drewadded this to Last Known SurroundingsRoblox Combat Juggling Looks AwesomeKotaku - Zack Zwiezen Hello! This week we spend too much money on Runescape, listen to some baby gators, run away from killer robots, play a new Zelda game and do a little …
HYPEBEASTApex Legends 'Apex Legends' Season 3 Announced, Crypto Officially RevealedHYPEBEAST - Isaac Rouse Following extensive rumors about the character’s inclusion in the game, Respawn Entertainment has released a new trailer debuting Crypto to Apex …
Steve Alsopadded this to News&PoliticsMicrotransactions Player Spends $62,000 In Runescape, Reigniting Community Anger Around MicrotransactionsKotaku - Cecilia D'Anastasio “At this point, it’s no longer pay-to-play,” said a commenter on Runescape’s subreddit. “It’s pay-to-pay.” Controversy over microtransactions is …
TechSpotMicrotransactions RuneScape player spends $62,000 on microtransactionsTechSpot - Rob Thubron WTF?! We’ve heard of people building up massive amounts of debt through microtransactions in the past, but rarely to this level. A UK man is reported …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoUK Parliament Someone in RuneScape spent $62K on microtrans according to UK Parliament report | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Bree Royce Remember last year when we polled our readers on how much money they’d spent on their Steam accounts? Most people seemed to track under a few …
Microtransactions RuneScape Gets 1/3 Of Its Revenue From Microtransactions, Including One Player Who Spent $62,000 - MMO Bombmmobomb.com - Jason Winter Last week’s report by the UK government regarding loot boxes and their potential regulation is making waves this week as well. In particular, it’s …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyLootboxes British MPs Demand Loot Box “Gambling” Ban For Young GamersForbes - Matt GardnerThe U.K. doesn't always talk about Brexit, even if it's exhaustively dominated our politics and society for the last three years straight. Occasionally, the nation’s MPs discuss other important issues–and
MMOGs RuneScape Cancels Weapon Diversity Initiative, Which Wasn't "Chunky" Enough - MMO Bombmmobomb.com - Jason Winter It’s rare to see a developer simply give up on an update for an MMO, but that’s what Jagex has chosen to do with the Weapon Diversity initiative in …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMobile RuneScape makes UI changes to mobile, patches in fixes to PC, and discusses how the devs create content | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Chris Neal • RuneScape Mobile is pressing onward in its push through beta with a new UI-centric patch along with other updates that were previously discussed …
GamesRadarMobile Gaming 6 upcoming mobile games to watch out for in 2019 and beyondGamesRadar - Alex Avard The future of mobile gaming isn’t just bright, it’s positively firing off jets of scorching solar flares with promise and potential. As the …
TechSpotWorld of Warcraft World of Warcraft Classic is now live, but good luck getting inTechSpot - Cohen Coberly Highly anticipated: There are plenty of fantastic-looking games to look forward to this year and in early 2020, but the title that's currently …
Cuddlefishadded this to Quite Good StuffUnited Kingdom How British video games became a billion pound industryBBC News - BBC WorldThe global video games industry is estimated to be worth £80bn. While America and Japan dominate the market, the UK video games sector employs over 12,000 people, generating an annual revenue of £2.5bn.
