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ArchLord Gets Free Expansion

If you are one of the players who enjoy Codemasters' massively multiplayer online game ArchLord, you will be really pleased to hear that now Codies' title is bigger and better than ever - everything for free! And knowing that about 750,000 players have registered accounts there, I'm sure this announcem...

22 August 2008
04:37 GMT

Deco Online Officially Launched

You have probably never heard of Deco Online and I can't blame you: there are so many MMORPGs out there that it's natural for somebody to lose count of them. However, this is a successful genre and every now and then a company decides to try its luck and throw a new game on the market. The same is happening...

22 August 2008
03:19 GMT

NCsoft Announces Aion: The Quest for Wings

NCsoft, the company specialized in creating hit MMORPG games (such as Lineage or Guild Wars) has announced a brand new title to be released in early 2009. Named Aion: The Quest for Wings, the game is said to be prepared so as to come and "blur the lines between what has typically been considered the realms of dark an...

19 August 2008
15:06 GMT

You Can Become an Ace Online Now

Can you think of something better than some quality 3D space shooter combined with MMORPG elements? If you can, then Wicked Interactive's most recent title might not be the game you were waiting for (however, it doesn't mean you won't like it). Anyway, the idea is that you can beta test it and find out...

19 August 2008
04:03 GMT

Finally, Fallen Earth Alpha Ready to Begin

About two months ago, I discovered a very promising post-apocalyptic MMORPG game called Fallen Earth and I was wondering when the Beta testing started. It seems that it's still pretty far away into the future, but a few lucky people will get the chance to test the game since an early Alpha stage has just been an...

13 August 2008
12:06 GMT

Star Trek Online New Details Emerge

Years have passed since the Star Trek Online game was first announced and we all know it encountered lots of problems along the way - eventually being canceled and transferred to another game development company - Cryptic Studios. Right now, it seems that everything is working out just fine and, finally, STO seems to...

11 August 2008
05:52 GMT

Fury MMO Closes Forever

It was just a couple of days ago when I was reporting that there are more MMO games than anyone can play, and it seems I was right, since one of the side-effects of this MMO explosion is the fact that some of them will eventually die just because there are not enough players for them. Of course, this is only in the b...

6 August 2008
04:30 GMT

Asda MMO Enters Open Beta

Usually, whenever somebody has to just type some letters, Asda is the result. From now on, though, if you ever write this combination, you will actually refer to a new massively multiplayer online game developed by Gamescampus. Let me tell you one thing - there will be tons of free marketing for this one!However, thi...

5 August 2008
03:45 GMT

Enter the World of Kung Fu

We're living in a true MMO era and, according to game analysts, that's the future of PC gaming. New online universes are released every now and then, but they barely manage to bring any novelties to this overused concept. However, one of the new titles that want to give it a shot is World of Kung Fu, a free...

4 August 2008
04:23 GMT

Mabinogi Gets Some Spirit

Mabinogi, the free to play MMORPG developed by Nexon America will delight its fans even more, as its creators decided it is time to introduce a few more goodies to the game: a brand new weapon and some pets should be enough for now, but more could come in the future.The Spirit Weapon is the first addition, but using ...

31 July 2008
19:06 GMT

New Features for Fiesta

Massively multiplayer online games are getting more popular than ever and that can be seen out of the number of MMO releases: I doubt there is anybody who counts them anymore. However, when such a huge competition is involved, it only seems natural to hear about lots of special offers, giveaways and all sorts of feat...

28 July 2008
17:06 GMT

Star Trek MMO, Under Development at Cryptic

The first piece of news about a massively multiplayer game based on the Star Trek universe was heard back in 2004 when Perpetual Entertainment announced its title. However, the game encountered lots of problems along the way and this January, Perpetual stopped developing it and transferred the license to another comp...

28 July 2008
12:06 GMT

Florensia Invites You to Beta Test It

The number of MMORPG games available on the market keeps growing and we'll pretty soon have as many online titles as offline ones. This is not at all a bad thing, since they not only offer tens of hours of entertainment, but also bring the social aspect to maximum levels. One of the newest titles to try their lu...

22 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Aeria Grabs Cronous MMO

It seems that massively multiplayer online game publisher Aeria started a huge expansion progress because during the past months, it purchased the rights to distribute a couple of great games, such as Dreamlords: The Reawakening. Now, the company has announced the acquisition of Cronous, the classic MMORPG developed ...

