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The Entertainment Software Association is opposing new legislation in California that would require developers of online games that are shutting down to give lengthy notice beforehand, offer refunds, and make …

New details have come to light regarding Sony’s upcoming multiplayer live-service game, Fairgame$, including information about one of its game modes and its reported business model. When Fairgame$ was announced …

Over the course of about two weeks in March, thousands of Marathon players stopped chasing loot and working on their faction contracts. They were shouting over proximity chat, begging enemy …

The live-service game graveyard has just gained another tenant, as the developers of The Cube, Save Us announced that the online extraction shooter will shut down next month, starting May …

Dungeons & Dragons is drifting toward a digital-first future — and not everyone is thrilled about it. Between D&D Beyond’s growing importance, talk of subscriptions, and Hasbro openly positioning the …

Despite what many had assumed, Dark Outlaw Games’ recently-cancelled PlayStation game was not a live-service one. Yesterday, it announced Dark Outlaw Games – a studio headed up by Call of …

FBC: Firebreak bombed. The multiplayer spin-off of Remedy’s hit game Control, which imagines players as squads of gun-toting supernatural janitors meant to clean up the messes inside its eerie and …

Hawked is the latest casualty of the live-service gaming market, as the studio behind the Fortnite-like shooter has announced that it’ll be pulling the plug on its servers later this …

A former Naughty Dog artist will continue to work on games, but is stepping away from live-service for good after the shut down of Highguard. Del Walker – a prominent …