Elden Ring: Nightreign Isn’t A Live-Service Game And Won’t Be Full-Priced
Even with its multiplayer focus, From Software doesn't look at the newly revealed Elden Ring: Nightreign as a live-service game. The developer wants the co-op action-RPG to be "a complete…
PlayStation Urgently Needs To Rethink Its Live-Service Strategy After Concord’s Failure
Concord's failure and PlayStation's response shows that something is seriously wrong with how Sony is approaching its aggressive live-service games strategy. And something needs to change.
Palworld Won’t Switch Over To Live-Service Model
Palworld has been one the of the big gaming success stories of 2024, but fans of the game were upset by a recently published interview which suggested that developer Pocketpair…
PlayStation Already Has The Live-Service Game It Desperately Wants
PlayStation is not what it used to be; some of that, of course, is for good reason. You'd be hard-pressed to argue that Cloud Strife looked better when he was…
Worldwide Release Cancelled for Amazon Games’ Live-Service MMO Blue Protocol
The Bandai Namco and Amazon Games project is being shut down in Japan and will no longer be released elsewhere.
Warframe Boss Bemoans Live-Service Games Getting Axed “Too Soon”
Launching a live-service game shouldn't be the be-all and end-all, according to Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair. The Warframe executive wants to see companies practice more patience with these titles,…
How The Apex Legends Team Manages The Sisyphean Task Of Writing For A Live-Service Game
I love the episodic storytelling used in Apex Legends--it's a big reason why I'm still logging into the game every week after five years. How developer Respawn has told this…
Live-Service Is A Better Model, According To Former Halo And Destiny Developer
Joe Tung, a video game industry veteran who formerly worked on the Halo and Destiny franchises, has commented on the state of video games and specifically the live-service approach. Speaking…
PlayStation Says Live-Service Games Will Launch Day-And-Date On PC, But Single Player Games Won’t
PlayStation has reiterated its approach to releasing its games on PC, stating live-service games will launch day-and-date on PC. However, its tentpole single player games will not. This comes from…
Sony’s New Live-Service Game Concord Launches This Year
One of Sony's live-service games, Concord, will be released this year. The game is the debut launch from Firewalk studios, which Sony acquired last year.According to Sony's latest financial report,…