Leaves are falling and winter is coming. To avoid the characters in Runes of Magic catching a chill, Frogster is searching for a beautiful cape design in a community contest. Graphically talented fans are called on to create their personal cape for the upcoming fantasy online-roleplaying game on the basis of a template. They can …
True Games Interactive, an international publisher of multi-player online games, has revealed the first key features and game details for its highly anticipated Online action MMORPG, Warrior Epic (www.warriorepic.com). Developed by Austin-based studio Possibility Space, the game has already developed a growing community since the developer launched the Warrior Epic website earlier this year. With the new publishing partnership, …
Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games has a lot to announce today for Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO).
As we begin a series of ingame new features until Christmas, we announce today the first of these important additions to come on November …
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 11 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached as the beta test for Wrath of the Lich King®, …
Remembering back to how I felt when Star Wars Galaxies was first announced and how I felt all the way through to launch, I have to reign in my excitement over Star Wars The Old Republic and keep in mind the initial failures of the aforementioned SWG. …
As if we haven’t known it was coming for months now, since the mid-July slip be EA’s head honcho that Bioware was building a KOTOR era MMORPG. Well, Bioware finally let loose with the news yesterday and started releasing information about their new title, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). The game is set about …
One of the things that makes Star Wars what it is, Star Ships! When walking around the world of Star Wars Galaxies you really don’t see a whole lot of them. In fact, you are pretty well limited to …
Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is coming real soon, but to help stave off your thirst we’ve got some new trailers over in the MMORPG section of the GameZig media room. The first trailer is a flythrough of the Foundations of Stone. We also have added …
Ghouls, Ghosts and copious amounts of candy are on offer in the latest update to Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO) as Halloween gets underway in Gametribe.com’s premier Free-to-Play game.
Lucasarts and BioWare are scheduled to make a big announcement next Tuesday. If you’re a gambler, place your bets on this announcement being the new Star Wars MMO that has been a big open secret for a while now; the one set in the same era as the Knights of the Old Republic games. Hopefully, …
Using your skills effectively is the key to survival in an online-roleplaying game like Runes of Magic. Therefore, the user interface of Frogster’s upcoming MMORPG keeps all important information and functions directly at hand. Players can also tweak the interface freely to their personal needs. Adjustable hotkeys offer quick access to all skills of the …
I finally did it, I broke down and bought my first console since the Atari 64! My wife and I were looking for something fun we could both do together at home and since there are no MMORPG’s we can both agree upon right now we started looking at consoles.
I know the Wii has been …
The Armies have assembled and the Worldwide WAAAGH! is Underway! Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. EA’s most highly pre-ordered …
Wicked Interactive (www.wickedinteractiveltd.com), a North American MMO publisher, today announced the official launch of ACE Online on the Suba Games platform. Starting today, all gamers can join the fast-growing ACE Online community by going towww.subagames.com and registering for a Suba Games account. To coincide with ACE Online’s full release, Wicked Interactive is …
Frogster reveals first information about the fifth region in the fantasy MMORPG today – the so-called Dust Devils Canyon. Once planned as harbourage for ore prospectors and mercenary troops, the “Obsidian Stronghold” high above the Canyon [...]
Leading European MMOG publisher gamigo AG confirms, that the European English version of Fiesta Online goes into open beta today. After a successful closed beta period with a limited number of testers, now everyone who registers at the official Homepagehttp://fiesta.gamigo.com/ can immediately download the client and start playing.
A vibrant community is …
There are so many MMORPG’s in existence today but almost all of them follow the same basic principle. Leveling, grinding and raiding. It’s the MMORPG hook to get you addicted and feel like you have to keep ‘working’ to level your …
Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games today announced that new player week has begun in Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO).
Due to a huge influx of new players, a brand new special event has gone into the game to aid people as they begin their journey in the Mirror World. The “Welcome Newbies“ event will …
One of the most eagerly awaited online role-playing games is approaching the final stretch in its development. The German, English and French versions of The Chronicles of Spellborn are scheduled for release on November 27th, 2008 in Europe. [...]
