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Reckoning Diary: It Feels Like a Single-Player MMORPG

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was released earlier this week on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 by Electronic Arts, after being developed by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games.We’ve already talked in depth about the game during our review, as well as in a few gamer diaries that appeared earlier this week.Now, it’s ti...

10 February 2012
15:31 GMT

Relics of Annorath: A MMORPG for Linux

The developement team at Quantum Bytes Studio are preparing a new MMORPG game that will work on Linux. Relics of Annorath is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) game that uses the Unigine Engine, and by the looks of it the rendered world is beautiful.Relics of Annorath will have a native client ...

19 January 2012
08:40 GMT

Vendetta Online 1.8.203-204 Brings Five New Missions

Vendetta Online, a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) from Guild Software Inc, in which thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe, is now at version 1.8.203-204. Sure, it may not sound like much of an update, but Vendetta Online benefits from a flur...

28 December 2011
05:54 GMT

Rift Has Been Hacked, Sensitive User Information May Be in Danger

Trion Worlds, the studio that administers the Rift online role playing game, has confirmed that “unauthorized intruders” have gained access to one of their account databases, managing to get a hold of user information like account names, encrypted passwords, email addresses and even the first and last fou...

23 December 2011
20:31 GMT

Lots of New Features Coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic After Its Launch

BioWare has posted a hefty list of the new features it’s planning on adding to the Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, highlighting just what areas will receive more attention once the game is fully released and delivers an optimum experience to its customers.Probably one of the last big releases of the ye...

15 December 2011
12:41 GMT

Winter Holiday Events Now Available in Various Sony MMOs

Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that a large number of its online games, from DC Universe Online to EverQuest 1 and 2 or Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, are now entering the winter holiday spirit by running various in-game celebrations and offering special content that will see the company donate to the Chi...

13 December 2011
20:31 GMT

Skyrim Developer Still Not Interested in Making a Multiplayer Game or an MMO

Bethesda still isn’t convinced that it should make a massively multiplayer online game, largely because it’s now focusing on the recently released Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, trying to support it with new updates and thinking about any possible DLC for it.Bethesda has made a name for itself...

12 December 2011
18:21 GMT

Final Fantasy XIV Starts Charging Money on January 6, Offers Discount for Loyal Players

Final Fantasy XIV hasn’t exactly been the most successful release made by Square Enix, but the Japanese company is confident with the current state of the online game and confirmed that it’s going to start charging a monthly subscription on January 6, 2012.Final Fantasy XIV was hyped as one of the biggest...

9 December 2011
04:36 GMT

Over 2 Million People Played the Beta for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Gamers are extremely excited for the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, as BioWare and Electronic Arts, its developer and publisher, confirmed that more than 2 million people tried out the game in its recent beta stage.Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting ready for its release later this month, on December 20 in...

7 December 2011
14:31 GMT

World of Warcraft Marks 7th Anniversary with Special 'Celebration Package'

Blizzard has revealed that its long running World of Warcraft MMORPG will be turning 7 in two days, on November 23, and, in order to properly mark this anniversary, all players who will log into the online game will receive special bonuses.This month was filled with plenty of celebrations, from the 10th anniversary o...

21 November 2011
17:51 GMT

DC Universe Online Deadly Double Cross Update Available to All Players

Sony Online Entertainment has just deployed a brand new update for its DC Universe Online MMORPG, called the Deadly Double Cross, available for all players of the title, even those who just joined it after becoming free-to-play.DC Universe Online delighted quite a lot of players earlier this year when it was released...

17 November 2011
04:00 GMT

World of Warcraft Subscriber Count Still Sinking, Now at 10.3 Million

Blizzard has revealed that the number of subscribers for its World of Warcraft MMORPG has continued to decrease since earlier this year, now reaching 10.3 million, registering a 10 percent drop that translated in more than 800,000 people deactivating their subscriptions to the online game.World of Warcraft is by far ...

10 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic To Reach 3 Million Units Sold in First Year

Right after BioWare and Electronic Arts officially confirmed a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic, of December 20 in North America and December 22 in Europe, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz predicts that the online game might reach sales of around 3 million units in its first year.After the details abou...

