NCSoft has released their second quarter results and the news is good, even for those of you who play Wildstar. The Korean developer published a 28% boost in operating profit over last year with a 27% bump in pre-tax income and a 56% increase in net income. US and EU shares of NCSofts revenues plummeted, … Continue reading “NCSoft: All Key IPs Showed Stable Sales Last Quarter”
(Editor’s note: Ubisoft’s Q1 fiscal year runs from April through June. Q2 begins July and ends at the end of September.) Ubisoft has revealed record high player engagement during the first quarter of 2016, following the launch of The Division and Rainbow Six Siege. Sales for the period amounted to approximately $153 million USD, exceeding … Continue reading “Ubisoft Q1 Sales: Money Stuff And Things Like That”
Ubisoft is following in the line of Blizzard and taking a hard line stance against cheating in Rainbow Six Siege. In a code of conduct update, players have been warned that cheating is now a permanent ban on the first offense. In addition, the team is considering use of third party anti-cheat options like Fairfight that … Continue reading “Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft Now Bans On First Offense”
Ubisoft is running a week long sale on the Playstation Network, and the list of games for sale is massive. The list of sale items includes the recently launched Division as well as other big name Ubisoft titles like Rainbow Six Siege and The Crew. Sales are for the North America Playstation Network. Your mileage … Continue reading “Cheap Games: Ubisoft Sale On PSN”
The Securities and Exchange Commission is now involving the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation and Wells Fargo Securities, levying fraud charges against both groups in relation to the bankruptcy of former game developer 38 Studios. In its complaint, the SEC is alleging that both groups knew that the $75 million loan that brought 38 Studios to … Continue reading “38 Studios Lenders Hit With Fraud Charges”
Cloud Imperium Games publicly announced that they refunded Derek Smart’s Kickstarter pledge and disabled his account may strike as odd, given they accused him of using the game to push his own MMO, and even odder if you consider that Smart allegedly has never posted on their forum. On his Twitter account, Smart reacted to … Continue reading “CIG Might Refund $2.1 Million Kickstarters, Derek Smart Promises Lawsuit”
As many as 100,000 bot accounts, possibly more, have been removed from World of Warcraft in a recent mass ban. We’ve recently taken action against a large number of World of Warcraft accounts that were found to be using third-party programs that automate gameplay, known as “bots.” We’re committed to providing an equal and fair … Continue reading “Blizzard: Bot Bans And Court Loss”
It’s time for another Weekend Wrapper, where we look at some gaming news that didn’t quite make it to MMO Fallout’s floor. News/Updates: RuneScape’s Road Trip is in full gear, although players might find their quality of life improved via ninja patches. Old School RuneScape patches in slayer partners, new teleport animations, and more. Marvel … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapper:”
Perfect World Entertainment is undergoing another round of layoffs, this time from the European division. According to an insider source over at Massively OP, the layoffs included five or six of the Russian staff, as well two community managers and an assistant product manager. Earlier this year, Perfect World laid off 18 employees from Cryptic … Continue reading “Perfect World Suffers More Layoffs”
Let’s look at the year with rose tinted glasses, or perhaps a glass of hard liquor. As with any year, we had a lot of bad and a lot of good, so let’s take a minute to focus on the good stuff. 1. Goodbye Mythic Entertainment This one is a bit cruel, but perhaps the … Continue reading “2014 In Review: Best Moments Of The Year”
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