Six-Week Showcase at iGames Centers, Sept. 18 - Oct. 31; “WAR Rally” Community LAN Parties at Select Centers, Nov. 1, 8, 15; “All Out WAR” Special Event Nov. 22
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iGames, the leading LAN center organization, cordially invites the brave and the bold to a series of special events to celebrate the release of Warhammer® Online: Age …
Leading European MMOG publisher gamigo AG is happy to announce the start of the Fiesta Online closed beta test for Europe. After the successful launch of the German version in July, now a brand-new English version for European players enters the testing period. Everyone who signs up at http://fiesta.gamigo.com/has the chance to get hold …
I’m not nearly as bad as OTHER people. Excuses, excuses. We all make them when we feel cornered if someone tries to put us on the spot - but we all know that when we get put …
ArchLord, the popular subscription-free MMORPG receives all-new free expansion, Episode 3: Spirits Awakening
Tuesday, 19th August (2:00pm GMT) - Codemasters Online are pleased to reveal that their highly popular, free MMORPG ArchLord has gone live with a new expansion available now free of charge to all new and existing players.
Episode 3: Spirits Awakening adds 30% …
Acclaim will publish TCoS in North America
Frogster and the Dutch developer Spellborn are pleased to announce Acclaim Games as US publisher for The Chronicles of Spellborn. The renowned and tradition-steeped American company lead by industry veterans Howard Marks and David Perry has licensed the fantasy MMORPG as their focus title. Acclaim already has almost seven …
Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games is pleased to announce that Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO), the Free-to-Play social MMORPG, has received its second content update for August. This amazing update contains 3 brand new Special Edition Goodie Bags which will be placed into the games shop for a very limited time.
These rare Special …
Early on, it was pretty widely believed that the pre-ordering WAR would get you a ticket into OPEN BETA along with the closed beta testers. That may or may not be the case as it appears there are only a limited number of …
New user experience to aid newcomers to market leading MMO
Thursday 14th August…After a period of research and consultation, Operation Immortality has finally been launched to acclaim among current players and new players alike. With a brief to deliver an entirely new opening experience for new players, NC Soft has delivered, …
Pre-ordering a copy of Warhammer Online will get you an invite to the open beta phase of WAR but no one knows when that will be (edit: we know now). We know you can start downloading the beta client somewhere around the 15th (edit: the …
It looks like one of my favorite between serious game ways to pass the time has gotten some update love. Shot Online Season 2 officially launched today bringing with it a ton of updates. There is a new …
Cryptic Studios finally let us in on their not so well kept secret, they are making a Star Trek Online MMORPG. Before it came out, we had a little fun trying to figure out what type of gameplay mechanics a game like this …
A week ago I got that special email from the makers of Mythos inviting me to join their closed beta playground. Initially I had to create an account with the usual stuff; user ID, password, email, and etc. No problems on that end registration was simple and didn’t require any …
With the atom bomb that Mythic Entertainment dropped yesterday about the massive cuts for Warhammer Online it’s leaving many WAR fans in an emotional fog and just as many WAR haters saying, “I told you so”. It is a lot to take in for sure, I still can’t quite wrap my mind around whether or …
Happy 4th of July! I’m taking the day off of blogging to spend the day with my wife and daughter and go watch some good old celebration fireworks. If you are a hardcore gamer - I know a lot of MMORPG’s out there have their own versions of holidays, Star Wars Galaxies had a lot …
The first of dungeon to be announced by the Warhammer Online team is The Bastion Stair. Both the Order and Destruction are drawn to this source of Chaos power. The Order will …
Today Jagex announced that the anticipated high detail version of Runescape is now available to subscribers in a beta release. Also with this update, for the first time Runescape will be playable in full screen mode within your internet browser window. The update utilizes new graphics technologies to enhance the games look and bring it up to …
Even though Diablo 3 is not going to be an MMO it is taking on some of the better traits of one. One of the noteable changes to this version compared to the others is the character customization. Gamers will be able to create both male and female versions of every class which has never been …
It’s of course all just speculation and educated, or uneducated as the case may be, guessing. But there are a few things we do know about the Blizzard trailer - most important of which is that …
