PotBS devlog discusses the gold-spammer issue
Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Economy, News items"Do you annoy not afford new ship?" Anyone that has played Pirates of the Burning Sea since launch will have received countless...
View ArticleThird largest gold selling site sells for $10M
Filed under: Business models, Culture, Economy Gold selling has always been a lucrative business, but the recent acquisition of the My MMO shop website proves that it's recession-proof as well. As...
View Article'Gold Trading Exposed' a look at multi-billion dollar grey market in MMOs
Filed under: Economy, MMO industryIf there are any massively multiplayer online games on the market (with virtual economies) that *aren't* overrun at times with gold spammers that multiply like...
View ArticleKeeping the gold farmers at bay: An interview with Fallen Earth's Colin Dwan
Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Culture, Economy, Interviews, MMO industry Gold farming and gold spamming is a very real problem in our current MMOs. While some games are spending a good chunk of...
View ArticleEVE Online devblog discusses account security
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Economy, MMO industry Every MMO suffers the horrors of gold spammers and EVE Online is no different. The RMT (Real Money Trading) industry is massive and EVE's...
View ArticleMark Jacobs: 'I've never been against F2P'
Filed under: Business models, Interviews, MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play, Miscellaneous In a brief interview today with MMORPG.com, Mark Jacobs, now president and creative director of City State...
View ArticlePotBS devlog discusses the gold-spammer issue
"Do you annoy not afford new ship?" Anyone that has played Pirates of the Burning Sea since launch will have received countless private messages similar to the above, soliciting the sale of in-game...
View ArticleThird largest gold selling site sells for $10M
Gold selling has always been a lucrative business, but the recent acquisition of the My MMO shop website proves that it's recession-proof as well. As reported by recent financial records, the third...
View Article'Gold Trading Exposed' a look at multi-billion dollar grey market in MMOs
If there are any massively multiplayer online games on the market (with virtual economies) that *aren't* overrun at times with gold spammers that multiply like cockroaches, we have yet to hear about...
View ArticleBlizzard warns against buying gold
If it wasn't already obvious, Blizzard put together a page on their official website making clear their stance towards buying in-game gold, and have just recently given it another big push. To put it...
View ArticleKeeping the gold farmers at bay: An interview with Fallen Earth's Colin Dwan
Gold farming and gold spamming is a very real problem in our current MMOs. While some games are spending a good chunk of their resources to battle the farmers and save their game's economy, other...
View ArticleEVE Online devblog discusses account security
Every MMO suffers the horrors of gold spammers and EVE Online is no different. The RMT (Real Money Trading) industry is massive and EVE's developers CCP have waged a constant war against it in recent...
View ArticleMark Jacobs: 'I've never been against F2P'
In a brief interview today with MMORPG.com, Mark Jacobs, now president and creative director of City State Entertainment, discussed his thoughts on the F2P model and real-money trading. Jacobs is best...
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