In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, new game tech and old code are at war
Game director Ion Hazzikostas faces a rough challenge for this fall’s World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion. Blizzard Entertainment must make a (sometimes poorly) aging...
Nexon shuts down its Orange County game studio
Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media. The shutdown of Nexon OC...
Eve Online gets Zenith Quadrant update
CCP Games has launched Zenith, the third Quadrant of 2020 for the Eve Online massively multiplayer online science fiction game. Eve Online is in...
Hearthstone: Scholomance Academy will teach players new tricks and spells
Hearthstone‘s next expansion is taking you to school. Scholomance Academy takes inspiration from one of World of Warcraft‘s oldest and most beloved dungeons, the...
As the world resets, how do you retain players and create lifelong relationships? (VB Live)
Presented by Xsolla When quarantine hit, the number of at-home gamers rose to new levels. The question becomes: How do you retain your new...
Roblox teams with Warner Bros. and DC on Wonder Woman: The Themyscira Experience
Roblox, the blocky virtual world with more than 120 million players, announced it has teamed up with Warner Bros. and DC to create Wonder...
The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes interview — Bringing procedurally generated stories to RPGs
The Dark Eye is one of those tabletop role-playing games that doesn’t get a lot of attention in North America. It’s known as the...
Playable Worlds: First comes the game, then comes the Metaverse
Raph Koster has been a guru of online games for decades, and he would love to build Metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are...
Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2020
BlizzCon 2020 will not be happening this year, Blizzard Entertainment announced today. The convention usually occurs every year at the beginning of November, taking place...
The DeanBeat: It’s time to hurry up and build the Metaverse
During this pandemic, I can’t think of anything more exciting for us to do from the comfort of our own homes than to explore...