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Dark Sector was released earlier this month and critics were divided over it. There were those that dismissed it as being a Gears of War clone with a unique innovation in the glaive weapon and a story full of holes. Others were won over by the dual wielding mechanics that paired the glaive with another ranged weapon.... |
9 April 2008
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You probably are one of the 30 million people who have downloaded and installed the online racing game TrackMania Nations and I'm absolutely sure you were hoping for even more. If you did, your sweetest dreams are close to turning into reality, because the game's developers, Nadeo, have announced that the h... |
7 April 2008
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The game that will bring a fresh approach to both MMO games and soccer titles, Football Superstars, has reached the "feature complete" stage of its development and is now ready for beta testing. If everything goes as planned, this game's developers, CyberSports, will fully release the MMO this summer.Unlike the ... |
7 April 2008
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Lineage II is set to get a new and extremely well endowed Collector's Edition especially for the European market. NCsoft was quick to present details and also set a date for the release of the special offering. So, on April 25 prepare to experience the best that Lineage has to offer for around 80 Euro (which see... |
4 April 2008
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Realtime Worlds, a Scotland-based developer that is currently working on gang themed MMO All Points Bulletin, managed to secure a 50-million-dollar financing line from Maverick Capital, with consulting handled by Montgomery & Co. The company has now acquired its third financing line and apparently plans to use the mo... |
2 April 2008
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The first Dreamlords title was not exactly a critically acclaimed game, but MMORTS has its fans and this is exactly the reason why Swedish developers Lockpick Entertainment have decided to develop a sequel as, unlike the MMOs you know, this one actually ended. But since no game that brings profit doesn't get a s... |
2 April 2008
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For those of you who would love to have the original copy of Final Fantasy XI along with all its released expansion packs (Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasure of Aht Urhgan and Wings of the Goddess) - everything in one case, Square Enix comes with the solution everybody will love. The "solution" is call... |
1 April 2008
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Last week, Mythic, as the developer, and Electronic Arts, as publisher, announced that Warhammer Online, more affectionately known as WAR, would be delayed from its Spring release date all the way to an Autumn date. Now, Jeff Hickman, who is senior producer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning MMO at EA Mythic, spok... |
31 March 2008
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The Unreal 3 engine is quickly becoming the preferred base on which to build a number of games, from the traditional First-Person Shooters to third-person shooter, MMOs and even social communities. The main reason is that the engine provides great visuals while also balancing system requirements for the games based o... |
28 March 2008
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Games that are delayed again and again rarely make it on the market. Think of Duke Nukem 3D. After all the damn time that the game has spent in various stages of production, even the most die-hard fans are likely not to bother to pick it up when it gets into stores; if it ever gets into stores.So, the news that MMO W... |
27 March 2008
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Probably there are some statistics hidden on the Internet, but for this issue we don't even need them: the Unreal Engine 3 is probably the most licensed engine on the market. As a further proof stands this new announcement from NCsoft which says that the company has licensed Epic's engine for two yet to be ... |
26 March 2008
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Does anyone in the audience want to become the "perfect bimbo"? Because the Internet offers anyone that chance. And don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against bimbos. And I don't have anything against a bimbo simulator MMO. But marketing this game to girls between 9 and 16 years of age I think i... |
25 March 2008
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Jumpgate Evolution is a MMO due to be released by NetDevil, and recently, its producer, Hermann Peterscheck, has answered a lot of questions related to the game. It's interesting to see how a new MMO is trying to explore niches and details that will make it a viable choice when it inevitably comes up to juggerna... |
25 March 2008
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Codemasters is prepared to reach out and touch someone. Or rather something, as its aim is in producing two MMOs targeted at the gaming consoles, especially the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The Codemasters Online Gaming or COG division has already launched four MMO projects aimed at the PC market and there's ... |
21 March 2008
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In a move that will cost 20 million Euro (which is around 30 million dollars) for the fiscal year of 2008 alone, French game publisher and developer Ubisoft announced yesterday that it acquired the exclusive right to all intellectual property that uses the "Tom Clancy" name or title. Ubisoft will have to continue pa... |
21 March 2008
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Earlier in the day we talked about the rise of the Chinese MMO market and about how the value of business conducted in that market was going to reach 3 billion dollars by 2010. Now we're going to talk about how MMOs developed on Eastern principles have a shot at getting a market share on the Western MMO market.C... |
20 March 2008
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A recent study details the way in which the Chinese on-line game market is developing and provides a few very interesting numbers regarding money spent on games. The highlight of the Pearl Research study is the statement that in 2010, the Chinese on-line game market will be worth 3 billion dollars.The Chinese market ... |