Des Moines Registeradded this to News 4,000-strong online gaming community remembers fallen moderator, victim of fatal motorcycle crashdesmoinesregister.com - Danielle Gehr A 25-year-old Des Moines man will be remembered by not just friends and family, but also thousands online after he died in a fatal motorcycle crash …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMMOGs The Soapbox: No, the MMO genre is not dead – but it could use a little positivity | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Carlo Lacsina One of my favorite idioms is “dead as a doornail.” It always reminds me of the time I got sent out of my 10th grade English class the week before …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMMOGs Step in to The Club, an insane browser MMO from one of The Stanley Parable developers | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Chris Neal I think I’m getting old. That weight of age first arrived to my mind when I had to look up what “SMH” meant, and now some memes go soaring over my …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMMOGs The MOP Up: FFXIV hits play on Shadowbringers’ soundtrack | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Justin Olivetti Have your ears been slathered with the luxurious music of Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers this summer? Then good news for you, as Square Enix is …
H Kessleradded this to Ubuntu and Beyond by BaedonWebZArch Linux How to play Runescape on Linuxzcom.tech - mark Runescape is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG for the PC platform. As a game, it’s evolved over the years from needing to run from a web browser to a …
Red Bulladded this to Red Bull GamingThe Elder Scrolls Best Guilty Pleasure Gamesredbull.com - Devin 'Hellbird' Rigotti I have yet to meet a gamer who does not have a few skeletons in their closet when it comes to games that they secretly enjoyed. Surely this is one of …
Bread People Reveal Which Things They Believe Europeans Are Better At Than Americansgeorgetakei.com - Winona Sioux Christnot-Peters There has always been a pretty healthy sense of rivalry between Americans and Europeans. Each side generally thinks that it is the superior one, and …
Special Effects SpecialEffect announces One Special Day 2019gamesindustry.biz - Haydn Taylor Accessibility charity SpecialEffect has announced the return of its annual fundraising event, One Special Day. Scheduled for Friday, October 4 this …
Chris Geddonadded this to WNN: World News NowMario Kart Survey Finds Couples That Play Mario Kart Together Stay Togethercomicbook.com - Tyler Fischer true, but according to a new survey, the former is. Couples who hit each other with banana peels and use lightening as the other is going over a jump …
Time Outadded this to Time Out LondonLondon, UK Overheard in London: this week’s #wordonthestreettimeout.com - James Manning ‘A smily face on a criminal record isn’t going to help anything.’ ‘I’m not sure I could handle a wall of muffins first thing in the …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMMOGs Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Justin Olivetti The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell away from MMORPGs …
Michael Hiattadded this to Punk And PucksRock Music Creeping Death: Meet Power Trip–Endorsed Band Leading Next Wave of Texas Metalrevolvermag.com - Gregory Adams Reese Alavi grew up beside Riley Gale, now the young Iranian-American singer is unleashing Runescape-inspired death metal on the world
archwizardadded this to Games Comics Nerds Jagex Announces RuneFest 2019 Will Be Jurassic Themedbleedingcool.com - Gavin Sheehan Jagex has announced this year’s theme for RuneFest this year, as it will be going hand-in-hand with the latest RuneScape update and be Jurassic …
Jamesadded this to WebAssembly, JavaScript & PWAJava The future of gaming is in your browser.medium.com - Alex St. Louis And before you ask…. no, I’m not talking about streaming. Ahh, browser games…. the younger, less cool cousin to console and PC games. But to many of …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoLawsuits A lawsuit against Jagex for muting a player is thrown out in five days | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Eliot Lefebvre Let’s tell a story about one Amro Elansari, a player of RuneScape who was muted for undisclosed reasons (so almost certainly involving his being toxic …
MMOGs RuneScape Community Prepares For Double XP Weekend In Late Julymmorpg.com - MMORPG.com RuneScape fans will have a chance to seriously power level their characters in an upcoming weekend event. RuneScape developer has announced that …
PcGames Play1added this to PCGaming 1 NewsJoseph Gordon-Levitt Ubisoft criticised for sourcing Watch Dogs Legion music through Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecordgamesindustry.biz - James Batchelor Ubisoft has announced another partnership with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's collaborative creativity platform HitRecord -- and attracted the ire of games …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoMMOGs MMO Week in Review: Amazon joins new Lord of the Rings MMORPG, Daybreak is up to something | Massively Overpoweredmassivelyop.com - Bree Royce That new Lord of the Rings MMORPG is still happening, now with Amazon’s New World team on board - Hey remember last September when Athlon Games - …
