Better practice your Klingon, Star Trek fans. It turns out that "first quarter of 2010" release window that Cryptic Games gave Star Trek Online was right on the money. The upcoming MMO has been confirmed for a February release in both North America and Europe.

Want a purely cosmetic pet for your World of Warcraft character? Well, if you have ten bucks lying around you can buy one. And this isn't from shady gold-farming operation, mind you. This is an official Blizzard-approved transaction.

World of Warcraft's operation finally resumed in China only recently, but it looks like Chinese gamers' celebration will be short-lived. Reuters reports that a Chinese regulatory authority has filed a cease and desist order upon WoW's Chinese licensing partner, NetEase, from continuing operations of the said game in the country.

Interplay and Bethesda are still fighting it out in court, with the former countersuing the latter over the Fallout MMO. While all this legal wrangling may take a while to sort out, Interplay has released a few pieces of concept art from the MMO project (codenamed "Project V13") to bolster its claim that work was indeed proceeding.

Warhammer Online's Patch 1.3.2 is out and live, and one big change implemented is that the free trials now run unlimited. It used to be that there's a 10-day limit for the free trials.

Funcom's sent out a press release today announcing the discounts they are offering for your Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures subscriptions. You asked for it, you got it. Details after the jump.

Want to change the race of your World of Warcraft characters? No problem, now you can do exactly that for US$ 25. Blizzard launched today the new Race Change service, which, for all intents and purposes, does exactly what its name says it does.

Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino thinks games are evil. He's said it before, and he's not afraid to say it again. This time, however, he does give credit to what he believes are technological advancements brought forth by video game hardware.

Ongoing right now is the beta for Realtime Worlds' All Points Bulletin (APB).  Joss Davies, marketing boss, confirmed this news via email. Official statement after the jump.

Cryptic Games has officially confirmed that Star Trek Online will indeed be launching sometime during the first quarter of 2010. Not only that, they also teased the arrival of a closed beta, saying that it's "just around the corner."