29 September 2011
06:21 GMT

Final Fantasy Brand Greatly Damaged by FF XIV

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has admitted to investors that the company's hugely successful Final Fantasy franchise has been "greatly damaged" by the recent release of Final Fantasy XIV, the online RPG that suffered from a variety of problems and is still being fixed by its development team.Final Fantasy XIV beca...

28 September 2011
03:06 GMT

OS X Lion / Snow Leopard Now Required to play 'City of Heroes'

City of Heroes, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, is dropping support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, according to its publishers.Developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft, City of Heroes has gamers using an extensive character creation system to select ...

26 September 2011
06:01 GMT

DC Universe Online Gets Green Lantern DLC for Free This Week

Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that it will be releasing the previously announced Green Lantern-themed downloadable content pack for DC Universe Online this week, tomorrow, to be more precise, for free to all active subscribers, at least in North America.Sony's DC Universe Online is enjoying some decent...

5 September 2011
04:03 GMT

Guild Wars 2 on Consoles Can't Work Because of Social Problems

ArenaNet, the developer of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 massive multiplayer online role-playing game, has talked about bringing the game, currently a PC exclusive, to consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 and how this is quite hard, considering social aspects found on the PC aren't available on home consoles....

2 September 2011
03:40 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Doesn't Require EA's Origin Service

In what is a pretty interesting turn of events, it seems that Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new online role-playing game from BioWare, Electronic Arts and LucasArts, won't require customers to download EA's own Origin program if they want to play it. Electronic Arts' new Origin digital distributi...

26 August 2011
17:21 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Developer Talks About Links to KOTOR

BioWare's co-founder and vice president, Dr. Greg Zeschuk has talked about the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, and how some of its content will connect to the previous Knights of the Old Republic games also made by the studio back in the early 2000s. EA, LucasArts and BioWare are working hard these days...

25 August 2011
03:25 GMT

World of Warcraft Expansions and Patches to Arrive Faster in the Future

Blizzard has admitted that it's trying to modify the release timing of its World of Warcraft expansions, while regular patches are now being designed to include new, smaller adventures that will keep high level players entertained. World of Warcraft is still one of the most popular massively multiplayer onlin...

22 August 2011
05:20 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Have 500 Worlds Until 2025

BioWare is quite confident in the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG and revealed that it hopes to populate its virtual world with a huge number of planets, even setting a goal of 500 worlds by 2025. The Old Republic has been a long time in the making, with BioWare hyping it up on every occasion, and with...

26 July 2011
18:01 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch Limited to North America and Europe

Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new MMORPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts, will be released, at first at least, only in North America and Europe, as the two companies have declined to deploy the online title in territories like Australia, Asia, Africa or South America. Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the ...

25 July 2011
18:01 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Out in November, Reports Say

After yesterday, when we saw the pre-orders open for Star Wars: The Old Republic, new reports have popped up, saying that the new MMORPG might go online in November, right before the winter holiday season. Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the most ambitious projects in recent years, with developer BioWare, pu...

22 July 2011
04:20 GMT

Final Fantasy MMO Could Arrive on PlayStation Vita

Square Enix is thinking about bringing its highly successful Final Fantasy XI online role-playing to the PlayStation Vita, at least according to a statement from the former leader of the project. Sony presented the PlayStation Vita portable console at last month's E3 2011 conference and wowed the audience wit...

15 July 2011
04:40 GMT

DC Universe Online Receive Green Lantern DLC This Summer

DC Universe Online, the new super hero and super villain online game from Sony Online Entertainment, will receive its first paid downloadable content pack, based on popular hero Green Lantern. DC Universe Online has received a lot of content since its release earlier this year, with Sony and DC Comics partnering u...

13 July 2011
14:21 GMT

Cheaper SOE All Access Pass for all Sony MMOs Now Available

Sony Online Entertainment has decided to implement its own sort of "make good" offer for subscribers that were affected by the recent hacker attack, and has launched a special SOE All Access Pass, instead of the older Station Pass, which allows customers to play almost all of the major online games from the Japanese ...

