If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! The Secret World is an upcoming MMORPG from Funcom, the producers of Anarchy Online and Age of Conan (which recently went free-to-play). And it’s a massively multiplayer title which has quite a few online gamers hot under the collar, [...]
NCsoft and Paragon have announced that their super-hero MMOG, City of Heroes, has joined the ranks of those massively multiplayer games which boast a free-to-play model. The so-called Freedom model grants access to level 50 with nothing necessary in terms of subscription. Players will, of course, have the opportunity to purchase new content as and [...]
Nexon has announced its free-to-play massively multiplayer RPG is headed for Europe in the fourth quarter of 2011. Vindictus, which last year scooped IGN’s award for the Best Free-to-Play MMO, is a physics-based action RPG which features pacey combat. The game employs a modified version of the Source engine to make interaction with the environment [...]
Rift is a fantasy MMORPG which is known for that rarest of feats among the denizens of the massively multiplayer world – a smooth launch. There’s already been one major update to the game, and Trion Worlds has just announced the second which is known as The Spoils of War. So what are these spoils? [...]
NCsoft has announced that its veteran MMORPG Lineage II is to be graced with a “High Five” update. The update, which goes live today, offers a whole host of game improvements that have been made in direct response to player feedback. So what’s new? Visual enhancements for mobs, for one thing, and fresh skills, over [...]
The latest expansion for Everquest II, Destiny of Velious, is available for pre-order, with a time limited price for the Collector’s Edition. Destiny of Velious is an all-in-one compilation package which comes loaded up with everything EQ2; the base game plus the seven expansions, and three adventure packs. The works, by any other name. The [...]
Look out kids, there’s another MMORPG set to arrive on an increasingly packed multiplayer block. Today saw the launch of Sony’s DC Universe Online, although The Secret World has only just been announced by Funcom and EA. Funcom, who developed Anarchy Online and Age of Conan, is taking a refreshing tack with this new effort, [...]
Cataclysm, the third expansion for World of Warcraft, has set new records when it comes to PC game sales. Blizzard has said that based on internal company estimates, the expansion has shifted over 3.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale. That would make it the fastest selling PC game of all time. [...]
Atari and Cryptic Studios have announced that the Season 3: Genesis content update is now available for MMORPG Star Trek Online. A number of major new features are introduced by the update, including Borg technology which can now be integrated into existing starships. Sector space has also been revamped to give it a more realistic [...]
Game has announced that it is hosting the official launch of the latest expansion for Blizzard’s giant MMORPG, next Monday December 6th. The World of Warcraft: Cataclysm launch event will take place at the Sound nightclub, Leicester Square in central London, and will last the entire evening. It will be compered by Jason Bradbury (of [...]
Newzoo has produced its MMO Games Market Report for 2010, a look at the current state of massively multiplayer gaming in the US. And the latest figures show that some 47.5 million Americans partake of massively multiplayer online action, and the total spending on these games is up 30% compared to 2009. However, nearly 90% [...]
Codemasters has announced that its massively multiplayer role-playing game, Lord of the Rings Online, is now free to play. The game was first unveiled back in 2007, and has seen two expansion packs released since then by developer Turbine. You can now download it and taste the Middle Earth atmosphere for free, without even having [...]
Sony has announced that it will be merging some EverQuest 2 servers together. The affected servers are Nektulos which will be merged into Guk, Najena is to be merged into Unrest, Befallen with Oasis, Blackburrow into Everfrost, Mistmoore into Permafrost, and Kithicor into Butcherblock. In the UK, Runnyeye will be merged into Splitpaw. Other servers [...]
Yes, the original EverQuest MMORPG (the one we cut our teeth on way back in 1999) is still going strong, witnessing the release of the seventeenth expansion for the game. House of Thule introduces 13 new zones, 120 quests, 17 missions and 18 raids, along with a level cap rise from 85 to 90. The [...]
Blizzard has announced that the next expansion for its MMORPG juggernaut will be arriving on December 7th. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be the third expansion for the game, the first being The Burning Crusade (which introduced the Outland), which was followed by Wrath of the Lich King (which brought forth the chilly continent of [...]
Flying Lab Software has announced the release of Power & Prestige, the first expansion for its MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea, alongside some potentially bigger news for the game. In the next update for the MMORPG, which is coming at some point this autumn, the game will switch to a free-to-play model. A monthly [...]
Aion has just become a bigger massively multiplayer world with the release of an expansion entitled Assault on Balaurea. The good news is the expansion is free to play, and introduces the next chapter of the game, where characters must band together to launch a counter-assault on the invading Balaur. The fearsome Balaur include the [...]
This week Sony has launched EverQuest II Extended, which lets players sample the delights of their massively multiplayer online RPG for free. Extended allows you to experience the game with no need for any subscription or credit card details, and it also offers quick access to Norrath via a web-based streaming download application. Players will [...]
When the news that Blizzard, maker of the MMORPG juggernaut World of Warcraft, was producing another massively multiplayer game, there was plenty of speculation about what it would be. And one of the ideas floating around was that of an MMOG based on the StarCraft universe, as that’s certainly a franchise with plenty of followers. [...]
Cryptic Studios has announced that the new content update for its ship and ground combat MMOG Star Trek Online is now available. No charge will be made for Season Two: Ancient Enemies, which introduces a number of new races, battles and all new episodes amongst other features. There are eight new episodes designed for the [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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