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Star Trek Online boldly going to retail in February

Posted Nov 06, 2009 at 10:45AM by Karl B.

Listed in: News, Star Trek: Online

Tags: Star Trek, GameStop, Europe, North America, Amazon


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.

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Blizzard selling in-game pets for real money

Posted Nov 05, 2009 at 10:42AM by Karl B.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News

Tags: Blizzard, Make-A-Wish Foundation


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.

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WoW China woes continue: Regulatory board issues cease and desist order

Posted Nov 03, 2009 at 11:57PM by Mabie A.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News

Tags: Blizzard, China, The9, Reuters, NetEase


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.

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Concept art for Fallout MMO surfaces

Posted Nov 02, 2009 at 09:40AM by Ryan F.

Listed in: News

Tags: Chris Taylor, Bethesda


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.

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Free Trials for Warhammer Online now live and unlimited

Posted Nov 01, 2009 at 01:41AM by Ryan F.

Listed in: News, Patches, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Tags:


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.

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Funcom gives away new content, subscription rates discounted for Age of Conan

Posted Oct 29, 2009 at 03:17AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Tags: Funcom, Halloween


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.

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Blizzard launches WoW Character Race Changer

Posted Oct 27, 2009 at 09:44PM by Mabie A.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News

Tags: Blizzard


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.

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Gundam creator says games are still evil, but game hardware isn't

Posted Oct 27, 2009 at 05:11PM by Karl B.

Listed in: News, Interviews, Opinions & Analysis

Tags: Game Conference, Gundam


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.

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APB beta confirmed ongoing

Posted Oct 20, 2009 at 08:56PM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, All Points Bulletin

Tags: RealTime Worlds


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.

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Star Trek Online release window for Q1 2010, closed beta "just around the corner

Posted Oct 20, 2009 at 02:33AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Star Trek: Online

Tags: California


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."

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Going live tomorrow: Warhammer Online Game Update 1.3.2

Posted Oct 14, 2009 at 11:07PM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Tags: daemon


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.

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WoW to require Battle.Net login starting November

Posted Oct 14, 2009 at 11:29AM by Karl B.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News

Tags: Blizzard


Blizzard relaunched a heavily upgraded Battle.Net earlier this year with the end goal of integrating all of their games under one banner service. There's also another update in the pipeline, and to prepare, Blizzard is asking all World of Warcraft players to upgrade to a Battle.Net account by November.

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Warcraft movie to be penned by Saving Private Ryan writer

Posted Oct 12, 2009 at 10:26PM by Mabie A.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News

Tags: MTV


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.

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SOE prez hints at new Planetside game

Posted Oct 12, 2009 at 01:33PM by Karl B.

Listed in: News, PlanetSide

Tags: Sony, SOE, John Smedley, Livejournal


There has been some talk recently about Sony Online Entertainment workin on a new iteration of their MMOFPS, Planetside. Nothing official has been announced yet, but it looks like SOE boss John Smedley already has a working title in mind: Planetside Next.

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Pink Ribbon formed in Azeroth for Breast Cancer Awareness month

Posted Oct 12, 2009 at 12:16AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News, Screenshots

Tags: Breast Cancer Awareness Month


One of the guilds in World of Warcraft, Ex Cinis Cineris of Fastriders, has changed their tabard to pink. No, it's not out of a whim or because they thought they felt the need to bring out the blush in their cheeks, it's actually in honor of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month happening all throughout October.

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Hardly any MMOs in consoles? Blame Sony and Microsoft

Posted Oct 10, 2009 at 10:47AM by Glenn M.

Listed in: News, Interviews

Tags: Microsoft, Star Trek, Sony


There's no denying that some of the most addictive games out there are MMOs. But if you find it frustrating that you can't have them on your beloved PS3 and Xbox 360, blame Sony and Microsoft. According to Star Trek Online captain Craig Zinkievich, the two publishers don't understand console MMOs, making it difficult to bring the games to their respective systems.

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Warcraft movie coming in 2011, will chronicle Lich King's rise?

Posted Oct 07, 2009 at 04:24PM by Karl B.

Listed in: World of Warcraft, News, Off Topic

Tags: Blizzard, IMDb


While concrete details about Sam Raimi's Warcraft movie remain undisclosed, a possible hint has shown up on the ever-popular Internet Movie Database.

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Free Realms hits goal with soccer game update, Goal Time

Posted Oct 06, 2009 at 12:06AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Free Realms

Tags: Sony, Level 5, Steam


Get ready to hustle out on the field! Sony Online Entertainment has sent out their newest Free Realms game update out on the greens today, Goal Time. Features and more details after the jump.

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Funcom announces layoff, The Secret World 'extended'

Posted Oct 01, 2009 at 03:12AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Tags: Korea, Funcom, expansion pack


This one's definitely no rumor. Funcom itself has announced on their official homepage that they are cutting "around 20% of the staff...mostly in the Company's Norwegian subsidiary."

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City of Heroes Extended Double XP Event + Reactivation Weekend

Posted Oct 01, 2009 at 12:54AM by Mabie A.

Listed in: City of Heroes, News

Tags: Paragon Studios


This weekend, Paragon Studios is celebrating the recent launch of Issue 16: Power Spectrum with a free Reactivation and Double XP weekend for City of Heroes. What this means is that you guys can play the game from October 8 to 11 and gain Experience and Level twice as fast -- whether or not you're an active or an inactive gamer.

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