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Gameloft's iOS MMORPG Order and Chaos is reporting gains of over $1 million in revenue during its first 20 days of availability. The game itself has drawn many comparisons to World of Warcraft (even by our own Beau Hindman) but brings the genre to iOS-enabled devices for added mobility. Order & Chaos runs on a subscription model, with three months included in the $6.99 application purchase cost.

Gameloft's senior VP of publishing Gonzague de Vallois is clearly content with the game's success. "We are pleased to know that our customers have embraced our innovative business model, and we are anxious to further enrich the gaming experience with this first update, which is eagerly anticipated by our fans," he says. The aforementioned update is said to include new quest content and server transfer services, amongst other features. The game is available on the Apple Store, and more information can be found on the official forums.

MassivelyOrder & Chaos Online rakes in $1 million in first 20 days originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 31 May 2011 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've known it was going to be a strong contender since the first time we laid eyes on Free Realms. Once we stepped into the world last month and started playing the game, we knew it was going to be even bigger than we'd previously thought. Sure enough, we were right. News has come out this morning, courtesy of John Smedley on Twitter, that Free Realms crossed the 1 million account mark in just eighteen days since launch. Considering we got the news that Runes of Magic crossed the 1 million mark yesterday in just a little under two months, 18 days is an insanely fast time-frame for a recent free-to-play game release to break that mark! Of course, considering how fiendishly addictive and fun Free Realms is, we're not too surprised. We're sure the TV commercials probably didn't hurt, either.

We here at Massively would like to send out our congratulations to the Free Realms team on their exciting landmark achievement! We'll let you know more when we have some further details from SOE. In the meantime, if you'll pardon us, we're going to go play Demolition Derby to celebrate.
Want to know more about Free Realms? SOE's new whimsical free-to-play MMO is already being called a refreshing change of pace for kids and adults alike, and we have just the coverage you need!

MassivelyFree Realms destroys the 1 million account speed record originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 15 May 2009 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1-million1-million-accountsbreakingbrowser-basedcasualfree-realmsfree-to-playfunsoesony-online-entertainmentFri, 15 May 2009 11:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Gaia Online makes modest staff cuts]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/17/gaia-online-makes-modest-staff-cuts/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/17/gaia-online-makes-modest-staff-cuts/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/17/gaia-online-makes-modest-staff-cuts/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Here's yet another news post on companies cutting back on their staff, oh boy. At least with Gaia Online it's a paltry 36 employees, 16 full-time staff and 20 contractors. That happens to be about 13% of the staff and is attributed to the less-than expected performance of zOMG!, which had around 500k players in November and just hit one million. As large as that number sounds, it's being drawn from the 11 million base of Gaia Online, so, it's all relative.

There doesn't seem to be much worrying though, as the company has said they're merely preparing for a downturn in the coming year. We get the feeling that news like this is going to keep coming over the next 12-18 months, if not a little longer. Hopefully though, it's only small cuts like this and not the sort of job loss that's starting to become expected at other well-known developers.

For those of you scratching your heads over this whole "zOMG!" game, check out Massively's first impressions for a glimpse into the beast, as they say.

MassivelyGaia Online makes modest staff cuts originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Age of Conan's beta test has concluded, and the retail launch is only a few days away, so it's a perfect time for Funcom to start (or rather, continue) hyping the game to the Nth degree. What better way to convince people to play it that than to make the argument: "everyone else is doing it!" Funcom announced on the AoC community website that the AoC beta has surpassed 1,000,000 sign-ups.

A little over a month ago we reported that Warhammer Online had hit the same landmark, and our readers had some interesting comments about how much this landmark really matters. Now is an especially good time to ask that question -- some players might not be buying AoC because of performance and stability issues in the IGN open beta event. It's not a stretch to bring into question the true function of a beta (is it marketing, or technical testing?), as well.

Does it matter? We don't know, but we'll find out soon enough.

MassivelyOne million signed up for AoC beta by the end originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1-million1000000age-of-conanbetaclosed-betafuncomlaunchmarketingone-millionopen-betasign-upsign-upssignupsignupsTue, 13 May 2008 19:00:00 EST