In the next big patch (I beleive scheduled for next week?) is going to introduce apprentice mounts for players now at level 30. To train for the ability to ride the new mounts will be 35 gold giving the lower level players a cheap boost to speed. Every 10 levels or so usually has a …
In my ever growing quest to see some changes take place in our fast-becoming stale MMORPG template I’m going to publish more and more ideas. Out of the box thinking is what it will take to spice up upcoming titles and give them something different from the World of Warcraft mold so many games seem to be …
Major console systems like the Nintendo Wii, the Sony Playstation platform and Microsoft’s X-Box 360 all seemed to be suffering from the same affliction that has hit our beloved MMORPG genre of PC games - no or low risk game design. Games like the Grand Theft Auto series are to the console as games like …
As the title of the post makes obvious, this was a very slow gaming weekend. I messed around a bit in Call of Duty 4, working toward getting my gold AK-47 (I have no idea why I want one) and spent an hour or so in World of Warcraft leveling up my mage to level …
Oh the great debates we could have! I hear people complaining in World of Warcraft battlegrounds all the time when a twink kills them. They complain because he is uber powerful with all that extra gear! Being that I’m usually playing a twink myself the complaints go in one ear and out the other without …
I was just reading an article by Kevin Murnane over at Massively about greed. Kevin’s right in that there is a lot of greed in MMO’s - friends stabbing friends in the back for epic loot and the like. With that in mind I started reflecting on end game content and …
Warhammer Online is definitely garnering more and more of my attention lately with the let down of Age of Conan and the repetition of World of Warcraft making me look for new horizons. Yesterday afternoon I was reading some Ten Ton Hammer interviews with WAR developer Mark Jacobs about the …
Well, that feels like a waste of $90. I have this fancy box, this cool leather map and a game account I’m no longer going to play - at least not in the near future. Age of Conan for me was a fun break away from the normal MMORPG in it’s unique style of combat …
Dice and Electronic Arts are sitting on a virtual gold mine with the battlefield series as a possible candidate for the next big MMO. Overall the vast majority of gamer’s fall into one of three main categories: MMORPG, FPS and Strategy. With a title like the Battlefield series that originated in the FPS and already …
I remember the thoughts that ran through my head when I first started reading pre-release info about Star Wars Galaxies, my first step into the MMORPG world. Before this I was an FPS ’stat’ whore and competition shooter. I only played first person shooters, mostly in the Delta Force series from Novalogic back in those …
Getting back to the MMORPG Cookie Cutter topic, to keep MMORPG’s from getting stale and give developers a fresh perspective on things gamers want, I started thinking about some interesting ways to bone up on features in new and even some current MMORPG titles. Now, these aren’t necessarily a major …
I recently read a few posts at various other sites talking about how all the MMORPG’s coming out as of late have been pretty well cookie cutter games. In other words, the same game repackaged with a few ’stand out’ features. Like AoC for example, a lot of people are comparing that to WoW in …
Open beta for Rohan Blood Feud has begun and is already jam packed with testers, so much so that YNK Games has more than doubled their number of servers in the first few days of testing to accomodate the huge influx of fans and they promise to continue to increase capacity as demand also increases. …
One of the longest running MMORPG’s is getting a much needed upgrade. Runescape, which is the successor to DeviousMUD, is a popular persistant online world that has been running since 2001 and has retained a respectable player base, due in large part to it’s free to play option. For the past 7 years, the game …
There are rumors floating around that Bioware is working on two things right now, first they seem to be working on a new MMO project. Kotaku has an article about some of the MMO rumors and is speculating that the new MMO is not going to be based on KOTOR. However, if you look …
The ultimate goal of any MMORPG is to totally immerse you in the game world. That’s what keeps you coming back, in the game world you can be whoever you want to be. You are a jedi knight constantly at odds with the Empire or a …
Most of my game experience has been first person shooters. My first venture into MMORPG’s was Star Wars Galaxies. Needless to say this game was very anticipated from early development. The feature list, screenshots and game play videos released by the dev team were mouth watering. But the game opening was less than stellar. Many …