Riot Games has announced that they are going to deploy League of Legends into Russia with a new, fully localized version of the game.  This will be the first foray into foreign markets for the game. “We’ve listened to the rising volume of voices asking for League of Legends...

The final Legends character class for Maple Story has been added.  The Demon Slayer is a former minion of the dark who’s turned and is now fighting to make up for all the evil he’s done in the past. A full back story has been added to bring in the new class along with skills...

Blizzard made an announcement via Twitter that made it appear that they were working on Diablo III for console release.  Then said they weren’t working on console development, only exploring plans to possibly do so in the future. Of course, the blogosphere, being the fickle thing...

EverQuest II, once thought to be failing due to faltering interest from its fanbase of players, has shown a resurgence since going free to play (F2P), according to developer Sony Online Entertainment. The game went F2P in early December and saw many players (including this one) return to...

The Age of Empires Online new booster pack Skirmish Hall has released.  The popular MMO real time strategy (RTS) based on the popular series of PC games has seen slow, but steady growth and now has one of its first major booster upgrades since launch. The Skirmish Hall pack allows fully...

New York City-based venture capital firm Insight Ventures has purchased a majority stake in struggling game developer Jagex, who is behind the long-running MMO Runescape.  Jagex is moving control of its operations from the UK to the U.S. Jagex has agreed, as part of this deal, to pay off...

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the latest update for DC Universe Online (DCO), Update 8, has deployed across all servers.  This patch brings the new Research & Development system online, allowing players to create new items. The R&D system has four...

The first massively multiplayer game worthy of the name “massively” was Ultima Online.  Debuting 15 years ago, the game is still going strong.  Why? The reasons will depend on who you ask.  Every player or developer will tell you something different.  That’s because...

Last week, Bethesda and Interplay announced settlement of their lawsuit over ownership of the MMO rights to Fallout.  That announcement included promises of more details in the coming week. Today, they announced the details of the Fallout MMO settlement and they’re both good and...

Aeria Games, which makes popular free-to-play (F2P) MMO games, has acquired Ijji Games LLC, an online gaming portal, from its former owner NHN Corp.  The deal is part of a strategic agreement that gives Aeria first right and preferential treatment to publish NHN online games worldwide...

LeKool, one of the world’s leading publishers of browser-based MMO games, has announced that with the launch of their Tournament Server for Call of Gods, they will be giving away an Apple iPad to a lucky winner.  Any player who is currently registered or registers to play Call of...

A settlement has been reached in the Bethesda vs Interplay legal dispute involving Fallout Online.  The lawsuits began in 2009 and details of the settlement will be revealed later this month. This leaves Fallout in the air, since it’s known that Interplay has been having financial...