MMOs “don’t have to be serious to be epic,” says WildStar writer

Is WildStar's Pixar influence enough to differentiate it from the hundreds of other MMOs on the market?

The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012

The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.

Guild Wars 2: Console ports, subscription models, and making sure it works on launch day (interview)

GamesBeat sat down with ArenaNet Content Designer Mike Zadorojny to discuss the final days before launch, console ports of MMOs, and the future of MMO subscription models.

Guild Wars 2 release confirmed for August

Guild Wars 2 publisher NCSoft and developer ArenaNet announced today that the long-awaited massively multiple online PC title finally has a release date.

Korean game togetherness: Nexon acquires 14.7 percent of NCsoft for $688M

Nexon said today it has acquired a 14.7 percent minority stake in Korean online game publisher NCsoft for $688 million.

Nexon, which was started in Korea and moved headquarters to Tokyo, made the strategic investment by acquiring 3.218 million shares …

ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy Western MMO

GamesBeat sat down with studio president Mike O’Brien to talk about making a sequel to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its head.

Having trouble with the Guild Wars 2 beta? Here are some tips

The biggest Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event ever is currently underway, with "hundreds of thousands" of players all making a mad dash for the beta servers at the same time. Naturally, quite a few of those people have had trouble accessing the game, and if you're one of them, here are some helpful tips that may solve your issue.

The top 5 MMOs of 2012 — and what they’re doing differently

2012 will see some of the biggest releases ever in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre. GamesBeat has rounded up the most promising titles and asked their developers, “What makes your game unique?”

Guild Wars 2 challenges MMO establishment with hybrid business model (preview)

The massively multiplayer online (MMO) games business is about to get even more competitive. Market leader World of Warcraft (WoW) dodged a bullet when the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) put only a minor dent into its …

Richard “Lord British” Garriott in space: “I might just sit up in my window in orbit and write the next game” (interview)

Richard Garriott is best known as Lord British, the designer of video games that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of people over the past three decades. But thanks to the documentary film Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott’s …

TERA launch under attack as NCsoft files US lawsuit against former employees

It almost seems like attending law school is becoming a prerequisite for surviving in the game industry. After Apple cracked down on alleged copycat games on the iTunes App Store (but let other fat cats get away with it), a …

Top 10 iOS games of 2011

What makes a great mobile game? Eye popping visuals? Solid gameplay and controls? Ease of entry, pick up and play features? Are casual games the best suited for Apple’s disruptive gaming device? What about core gaming, is it yet possible …

Superhero online game City of Heroes launches as free-to-play today

City of Heroes, an online role-playing game run by NCSoft, will now use a freemium model that makes money off the sale of premium goods in lieu of requiring all players to pay a subscription fee.

All City of Heroes …