While rarely executed well, a live-service game can be fantastic when done right. You should be playing these games in 2026.

However, there are numerous live TV streaming choices available. Sling TV's basic monthly packages are $46 in most cities and Philo offers a small roster but packages HBO Max and AMC Plus access with ...

For more than a quarter-century, game makers have chased live-service games. Ultima Online, Everquest, and World of Warcraft turned game buyers into long-term subscribers, and in the wake of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Live service games are one of the best ways to generate continuous income as a game studio or ...

TL;DR: Sony remains strongly committed to live service games despite recent cancellations, focusing on a targeted, controlled approach. Successes like Helldivers II highlight their strategy to build ...

A surge in live service games has had an interesting effect on how games are developed and how we play them. Everyone loves getting a game for free, but the end cost of 'free' depends on how exactly ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

The industry’s shift toward live service games that are updated for years has studios unwilling to embrace the power of mortality. By Jamal Michel Twenty years ago, while the credits rolled on Shadow ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Apparently, the team behind the ill-fated Gotham Knights and Batman: Arkham Origins is working on ...

For most of the past decade, large parts of the games industry have been operating with a single, deceptively simple sounding guiding principle – that if you want to make real money, serious money, ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

TL;DR: WB Games is restructuring after losing $300 million in 2024 due to underperforming live-service titles like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Despite setbacks, they seek an executive ...