THQ has announced it’s dropping the MMO elements of its next Warhammer 40k title, Dark Millennium Online, reports Game Informer (opens in new tab). Announced some five years ago, the then-Warhammer 40,000 Online (opens in new tab) was intended as an action MMO by Darksiders II developers Vigil Games. However, …
Read More »Welcome to GamesRadars MMO channel
Hello! This is senior editor Tyler Nagata and I’m excited to announce the launch of GamesRadar’s very own MMO channel. The games industry has come a long way since Richard Garriott first coined the term MMORPG in the late 90’s when Ultima Online was king and EverQuest was the most …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic 1.2 update add new Warzone, Flashpoint, UI fixes
(opens in new tab) Today, EA and BioWare announced two bits of information for The Old Republic. The first is a new Friend’s Trial program, which allows any active subscribers to gift a seven-day pass to a friend to try out the first 15 levels of the game. The second, …
Read More »PlanetSide 2: Timelapse clip shows the birth of the games new Sky Lance
Sony’s still putting together PlanetSide 2, the free-play sequel to its popular 2003 MMOFPS. While playable code isn’t far off, the company’s released a video to keep you interested, showing the artistic process behind one of the game’s more impressive power-ups. How do you show off a game that’s all …
Read More »Secret World trailer gives you a brief glimpse of the MMOs Illuminati
The upcoming MMO The Secret World builds on the theory that every tinfoil hat conspiracy theory you’ve about the world is true. That includes the Illuminati, an order some believe control the world’s most powerful people and corporations from behind the scenes. But they do more than that, as you’ll …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic review diary, level 30-45
For the past few weeks we’ve been bringing you bite-sized pieces of our Star Wars: The Old Republic review, giving you an inside look into our thoughts on the game as we experienced it. First, we chronicled our early-game experiences through the first 15 levels , followed by the middle …
Read More »APB Reloaded hits 3 million users
Reloaded Productions’ APB Reloaded has just passed the 3 million user mark, reports the game’s publisher, GamersFirst. The free-play action-MMO’s open beta period concluded with the retail release of version 1.0 last week; GamersFirst also reports that less than a week after the finished game’s release on Steam, the title’s …
Read More »Bobby Kotick doubts The Old Republic will make money for EA
Bobby Kotick has told Reuters he doubts that Star Wars: The Old Republic will benefit Electronic Arts, saying the licensing costs mean that “Lucas [Arts] is going to be the principal beneficiary” of any Star Wars product. Bobby Kotick is the guy you put in a movie when you want …
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