted an announcement on its corporate site to announce its merger with Aeria Games Europe. The new joint company will be focusing primarily on publishing games such as Echo of Soul, Fiesta Online and several others in North America a…
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General: Why Is the Warcraft Movie Getting a Bad Rap?
Big budgets and summer blockbusters are the popcorn and large coke of Hollywood and they cost millions. Every studio swings for the fences and expects massive numbers to hit with every summer film. Some do shockingly well, Guardians of the Galaxy, othe…
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General: Absolver – All Action Combat Without Guns
Former Ubisoft Paris devs have created a new studio called Sloclap that is working on a new action online RPG called Absolver. What gives Absolver its unique slot in the online gaming space is that it is a game with tons of battle action against other …