MMO Market “as big as it’s ever going to be”
Speaking earlier today at the Evolve conference in Brighton, Michael Pachter a videogame analyst for Wedbush Securities, stated that he believed the MMO market is as big as it’s ever going […]
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Premium Services, Market Discrimination, and the Cross-Server RealID Invite
Everyone and their dog has an opinion on “premium” services in WoW. There are some people that feel that because WoW charges a monthly fee, it is unethical to charge […]
The Story of CrimeCraft: Rise to Action
Table of Contents Part I: Outline Intro Welcome back to a new entry in a series of reports covering selected cases in the online games industry. The series as a […]
Rift vs. WoW: Can’t We All Just Get Along
Back when Trion Worlds unveiled their Rift pre-launch trailer a couple months ago, they took a mixture of cheers and criticism for using the tagline “We’re not in Azeroth anymore.” […]
The Story of Alganon: Curse of a WoW Clone – Part II
Table of Contents Part I: Outline Part II: Company Factor Part III: Investigation Part IV: Prospective Direction Welcome back to a detailed report on Alganon and the company behind it, […]
The Story of Alganon: Curse of a WoW Clone
Hello Lorehounds, Today’s post will be quite different to what you are used to, so a brief explanation is in order. When browsing the web, I read through numerous articles, […]
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime on Competition from Other MMOs: “We Welcome It”
In the midst of all the E3 coverage from last week (for which Lore Hound has a lot more to come), it seems that one interview with Blizzard co-founder and […]
MMO 2.0 and the Next Generation of Online Gaming
Lately, there has been a lot to talk about in the MMO-verse, with Age of Conan just getting released and a World of Warcraft expansion pack on track for a […]