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Major studio known to MMO fans primarily for The Crew and The Division.

MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft’s latest corporate chaos and new accusations from the voice actors union

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. This week, Ubisoft's getting double the coverage because it's news so nice they're...

Skull and Bones delays its second year of content to April 15 to execute ‘very ambitious and exciting plans’

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If you were among those players champing at the bit to get into Skull and Bones' second year of content, you're going to unfortunately...

Skull & Bones teases ‘ambitious plans’ and changes to its ‘seasonal formula’ for its Year 2 content

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Every time we post about Ubisoft's Skull & Bones, we get a rash of comments dooming about the game, but that still seems premature,...
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Skull and Bones’ one-year ‘Founding’ anniversary event starts this week

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As Skull and Bones nears its first anniversary, Ubisoft is taking the occasion to throw a massive bash called The Founding that begins on...

Massively Overthinking: Reminiscing on 10 years of MassivelyOP

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We're celebrating our Independence Day - our 10th birthday since launching as an indie site after the demise of OG Massively - so this...

The Division 2 celebrates Valentine’s Day with new projects and themed gear

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You would be forgiven for thinking Valentine's Day and the looter shooter setting of The Division 2 wouldn't really mesh, but you would apparently...

Skull and Bones’ February patch addresses faults in aiming, taunting, and job board contracts

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We were just talking on the podcast about how much we appreciate it when developers add explanatory notes in patches, and lo and behold,...
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UK rebuffs game preservationists’ petition to make retroactively breaking old games unlawful

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One of the big industry-wide narratives that emerged from the wreckage of 2024 was player-initiated efforts to center game preservation - indeed, even to...

The Division 2 now says The Battle for Brooklyn DLC will launch in 2025

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Earlier this week, following news that Ubisoft's was laying off another 185 people affecting four studios in Europe, the The Division 2 team -...
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Following Ubisoft’s latest round of layoffs, The Division 2 delays its next DLC – again

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Ubisoft's Division 2 team posted a memo to players this morning that seems like good news but is being read as the opposite. For starters,...

Ubisoft is laying off another 185 game devs in Europe

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The bad news for Ubisoft just keeps rolling this week as the company has admitted it's laying off another 185 people and closing down...

The Stream Team: Getting chummy in Warframe 1999

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Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me. Entrati accused Massively OP's MJ of not knowing...

Rumor: Tencent and Guillemot family are considering creation of a venture using Ubisoft assets

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The rumors of some form of deal between Tencent and Ubisoft's Guillemot family owners now have a fresh wrinkle this week, as new insider...
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In latest shareholder call, Ubisoft continues to be cagey about Tencent negotiations

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The latter half of last year saw persistent rumors about Ubisoft's efforts toward stabilization, as the founding Guillemot family and the company's largest stakeholder,...

End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond

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As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...

Damion Schubert shares the untold story of Shadowbane’s ‘perfect storm of a horrific live service nightmare’

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Sit down, criss-cross applesauce, and pay attention to Damion Schubert's latest MMO storytime hour! In this edition, the ex-Star Wars: The Old Republic developer...

Ubisoft shooter XDefiant issues an immense final update ahead of its June 3 sunset

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When multiplayer and MMO titles shut down, they can either go out with a bang, go out with a whimper, or in the case...

Rumor: Skull and Bones is getting a second year of content including PvP modes and crossover events

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If we all take some insider reporting at face value, things over at Ubisoft Singapore's multiplayer pirating game Skull and Bones are doing just...
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024

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So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...

The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event

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New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...

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