BlizzCon 2009 details revealed
The fourth BlizzCon gaming convention is coming, Blizzard Entertainment’s just announced today. For this year, it will be happening on August 21-22 at the Anaheim...
Hellgate: London will continue to run as free-to-play game
Even as Namco Bandai tried to salvage the little that was left of Hellgate: London, it will still be closing down on the 31st of...
Real names now required for online Chinese gamers
The Chinese government has now implemented a new registering policy for online gamers – one requiring them to use their real names. Gone are those...
Losing players: Funcom closes more than half of its servers
A sure sign that you’re losing players is when you have to reduce the number of your servers. This is precisely what’s happening with Funcom‘s...
There goes another one: NCsoft leaves ESA
NCsoft is officially the latest company to bow out of the ranks of the Entertainment Software Association, once again putting the future of E3 into...
Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa closing down on February
Richard Garriott‘s Tabula Rasa will officially end its live services on February 28. Can’t say I wasn’t expecting this, especially after Richard Garriott announced his...
Lord of the Rings Online launches its first expansion: Mines of Moria
While World of Warcraft gamers are celebrating its second expansion, the populace of Lord of the Rings Online can now enjoy their first. The doors...
Affair in Second Life gets divorce in real life
A woman divorced her husband after walking on him twice engaging in an online affair using his computer-generated avatar. Apparently, Second Life is real enough...
Warhammer Online Patch 1.05 update: Highlights so far
Patch 1.05, otherwise known as the Combats and Careers patch isn’t here yet, but we’ve got some advanced party. Mythic GM Mark Jacobs revealed some...
Star Wars: The Old Republic – putting the RPG back in MMO
Gino D. and I got into a debate a few days ago while we were talking about Final Fantasy 12. We came to talk about...