20 March 2008
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The Agency was announced last year as a shooter MMO coming to both the PC and the PlayStation 3. Sony Online Entertainment hasn't released any new details for a while now. But designer and lead writer Matt Staroscik laid out much of the game structure in a recent Eurogamer interview.The Agency is mainly a shoote... |
20 March 2008
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More players are developing their presence in the on-line and casual games markets. And more and more companies that hold original media-based intellectual property, like television networks and animation companies, are trying to use the licenses they hold as a base for success in the world of videogames. Success gea... |
19 March 2008
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Recently, Turbine has executed a move many in the MMO industry thought could not be done. They extended their agreement with the Tolkien Enterprises regarding the use of the intellectual properties related to Middle Earth. The extension was not only of a temporal nature, sealing Turbine's rights to the IP until ... |
18 March 2008
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So, Turbine is delivering on its promise of bringing yearly episodic content to its massive Lord of the Rings Online project. With a release date of late 2008, the expansion is called Volume II: Mines of Moria because of the amount of content that it delivers and because of the chronology of the series, as it takes p... |
17 March 2008
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Everquest might not be the best MMO out there. It may not be the prettiest or the most subscribed to MMO in the bunch, but there's one sure thing: Everquest is one of the longest running MMO that's still active. And it was, between 1999 and 2004, the most beloved and most played on-line game, even getting t... |
13 March 2008
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It's been a busy late 2007 for City of Heroes/City of Villains. On November 6th, NCsoft, the original publishers of the game, bought the intellectual property rights from developers Cryptic and then created a new NCsoft studio, called NorCal, with a clear mandate to further develop the game both in terms of bala... |
13 March 2008
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If there's anything the gaming world needs right now is more GTA. I don't usually praise sequels, as they have a tendency to offer more of the same and take a gamers money without offering much value, but there are sequels and sequels. There are a few franchises out there that really impress in the way they... |
11 March 2008
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Starr Long, who is producer of the science fiction MMO Tabula Rasa, has released a statement responding to recent speculation about the game's performance on the NCsoft website. Long said: "the game has not taken off as quickly as we had hoped," although he reassured players that the company will offer new conte... |
7 March 2008
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Huxley is a much delayed project and an MMO. So, the signs are not good for developer Webzen. A similarly late MMO, Richard Gariott's much troubled Tabula Rasa, has yet to make profit and create a niche for itself in the MMO market. Another champion of delays, Age of Conan, is also due to launch later this year.... |
7 March 2008
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick likes to keep people on their toes. And it's not as much about what he is saying, as it is about what he is not saying. In a lecture that he delivered at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, the boss from Activision made a few interesting comments about the possible results of Ac... |
6 March 2008
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CCP, the Icelandic publisher of MMOG EVE Online, has recently decided that players all over the world, active in the game, will be able to elect a nine-man Council of Stellar Management, with a mandate from the player population to talk directly with the producers of the game on matters relating to game changes, play... |
6 March 2008
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Gary Gygax, the man who, together with Dave Arneson, designed the first Dungenons & Dragons game somewhere in 1974, has died. He was 69 years of age and had been ill for some time now. He will be missed.Dungeons & Dragons was and still is hugely important to videogames as we know them today. Let's look at some r... |
5 March 2008
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LEGO has recently announced the fact that it will develop a MMO based on the different brick universes it has already developed. Now, further details are emerging of the way LEGO is envisioning its involvement with games, the Internet and fans.LEGO has had an online presence since 1996 and its site hosts a large numb... |
4 March 2008
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Ahoy, me hearties! There's nay world like a pirate's world: backstabbing, booty hunting an' so on... Arr! It just couldn't get any better. Or could it? Well... it seems so, since Disney Online has announced that new content for the Pirates of the Caribbean MMORPG is now available, bringing the gam... |
3 March 2008
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World of Warcraft is, without reason of doubt, one of the best successes on the market that, even though it has aged and should have been dead already (in theory only - because game rarely "live" more that 2 years). But WoW is still the leader, the moneymaker, the game that drives so many people crazy - destroys marr... |
29 February 2008
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Last year was a year full of promising and hyped up releases of MMOs. Amongst them, names like Tabula Rasa, City Of Villains, Burning Crusade. Some delivered both financially and critically, while other busted. Recently, there have been reports that NCsoft's Tabula Rasa is in bad financial shape. And now, Hellga... |
27 February 2008
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We are always really excited when new game-related terms appear, especially if these terms are actually new game concepts. Collectible MMORTS is one of them and Saga prepares to turn it into a worldwide success. Still, don't expect a revolutionary concept - consider it more of a new implementation with a cool na... |
