Could the wait be almost over for Codemasters and NetDevil's much-awaited new space combat MMO, Jumpgate Evolution? Almost, but not quite, probably, but the two companies have released a press wire announcing astounding news. The Beta sign-ups for the game in North America and Europe has hit a landmark score of 250,000, making it Codemasters Online's biggest Beta Campaign. Ever.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled TGS updates for news on another gaming convention, E3. No, it's not dead yet. But this new development won't help it recover any.

It seems that Codemasters, the company behind Clive Barker's Jericho, Colin McRae, and Lord of the Rings Online, has left the ESA. This makes the sixth publisher to leave the organization since May.

The music industry has spoken out about the five British developers and publishers going after illegal file-sharers in the UK. What of the other players in the gaming industry? We have yet to hear any official word on the matter from other developers or publishers, but Peter Moore - in his personal capacity - has talked about it, and he'd have to agree... with the music industry.

British game developers have launched an all-out war against illegal file-sharers. They're not about to take piracy in the industry sitting down. But the music industry, another victim of the pirates, aren't backing them up on this cause. It's an apparent disagreement in approach and disposition.

Codemasters has disclosed the patch notes for The Lord of Rings Online's Book 14 update. Among other highlights, this update will now enable players to journey to Eregion. Further details are available in the full article.

Codemasters Online revealed that a new expansion will be released for ArchLord Online called Episode 3: Spirits Awakening. It is said to contain up to 30% of new game content and will be completely free.  To find out more, head on over to the full article.

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.

It's standard operating procedure for companies in the MMORPG business to keep their customers informed about the latest goings-on. It seems that Codemasters is doing that for players of Rising Force Online with weekly updates. Find out what's going on in the RF scene after the jump.

After explaining the fishing feature for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar expansion, Book 13: Doom of the Last-King, we bring you the latest developer diary which takes on the Orc Defiler. It also includes some stuff about the new Monster Play. More details after the jump.

If you wanted to read more lore regarding Turbine Inc. and Codemasters' The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, then we've got the just thing. A recent update on the LotRO lorebook discusses one of the key NPCs in the game: Dwalin. To find out more, rush on over to the full article.