17 July 2008
17:06 GMT

You Can Beta Test Stone Age 2 Now

Aeria Games seems to be getting ready for a full assault on the MMO market - yesterday, the company announced the acquisition and distribution of Dreamlords: The Reawakening and today they announce another massively multiplayer online game called Stone Age 2.Unlike the previously announced title, this one is a full R...

4 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Cronous Evolves

There are big chances you have never heard of this free massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) called Cronous and we can't blame you for that - we didn't know anything about it until now. But, as the developers decided to improve the title a little bit, it has become a worth noting one - a ...

2 July 2008
04:19 GMT

Age of Conan Continues to Dominate the Charts

The success recorded by the most recent MMORPG released by Funcom and Eidos, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures might not be exactly what was expected from the game, but still both the developers and publishers are quite satisfied: more than 700.000 gamers have signed up for an account by now and numbers keep growing,...

1 July 2008
03:37 GMT

Supreme Boxing Prepared for You

If you have always thought that a boxing career would be the best thing for you, but you were afraid to enter training sessions and compete just because some big bad fellas were there, ready to punch you, the virtual world of a game has, once again, the solution to your problem. In this case, it is called Supreme Box...

13 June 2008
02:58 GMT

Achievements Coming to World of Warcraft?

The biggest MMORPG in the world and one of the most beloved games ever released, World of Warcraft is preparing to get a major expansion with the release of the Wrath Of The Lich King - and it seems that Blizzard really plans to expand things, since it has apparently introduced a LotR-like achievement system. Althoug...

10 June 2008
17:06 GMT

Runes of Magic Come to Life

The free MMO universe keeps expanding and every now and then a project arises, promising to change the world. The same thing happens with Frogster Interactive's MMORPG title, Runes of Magic - a game that looks great and promises to be even greater. We just have to see it released as fast as possible, installed o...

9 June 2008
04:37 GMT

Age of Conan Sales Lower than Expected

Sometimes, having high hopes for your product is not necessarily a good thing because you risk being disappointed if things don't come true. However, we would be making a mistake if we were to call Funcom disappointed with its sales of the recently released Age of Conan MMORPG. But it is clear that they are low...

6 June 2008
15:06 GMT

Justine Henin Starts a New Career: Tennis NPC in Online Game

Justine Henin has been the number one female tennis player since 2006 and it seems natural that companies want to associate their name with hers, especially now, when she probably has a bit more free time - since she has just (surprisingly) retired from professional tennis. Even though she said she would focus on her...

6 June 2008
03:33 GMT

Age of Conan Patch Already Launched

This happens every now and then to just-released games: patching. Of course, after so many delays and beta tests, nobody would've believed that Age of Conan: Hyborian adventures, the game that has been getting so many great reviews and considered the only one able to win the throne held for so long by World of W...

26 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Football Superstars Brings World's First Soccer Virtual World

Online MMO games tend to bring as many social-features as possible, no matter the genre of the game released. If we're talking about a first person shooter, there has to be a social aspect, somewhere in a peaceful area! If we're talking about a hack and slash game, there will definitely be a social aspect h...

26 May 2008
12:06 GMT

EMotion FX Now Available for Mac

Mystic Game Development has officially released the Mac version of EMotion FX. The realtime game animation middleware is something that hotshot developers have been using for quite some time now, in hit games such as SimCity Societies, Warhammer Online, and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Mystic GD claims.EMotion FX has be...

22 May 2008
07:04 GMT

Test Your Street Gears in MMO Beta

There are all sorts of MMO games available and since the industry is booming, we dare to believe that the development of new titles will (and should) never stop. Trying their luck with a relatively new genre, developers NFlavor Corp, present us Street Gears, a free roller MMORPG. The game is scheduled to enter the op...

21 May 2008
03:10 GMT

Age of Conan Release is a Sold Out Hit

There are many voices claiming that Ago of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is the title that could take the throne of best MMORPG from World of Warcraft. Although a few years behind and with a different, more "mature" approach to the game, Age of Conan really is a competitor to the throne. It will probably remain like tha...

19 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Fantasy Isle Brought to Lineage II

For the hardcore fans of Lineage II, it seems that only PvP battles and castle sieges matter lately, but NCsoft plans to change things around: they have announced the introduction of a new area in the game world, an area that initially doesn't seem to fit the game at all. Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the Lineage ...

