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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
- Blizzard had a rough year with layoffs, canceled events and charging players for early-access leveling nerfed before launch.
- Blue Protocol was cancelled after looking gorgeous but lacking in juice. It was a sad end to a hyped MMO.
- Amazon fumbled the announcement for New World's console port, causing existing fans to lose interest.
- The US Copyright Office's decision against game preservation was a severe blow to long-term online game preservation.
- Stop Killing Games movement protested against game shutdowns, including Ubisoft's cancellation of its online games.
- Guild Wars 3 was accidentally alluded to in an investor meeting, but nobody knows anything about the genre of the title.
- AI and Blockchain continued to have mixed reviews in gaming, with scams still appearing often.
- Small titles like Wayfinder successfully pivoted while MMOs Zenith and Temtem failed. Path of Exile 2 was a big win for the genre.
- Fntastic continued to be a prolific maker of scams, running rackets from early-access slop to asset flips.
- The Elder Scrolls Online canceled a fan gathering and reduced its content pace with the switch to a seasonal format. This caused a fan freakout over the game's future.
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