The first major update to Age of Conan: House of Crom will come on January 11th, according to the latest Development Update from Funcom.  The tentative date hinges on playtesting, which is going on now on the game’s test servers. At the same time, the game’s annual holiday...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has officially launched today and players are about to experience something that’s been relatively unusual in sci-fi MMO RPGs: space combat.  The SWTOR system for combat in the wild black yonder is focused on pure Star Wars action – as it should...

NCSoft has announced that their flagship MMO, Aion, will be going free to play (F2P) in February, 2012.  The game is in North America through publishing rights partnered with NCWest (a subsidiary of NCSoft) while NCSoft is parntered with Gameforge in Europe for games there. The move to...

In a final Producer’s Letter on the Star Wars Galaxies website, Tony Tyson bids players a heartfelt farewell as the game officially closes its doors.  The “other Star Wars” game was never a huge hit and struggled for market share since its release. The game began...

After the failure of what was likely the most-publicized and heavily marketed massive multiplayer online (MMO), LEGO Universe, the question of whether games oriented towards children can succeed is a legitimate one.  LEGO was online for just over a year and went free to play (F2P) in...

Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the follow-on to Battle of the Immortals, War of the Immortals, has officially launched.  Players who have been in the open beta for the game will have a seamless transition into the live version. The storyline for WoI follows on with the...

[Looking for a guide on items? We're now offering a SWTOR Guide that has an extensive section on equipment.] The item mod system in Star Wars: The Old Republic is complex.  Even players who spent a lot of time in the game’s beta phase don’t really fully understand it.  When...

Players of Atlantica Online have the opportunity to participate in the new Riederan’s Monster Invasion, going on every Sunday through January 8th.  A new mercenary named Mwindo has been added to AO and players can team up to try to stop the invasion of Riederan and his hordes. The...

Barbily Games has begun the voting process for players and fans to choose the best gamer-designed ship in its Star Supremacy Design a Ship Contest.  The top 30 submissions have been put into a downloadable file for voters to download, view, and judge by voting. Barbily is looking for a...

Inuca Interactive has announced that veterans from Kingdoms Under Fire have come together to create a new MMO titled EIN – Epic Incognitus.  The team is calling it a next-generation MMO RPG with a deeply immersive storyline to sweep players into the game. It will include: A...

Gamers are a unique bunch and have their own social circles, lingo, and apparel.  Yet every holiday, we often get overlooked as mom gives us yet another Mr. Rogers sweater and dad fills our stocking with tube socks.  Grandma then comes along with another horrible...

Final Fantasy XIV players will have the opportunity to score achievements in many areas of the game upon the release of v1.20.  The development team has updated players with a list of the achievements being considered for implementation into v1.20 in a working list of planned...