Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is in its third day of early access, and everything seems to be running smoothly. As of last night, 106 servers were currently operational.
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Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Goes Live on December 16th
If you're a fan of the popular MMORPG Guild Wars, we have some pretty exciting news. On December 16th, the closed beta for Guild Wars 2 will go live.
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic Open for Early Access Three Days Ahead of Schedule
Gamers rejoice -- Star Wars: The Old Republic will be open for early access starting tomorrow, December 13th.
Read More »Nintendo Scores Patent for “Massively Single-Player Online Game”
Apparently Nintendo wants to revolutionize the "Massively Multiplayer Online Game" and... make it single-player. How will this work, again?
Read More »The Bible: Now in MMO Form
The bestselling book of all-time is finally getting a quality game adaptation to go along. The best-selling novel, The Bible, tells the story of an omnipresent creator named God and his mystical Caucasian son, Jesus of Nazareth, whom grows up in the Middle East around the turn of the 1st century A.D. The Bible Online tells the story through the ...
Read More »Let’s Talk WoW: Observations About Transitioning From The Horde to The Alliance
This is a topic close to my heart as I’ve been a pretty hardcore WoWer for several years now. I’ve crossed the line between Horde and Alliance several times throughout my Warcraft tenure and have tried mentally listing the differences between the two factions. Lia from ForeverGeek does a good job of listing some of the main differences between the ...
Read More »Blizzard Reveals WoW Night Elf Druid Bear Form Changes
All of you tree-hugging druids out there are about to get your own custom bear form and honestly, it looks pretty neat. The Tauren is getting their own, why not the Night Elves as well? Blizzard is slowly rolling out the models for the new form changes coming soon to your nearest World of Warcraft screen. The models have definitely ...
Read More »NASA Working On MMO
While World of Warcraft still reigns supreme as king of the MMOs, Blizzard has an unusual competitor entering the market: NASA. The government space agency is developing an MMO that takes place around 2035 and focuses on “being in a habitat on a planetary surface and doing things like mining Helium-3 for fuel, operating a hydroponics facility to grow plants ...
Read More »Google Cans “Lively” Project
Say goodbye to Google’s attempt at making a virtual social network. Announced back in July, Google is now closing the door on its Google Labs project “Lively” at the end of this year and says it wants, quote: “to ensure that we prioritize our resources and focus more on our core search, ads and apps business.” I guess it’s back ...
Read More »MMO’s Are Serious Business
In Japan, you apparently can be charged with illegal access of a computer and manipulating electronic data if found guilty of intentionally “killing” someone’s MMO character. Some guy divorced his online wife’s avatar in Maple Story and in her anger she killed his character. Now, she faces a prison sentence of up to five years or a fine of up ...
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