With already four MMO titles currently bearing the Codemasters seal, vice president David Solari outlines some of the future plans for the company in the next few years. He mentions an initiative to bring in some in-house developers to create their own MMO titles and much more. Find out more about these plans in our full article after the jump.

To add more anticipation for NetDevil's upcoming MMORPG, a brand new Jumpgate Evolution teaser video has just been released. It's definitely something that really tickled our fancy. This is surely something that could make your wait worthwhile. Know more in the full article.

On the last Lego Universe update, we've mentioned that Lego is planning to offer a service that will let gamers order a real-life version of their virtual Lego creations, to be delivered straight to their doorstep. Now we learn that it isn't such a new thing and that Lego already had that concept in mind long ago. Read more about it in the full article!

If you think that Lego Universe is only about playing with virtual Lego blocks, think again. According to Mark Hansen, Lego director of business development, Lego is also planning to let Lego Universe players order a real-life version of their online creations and have them shipped to their doorstep. Unbelievable? Not so. Check out the full article for more details.

If you want to kick start your gaming experience for NetDevil's upcoming MMORPG Jumpgate Evolution, then simply head on over to Codemasters' Connect event which is going to happen soon.

Here, you will get the chance to talk to developers behind the game. Details of this event in the full article.

Despite being an exciting and an excellent game, NetDevil decided to refine and re-develop Jumpgate and plans to re-christened it as Jumpgate Evolution. This seems an excellent move since the reactions from early testings are highly favorable.

The company's president Scott Brown posted an entry over at the official website of the game, explaining the real reason behind the move. Check it all out in the full article via the "read more" link below.

Here's some good news for MMORPG players who have been wondering what happened to NetDevil's Jumpgate Evolution: the developer has finally announced that the game will be distributed and operated by Codemasters Online this year.

The partnership includes the whole of Europe and North America and is expected to take effect this year. For more details, click the "read more" link below.

Despite its impressive settings and gameplay mechanics, NetDevil and NCsoft had to shut down the servers of MMORPG Auto Assault back in August of this year due to its lack of subscribers.

It seems that some parts of the world, however, such as Japan's Akihabara district, are either still in denial or haven't received the shutdown notice. One store in Akihabara is still selling Auto Assault time cards for a discounted price of 980 Yen (US$ 8.86). Read more about this after the jump!

Over on Tobold's personal MMORPG-dedicated blog, one reader commented that he is 100% sure that the upcoming MMO Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa from NCSoft Austin is using the codes of NetDevil's now-defunct game Auto Assault. The reader said:

The character models are the same, the UI elements are the same, some of the music is even the same! I looked at some of the quest rewards in Tabula Rasa, and they even use the same exact item fonts that they did in Auto Assault!

Former NCsoft Community Manager Jeremy Dalberg was able to picked up the comment and went on to say that the two are independent projects even though NCSoft used to published Auto Assault. Then Dalberg added:

The similarities may or may not be there - I would not call it a fact that elements were shared though. But regardless, I don't see what the point of this supposed similarity is? Is NCSoft accused of stealing NetDevil code and assets?

Is NetDevil accused of stealing NCSoft code and assets? If there is some sharing of assets and it is all legal, is that a bad thing in that case and why?

We have to keep in mind that Auto Assault is a shooter MMO that featured cars while Tabula Rasa isn't. Tobold himself commented that there's a big possibility that the developers wanted to "salvage" some source code from AA hence the similarities.

  

Lego Universe is a massively multiplayer online game that exactly fits the definition of something "by the fans, for the fans." The latest newsletter sent out by developer NetDevil, according to Kotaku, tells us how the world of Lego Universe will be shaped by fan feedback. Then again, Lego has always been about letting your imagination go wild, not let someone else do it for you.

Along with the reminder that NetDevil wants you to be creative are two artworks that give us a glimpse on what the setting of Lego Universe will be like. They're raw concept art, but we're happy with what we see. If a world of plastic bricks where building virtually everything is possible doesn't sound awesome to you, nothing else will.