After the financial problems of Perpetual Studios earlier this year - the original developers of Star Trek Online, it seemed a likely possibility that ST:O would be cancelled.
Today it has been announced, along with a sparkling new website that renowned developers, Cryptic Studios have taken on the project. Known for their work on City of [...]

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Priston Tale 2: The Second Enigma is coming to Europe at last. Since it’s initial launch, the game has only been available in Korea.
I’ve been keeping tabs on this game as much as possible up until now, but unfortunately, I don’t speak Korean. I did however dabble in the original, back in the days when [...]

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There is at last word that the WotLK beta has gone live. Sources told wowinsider.com a few days ago that the alpha had ended and that beta invites will be going out soon.
Also the Blizzard site is now offering help setting up your beta version (if you have an invite) at blizzard.com.
Patch notes here, and [...]

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After alot of speculation on the matter, clarity at last.
Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello made clear in an interview with portfolio.com that the game is indeed in development with Bioware. In the article Riccitiello talks about the MMO Bioware is developing for EA calling it “quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for [...]

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Sony Online Entertainment has announced free reactivation for all deactivated Vanguard accounts for more than a 60 day period, until July 31st. Attempts to re-populate the servers anyone?

In a statement released from the Vanguard tower, the producer himself named the strategy as a “win-back program”. As an old-school MMORPG gamer, one is [...]

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Rumors of Bioware developing a KOTOR (Knight’s of the Old Republic) MMO have been going around for a while and there seems to be some new information on the matter.
After the presentation of Bioware about it’s new singleplayer game Dragon Age (which will be like Mass Effect in the world of Baldur’s Gate apparently) there [...]

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Oh oh spaghettio! Someone at the big blue ‘B’ has made a bit of a cock up and posted what appears to be an incomplete description of the Death Knight on the Classes Page. Unfinished as it is, it’s quite obviously the good old DK description with a few mistakes - deliberate [...]

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Up to this point, console MMOs haven’t been the norm, in fact off of the top of my head I can name all of two - Phantasy Star Online and Final Fantasy XI. Sony however, seems to be pushing hard in that direction. The three major titles SOE is showing off this week at [...]

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With the number of girl-gamers and the younger player base in MMO’s on the increase, it’s no surprise that games developers are turning to the cute and cuddly to pull in players. Wonderland Online is no exception. Published by IGG (Internet Gaming Gate) and developed by Chinese Gamer International Corp, Wonderland Online [...]

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NCsoft have finally taken the step of merging City of Heroes and City of Villains into one game universe. All current subscribers who only had access to either CoH or CoV will have access to all the features of both. All copies of City of Heroes or City of Villains sold at retail or online [...]

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