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Sony Considering PSP MMOs in Future

By Blake Ellison, Sep 29, 2008 12:44pm PDT

Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has publicly opened up the possibility of MMO games for Sony's handheld PlayStation Portable....

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"I wish they'd hurry up and just make some great games that aren't ports! Platform specific ..."

- Waverider see all 7 comments

Warhammer Online Nets 500K Players in First Week, Becomes 'Fastest-Selling New MMO' Ever

By Chris Faylor, Sep 26, 2008 7:50am PDT

Since the official launch of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC) on September 18, more than half a million players have registered to play the...

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"my friend was complaining on vent tonight, lvl 65 dk, and he said it is so crowded, not 1 mob ..."

- niteowl9 see all 97 comments

Interplay Fallout MMO Still On Track; New Hire

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 24, 2008 6:17am PDT

Interplay has relaunched its company website which notes, among other things, that the company's Fallout MMO is still in development. Codenamed...

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"Me too. I was like "WTF, when was Chris Taylor of TA fame involved with fallout???!?!?""

- silverback1138 see all 29 comments

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Director Leaves Citing Dissatisfaction with Game

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 17, 2008 4:29am PDT

Age of Conan producer and game director Gaute Godager has left Funcom, the company announced today. A sixteen year veteran at Funcom, and one of...

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"Since when did we get mandatory month-long holidays? o_O I must have missed the memo..."

- Smooth UK see all 37 comments

New DC Universe Online Screenshots Released

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 16, 2008 4:40am PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has issued a new set of screenshots from DC Universe Online (PC, PS3), showing a variety of characters from this upcoming...

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"on second thought, went through the screenshots and not the thumbs...nevermind... "

- deathofrats see all 8 comments

World of Warcraft Opens PvE to PvP Server Transfers

By Chris Faylor, Sep 12, 2008 9:33am PDT

World of Warcraft players can now move their characters from a Player vs. Environment server to a Player vs. Player server for $25, developer...

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"I have leveled multiple characters on a pvp server and if i get ganked more than 5 times ..."

- clain see all 65 comments

Warhammer Online Open Beta Launches for Pre-orders

By Chris Faylor, Sep 08, 2008 9:14am PDT

As promised, developer Mythic Entertainment has launched the open beta for those that pre-order its upcoming fantasy MMO Warhammer Online: Age of...

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"With the last update, the graphics were improved alot, but if you have a low end card, you will ..."

- aodeasykill see all 67 comments

Age of Conan Now on Steam

By Chris Faylor, Sep 05, 2008 7:44am PDT

Funcom's mature PC MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures today marks the latest game to arrive in Valve's PC digital distribution storefront Steam....

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"Am I the only who hates Tortage with a passion? "Welcome to our MMO, now play through hours ..."

- MondayJBlack see all 54 comments

Buffy MMO Announced, Firefly MMO Delayed

By Chris Faylor, Sep 03, 2008 10:33am PDT

Virtual world creator The Multiverse Network has announced plans to create a massively multiplayer online PC game inspired by the Joss...

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"All jokes aside, this could work. The concepts laid out by the season 7 finale make it very ..."

- cookepuss see all 33 comments

Mythic: Warhammer Online Needs to Succeed for the Good of the Industry

By Chris Faylor, Sep 02, 2008 11:29am PDT

As the September 18 launch of Mythic Entertainment's PC MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning draws near, studio VP Mark Jacobs has commented that...

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"the whole 9million figure is suck a crock of crap. Firstly there not 9m active accounts. ..."

- irishbloke see all 254 comments

Blizzard VP: World of Warcraft's Success 'Exhausting,' Talks New Projects

By Blake Ellison, Sep 02, 2008 10:18am PDT

Blizzard co-founder and senior VP Frank Pearce called the runaway success of its MMO World of Warcraft "exhausting." Speaking to GamesIndustry, he...

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"Please, please, PLEASE let it be Starcraft! I can't stand fantasy settings, but I play WoW ..."

- RudyV see all 35 comments

China: 4 Million Youths Addicted to 'Unhealthy' Internet Games

By Blake Ellison, Aug 29, 2008 4:28pm PDT

Over 4 million of China's youth are addicted to what the state deems "unhealthy" online games, claims a Chinese lawmaker. The 4 million...

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"You forgot toys made of GHB and shower caps made of used condoms..."

- manictiger see all 19 comments

World of Warcraft Getting Major Pre-Lich King Patch, Brings Lich King Content to Current Game

By Chris Faylor, Aug 26, 2008 9:15am PDT

As Blizzard prepares for the looming Q4 release of its World of Warcraft expansion pack Wrath of the Lich King, the company has revealed that it...

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"It certaintly made raiding as a shadow priest viable there for a while :)"

- Scotty22 see all 53 comments

Warhammer Online Goes Gold

By Chris Faylor, Aug 26, 2008 8:23am PDT

With the September 18 launch for Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning now set in stone, publisher and studio owners Electronic Arts today...

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"In the US... yes... in EU it was horrible with GOA, hope they learned something."

- Lukiopimp see all 134 comments

Study: Gold Farming $500M Industry, Ties to Criminal Underworld

By Blake Ellison, Aug 25, 2008 9:57am PDT

Gold farming in games like World of Warcraft is now an industry worth an annual $500 million, according to a study from Manchester University...

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"People making throwing down the race card aren't looking to examine it logically. They're ..."

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