30 June 2011
03:10 GMT

World of Warcraft Goes Free-to-Play Until Level 20

Just after it introduced patch 4.2 for World of Warcraft, Blizzard has announced that the extremely popular MMO is now going free-to-play, but only until level 20. World of Warcraft is currently the most popular online role-playing game out there, even if some subscribers have gotten tired of it, so Blizzard is tr...

29 June 2011
17:31 GMT

Star Wars Galaxies MMO Shuts Down in December

Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts have officially announced that the Star Wars Galaxies massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) will be shutting down in December. Star Wars fans were treated with a unique online experience back in 2003, when Sony, through its Online Entertainment division, part...

28 June 2011
14:21 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic More Than Competes with World of Warcraft, BioWare says

The upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is set to "more than compete" with the current most popular online game, World of Warcraft, as BioWare, its developer, has revealed that internal testing shows a high interest in the new title.BioWare has worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic for quite some time now, and t...

14 June 2011
15:51 GMT

World of Warcraft Losing Subscribers, Blizzard Plans More Updates

World of Warcraft is beginning to lose some of its subscribers, as Blizzard reports a drop in their number, while promising that more frequent updates are going to be made to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft is the biggest online title out there, with its subscriber count being...

10 May 2011
17:21 GMT

Lego Universe Gets Major Update on May 3, Brings Racing, Co-Op Building

Lego Universe, the recent MMORPG based on the popular toy franchise, will be on the receiving end of a major content update that will go live on May 3, and brings new content like cooperative building, racing and increases the property worlds in the online game.Lego Universe is definitely a breath of fresh air in the...

27 April 2011
03:20 GMT

Final Fantasy XIV Still Free-to-Play Until Square Enix Fixes It

Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix's newest online MMORPG, will continue to be free-to-play until the Japanese company will manage to fix all of its issues and adopt a concrete payment plan for all of the players. Final Fantasy XIV was officially launched back in September of last year with a free 30-day trial fo...

5 April 2011
02:35 GMT

Sony Online Entertainment Confirms 200 Layoffs, Cancels The Agency MMO

Sony Online Entertainment, the company's MMO-oriented division, has just announced that it has made over 200 layoffs today, closed down three studio locations and stopped the development on The Agency MMO project. Sony Online Entertainment is known for online games like EverQuest, PlanetSide or the more recen...

1 April 2011
14:21 GMT

DC Universe Online Catwoman Update Released for PC and PS3

DC Universe Online has just received its first major update and add-on, which not only fixes a lot of issues but also brings new quests and campaigns.DC Universe Online is Sony Online Entertainment's most popular online role-playing game, even if it was launched at the beginning of the year.Now, the super-hero M...

23 February 2011
14:21 GMT

Lego Universe Gets Ninjas and Crux Prime Zone

Lego Universe, the recent toy-themed MMORPG from NetDevil, has just received a brand new zone for its virtual world, filled with new places to discover and the Ninjago, spinning ninjas that are part of the latest toy sets released by Lego. Lego Universe was one of the most peculiar MMORPGs of last year, transformi...

9 February 2011
14:51 GMT

DC Universe Online Hotfix Deployed, Solves Voice Chat Problems

DC Universe Online, Sony Online Entertainment's brand new superhero-based MMO, has just received a brand new update, the second one since its release, which aims at quickly solving some of the problems that were left unattended by the previous patch. DC Universe Online has been launched for about two weeks, a...

27 January 2011
03:00 GMT

$50 Pack Christmas Giveaway

For all MMORPG fans, IGG has teamed up with Softpedia to give you a $50 value pack absolutely free of charge. The name of the game is Dreamland Online, the latest title from IGG, and the loot consists of a set of useful items, worth $50, available in the Item Mall of the game. The giveaway event starts December 20th...

30 December 2010
12:41 GMT

World of Warcraft Cataclysm Free 10-Day Trial Available

If, by any chance, you're a World of Warcraft subscriber and have yet to purchase the newest expansion, Cataclysm, Blizzard is running a special deal, offering a 10-day free trial for any player that already purchased Wrath of the Lich King and The Burning Crusade, the previous expansions of the online game. ...