15 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Requiem: Bloodymare Enters Open Beta

Dubbed by its developers as the "goriest game to hit the MMO world", Requiem: Bloodymare has opened its arms and is ready to welcome anybody interested in the open beta. This means that, if you are fast enough, you will be one of the first players to enjoy the new MMO from Gravity Interactive when the open beta offic...

14 May 2008
17:06 GMT

Funcom Ready for Age of Conan Release

The hype surrounding the highly anticipated release of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures keeps growing as the latest release date announced by Funcom (the 20th of May) is getting closer and closer, and it seems that no delay is in sight. However, before the release of the MMORPG, Funcom has posted the financial resul...

13 May 2008
06:26 GMT

Lineage II: Hellbound Brings New Transformations

With the release of Hellbound for Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne, there will be many improvements for the players to experience - we have already posted information about the pet system changes. And that will not be the only thing, as NCsoft plans will add even more variety and further enhance the gameplay experience...

29 April 2008
15:06 GMT

Dofus Goes Mobile, Brings New Features

Dofus, the popular game developed by the French-based Ankama, will soon have a mobile version, called DofusPocket. Presented as a "tactical MMORPG" (and I'm sure all gamers know that MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), the original Dofus was created as a cartoonish game for Window...

17 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Side-Scrolling MMORPG to Be Brought to North America

It is a known fact that successful RPG games in Asia will eventually hit the European or North American stands and this is exactly what will happen to La Tale, a charming side-scrolling MMORPG. Scheduled to debut sometime during the third quarter of 2008, La Tale will be brought to us by publisher OGPlanet.The game, ...

14 April 2008
13:06 GMT

World of Warcraft, One Million in China

Blizzard's MMO phenomenon World of Warcraft didn't really get the huge numbers in Asian countries until now, but it was only a matter of time until this was going to happen, right? Well, Blizzard has just confirmed that one million concurrent players from China could now be met on the official game servers....

14 April 2008
02:47 GMT

The Chronicles of Spellborn Gets New Release Schedule, New US Publisher

MMORPG previously scheduled for a second quarter of 2008 release got delayed a little bit by the developers in order to further "polish" the game and optimize it a little. The Chronicles of Spellborn is expected to be released sometime during this autumn and no further delays are in sight since the developing team wa...

11 April 2008
03:59 GMT

Final Fantasy XI Compilation Ready for the PCs

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
04:29 GMT

NCsoft to Create Two Titles Using the Unreal Engine 3

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
03:28 GMT

Weekend Reading: The World of Warcraft King and a Broom

This is not your regular World of Warcraft news flash - it's rather the sad story of an unlucky king, a man... uhm... an undead destined for greater glory, level 50 monster hacking - a fearsome undead in the ever growing World of Warcraft - that was never meant to be. Instead, this great cavalier of the apocalyp...

7 March 2008
06:18 GMT

New Content for Pirates of the Caribbean Online

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
05:47 GMT

Activision's CEO: $1 Billion Investment Maybe Not Enough to Take on WoW

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
04:45 GMT

Would You Like to Play Games and Save Real Lives?

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
03:06 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Creator Showcases GTA-Like MMO!

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
03:21 GMT

Age of Conan Coming to Xbox 360!

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
08:12 GMT

Environmental Learning MMO Launched by IBM

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
05:04 GMT

Spike Girls Are Semi-Naked, Sexy

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
03:12 GMT

RuneScape Easy Money Hints (PC)

RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd. It has approximately nine million active free accounts and more than one million paid member accounts.RuneScape was created by Andrew Gower, the creator of DeviousMUD, the forerunner to RuneScape, in 1998. Rewritt...

15 February 2008
09:53 GMT

New World of Warcraft Arena Model and Cash Prizes

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
05:02 GMT

Wee! Conan Girls Will Have Nipples, After All

It would probably not be enough to say that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is one of the most anticipated MMO games in the world at the moment. And one of the reasons we will all love to play it (and Fox News will probably go crazy again) is the fact that, you know, when Conan lived, people didn't care too mu...

6 February 2008
05:56 GMT

Police Refuses to Investigate $3800 MMO Theft

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
04:01 GMT

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Goes to Asia

Electronic Arts and GigaMedia, an online entertainment provider, have entered into an agreement to distribute the MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. The game, based on Games Workshop's fantasy world, comes from the creators of the Dark Age of Camelot MMORPG, Mythic Entertai...

31 January 2008
03:15 GMT




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