The date for Star Trek: Online's open beta has now been announced and confirmed by Cryptic Studios to be happening early next year. So if you missed your chance in the closed beta, there shouldn't be any reason for you to miss out on this opportunity now.

Sitting in for an interview with Gamerzines, Craig Zinkievich of Cryptic Stuio reveals that Star Trek: Online will be featuring completely different gameplays for both the ground and space sections. That's practically like getting two games in one.

The Las Vegas Convention Center website has confirmed the dates for the BlizzCon 2010. It still won't be till next year, but it's never too early to prepare and set your calendars, right?

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.

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.

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."

Come tomorrow, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning fans will wake up to find Game Update 1.3.2 fully up and running. This latest content patch brings exciting changes to open RvR, including the removal of Fortresses from the campaign, as well as a new Keep difficulty system.

More details are coming out for the freshly-announced Warcraft movie set to come out in the year 2011. Director Sam Raimi confirmed to MTV News that the screenplay is, in fact, in the works right now.