20 December 2010
17:31 GMT

Titan Is the Next MMO from Blizzard

After a pretty embarrassing leak a few weeks ago, Blizzard has officially admitted that its new massively multiplayer online game project is codenamed Titan, and that it is currently hiring a lot of people to work on it. As you all know, Blizzard is the company behind the hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG...

20 December 2010
03:45 GMT

Free Microsoft MMORPG: Neosaurs

Neosaurs is a new gaming experience introduced by Microsoft earlier this month, which is currently available to testers. The game is in Beta at this point in time, with the Redmond company almost mute on the new offerings, save for the promise that it plans to share additional details soon. According to what little...

16 December 2010
10:01 GMT

World of Warcraft Still Has Lots of Potential, Blizzard Says

Right after Blizzard released the third expansion, Cataclysm, for its hugely successful World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online role playing game, Rob Pardo, one of the co-designers of World of Warcraft talked about the game and how it could still reinvent itself in the future. World of Warcraft is still gr...

9 December 2010
02:30 GMT

Tt eSPORTS Unveils Challenger Ultimate Gaming Keyboard, Complete with Hand-Cooling Fan

It seems like the number of MMORPG and RTS gaming keyboards is steadily on the rise as Tt eSPORTS, Thermaltake's gaming gear division, just announced their very own solution build for such types of games, dubbed the Challenger Ultimate.Boasting the same 256 back light design that seems to have already become sta...

24 November 2010
03:21 GMT

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Launch Events Detailed by Blizzard

Blizzard has just revealed a few more details about the global launch events it will be holding for its upcoming expansion, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, including ones from the USA and the UK.World of Warcraft is the most popular massively multiplayer online role playing game in the world, with over 12 million payin...

23 November 2010
17:21 GMT

Blizzard Lures In World of Warcraft Players By Offering A Free Week of Play

World of Warcraft players that suspended their subscription will soon receive a special email from Blizzard, which will offer them a free week of play, just before the game will receive its third expansion, entitled Cataclysm.World of Warcraft is currently the most popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Ga...

12 November 2010
03:37 GMT

Entropia Universe Player Pays $335,000 For Virtual Property

A new record was set in popular online multiplayer game Entropia Universe, as a player bought a virtual property with $335,000 real-life dollars from another one, marking the most a person has ever paid for a virtual asset.Entropia Universe is a popular online game which allows its users to convert real world finance...

12 November 2010
02:35 GMT

Square Enix Wants To Earn Back Trust of Final Fantasy XIV Players

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has just revealed that his company wants to earn back the trust of PC gamers who recently purchased its newest game, the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG, after the title's troubled launch.Final Fantasy XIV was set to be Square Enix's big push into online gaming, after the surprising suc...

8 November 2010
04:27 GMT

Lego Universe

Whenever I mention the word LEGO I imagine myself stacking blocks of all types and colors and building robots and cars. Nothing compares to the excitement you get after you've built your own castle or race track and this is what makes childhood memories so enjoyable. Reviewing the early days of my youth I can c...

3 November 2010
16:31 GMT

World of Warcraft Cataclysm Available for Pre-Order From Battle.net Now

World of Warcraft Cataclysm, the latest expansion for the massively successful online role playing game, is now available for pre-order right from its developer, Blizzard, using the Battle.net online service.Blizzard is pushing into digital distribution realms with the launch of Cataclysm, as it will actually offer p...

29 October 2010
15:51 GMT

World of Warcraft Cataclysm PC System Requirements Revealed

The hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG is set to get its third expansion this December, in the form of Cataclysm, so Blizzard has just decided to unveil the minimum and recommend PC systems requirements.World of Warcraft has just reached the impressive 12 million paying subscriber milestone earlier this month...

21 October 2010
04:09 GMT

World of Warcraft Cataclysm Gets Cinematic Introduction Video

World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Cataclysm, has just received a stunning new cinematic introduction, showcasing the events that will change the game's landscape and add whole new things to the extremely popular online role playing game. World of Warcraft has just received a new testimony to its huge...

18 October 2010
04:00 GMT


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