26 February 2008
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I am sure none of our readers would ever say "No" to the opportunity of saving a life, especially now, when playing games is involved. Still, this concept is not brand new, even though such initiatives are always welcomed. The game, which is still under development, will be called Glupod and it will be a casual game ... |
25 February 2008
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As computing power is becoming more available and as decent Internet access is now the norm rather than the exception, there's a growing trend of games beginning to move on-line, requiring little to no installation on the PC itself. We've recently seen something along these lines with Quake Live and there a... |
22 February 2008
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The GDC is the place for launching new and ambitious projects, as the buzz from the gaming crowd is almost guaranteed. LEGO representative Mark Hansen has offered a flurry of details regarding LEGO's upcoming MMO universe.LEGO expects every man that has ever played or ever dreamed of playing with its bricks to b... |
22 February 2008
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Ever dreamed about a Grand Theft Auto MMO? Ever dreamed about a never-ending GTA game where all the gangs and the police forces are real, human players? Just imagine what possibilities arise when an entire city's population is controlled by us, the gamers, the GTA fans, the Liberty City citizens. Yes, this is ac... |
22 February 2008
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Tabula Rasa is still going strong despite the rumors the MMOG is in so much financial trouble that its developer NCsoft has no other option but to shut it down and disband the Austin studio that created the game. NCsoft has hit back and described the news as wildly inaccurate and in no way based upon facts, going so ... |
20 February 2008
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The MMORPG we've all been waiting for over four years, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, is getting closer to its release date - on the 20th of May 2008 and that is a great thing. Still, the greatest surprise appeared when, according to videogaming247.com, game director Gaute Godager said that an Xbox 360 versi... |
20 February 2008
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I am always really glad to see, when I hear about the development of a game, that it only wants to educate the youth and goes beyond what the market really wants: blood, violence and nudity. Unfortunately, this kind of games (the learning ones) are bound to live a short life and few really manage to reach their targe... |
18 February 2008
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The games that don't have at least one really sexy female character hidden (or not) somewhere, anywhere within the game, barely exist. They're an almost extinct species and they should be really original, have a super gameplay and everything else almost perfect if they want to compete against the "not-afrai... |
18 February 2008
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If you are one of the millions of World of Warcraft fans and you would like to earn some official, legal cash for playing the game, this is the news for you! Because Blizzard has announced plans to launch a new type of competition using the Arena System in WOW. With more than $200,000 in cash prizes at stake, it'... |
15 February 2008
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For those who love Maria Sharapova just because of her tennis skills, a tennis MMO would probably be one of the best things that could ever happen. If that's the case, we have a great piece of news for you: Smash Online, a free to play tennis MMOG developed by gamigo AG not only that is getting closer to gold st... |
8 February 2008
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The Tabula Rasa fans that kept asking to be allowed to play alien races will now have a reason to be extremely happy: NCsoft has announced that the latest update for their MMO includes the Hybrids. These are DNA spliced human-alien cross breeds with enhanced attributes and distinct physical appearance and they are, a... |
5 February 2008
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It's not a secret that, since we're living in a fully expanding virtual era, there is a major increase in virtual thefts that have, unfortunately, a real-life monetary value. Since there is no such thing as a "virtual police" that is able to solve these cases, the gamers have to contact the real police. But... |
5 February 2008
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The MMO based on the beloved movie/book series has taken Europe and North America by storm and it's not planning to stop. Lord of the Rings Online now plans to take a trip to Russia, since Turbine and IT Territory have signed a deal for the distribution of the game. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angma... |
29 January 2008
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With the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures release date getting closer, Funcom has decided not to keep their next project, The Secret World so secret, so they gave a few details regarding the next MMO that will be available for the PC systems and Xbox 360 consoles. And there are some great things to hear, trust me!Fi... |
29 January 2008
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Bulgarian-based Masthead Studios has announced its sci-fi, post-apocalyptic MMO game, Earthrise, for a 2009 release. The game promises to bring a never seen before approach to the genre, as well as some eye-candy graphics.The story of the game is based on what happens to our world after the third World War, when Eart... |
24 January 2008
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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its mega hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) continues to climb up the charts and does it pretty well: 10 million users worldwide. World of Warcraft now hosts about 5.5 million subscribers in Asia, over 2.5 million in North America and more than 2 mill... |
23 January 2008
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