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Archive for the ‘MMO’ Category

June 22nd, 2008

Archlord expansion coming soon!

Publisher Codemasters will soon release a free expansion to its free to play MMORPG, ArchLord, in the coming weeks. The new content will be introduced in Episode 3: Spirits Awakening, which will add up to an increase of 30 percent in terms of new game content. A list of new additions can be seen below:

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June 15th, 2008

Age of Conan to get a slew of new content

Good news for Age of Conan players (like me)! After the incredible initial success for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, a whole world of MMO players are eagerly waiting for new content to one of the most popular online games ever released. While Age of Conan has already evolved massively since launch, numerous expansive additions […]

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June 1st, 2008

Age of Conan reigns in Germany and Sweden

Age of Conan has flexed its muscled in Sweden and Germany and outsold erstwhile leader Grand Theft Auto 4. It looks like those 400K players who reportedly are playing the game helped a bit. Age of Conan is an MMORPG that allows gamers to fight and adventure through the fictional lands of the Hyborian Kingdoms, […]

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May 21st, 2008

Dungeon Party announced

Developer Cyanide has just announced the free MMO Dungeon Party. The studio recently brought us action RPG Loki: Heroes of Mythology. Although Dungeon Party features a top down 3rd person isometric camera angle, the game isn’t your typical MMORPG.

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May 17th, 2008

Warhammer coming to Australia and Southeast Asia

Sydney, Australia, May 16, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR) will ship in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia simultaneously with the North American and European Fall 2008 release.
In addition, WAR will also feature a dedicated server in Australia, ensuring the […]

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May 10th, 2008

Spacetime Studios Acquires Blackstar IP from NCsoft

Blackstar is a highly stylized science-fantasy universe from developers of Wing Commander, Privateer, and Star Wars: Galaxies
AUSTIN, Texas - May 8, 2008 - Spacetime Studios, LLC announced today it has acquired the rights to the Blackstar IP from its previous publisher NCsoft. Spacetime Studios, an independent game development studio made up […]

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April 12th, 2008

World of Warcraft China Hits a Record One Million Concurrent Players

Chinese WoW publisher The9 Limited announced today that World of Warcraft recently had a peak concurrency of one million players. The Chinese operator has been handling the Blizzard game in the China region since June 2005. This concurrency number is the highest since the game’s original launch.

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March 27th, 2008

Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America

IRVINE, Calif. – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®, its award-winning, subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is being prepared for release in Latin America. The Latin American localization will be based on the existing European Spanish version but will feature entirely re-recorded in-game speech. This new version of the game […]

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March 25th, 2008

NCsoft Announces Unreal Engine 3 License for Two Upcoming Projects

SEOUL, KOREA (March 25, 2008) – NCsoft® Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multiplayer online games. NCsoft has achieved spectacular results working with the Unreal Engine over […]

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March 14th, 2008

Star Trek MMO being developed by Cryptic?

Apparently, some crafty internet sleuths were able to piece information together and figure out that City of Heroes developer Cryptic will be handling the long delayed Star Trek Online MMO. Cryptic isnt saying anything official yet but at least we know if its Cryptic, the game is in good hands.

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