Sony Online Entertainment has published details on the upcoming DC Universe Online downloadable content pack (DLC) called Battle for Earth.  The pack will feature the Earth Powers set and new open world content, duos, two raids, and an alert. Players will be able to participate in a new...

On March 1st, says BioWare, players in the Asia-Pacific region will have their own servers and SWTOR will launch for Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore-based players. Pricing for boxed and digital versions is also announced and players currently in those areas with valid,...

Loong: the Power of the Dragon developers have launched the latest expansion for the game, dubbed Dragonblood, which includes the ability for players to transform into dragons. The ability is triggered by collecting artifacts from all over the game world after defeating other dragons....

Who owns the term “DOTA?”  In gaming, the acronym is often used to refer to the Warcraft III mod titled Defense of the Ancients from a Starcraft map titled Aeon of Strife.  Yet that map and mod were actually made by a non-Blizzard employee, a fan of the game using the name...

The browser-based version of Outspark’s Fiesta Online MMO, called Web Fiesta, has launched.  The game is in full 3D rather than the usual browser-based 2D graphics, however, making it unique in the latest of the MMO to browser game transitions. Players can play the game either way:...

During the Activistion-Blizzard investor’s call on Thursday, February 9, it was announced that Diablo III will be delayed to the second quarter of this year.  So instead of being imminent in its launch time, as most had thought, the game will instead be released a few months from...

Sqaure Enix plans to merge servers in a planned “World Merge” next month for the popular Final Fantasy XIV MMO.  The server merge will mean cutting servers from 18 down to 10 as the game consolidates and streamlines. The developers have not given a reason beyond the...

Since 2008, the number of people playing video games in the United States has risen by 241%, says a new study from Parks Associates.  The Trends in Digital Gaming: Free-to-Play, Social, and Mobile Games study claims that 135 million people play at least one hour per month, up from 56...

Spacetime Studios has announced that their mobile multi-player online games, Pocket Legends and Star Legends, have combined for a total of a hundred million play sessions. In the emerging market of mobile MMO games, these two titles from Spacetime are likely the most-played and well...

Masthead Studios has announced that the troubled Earthrise post-apocalyptic MMO and its servers have been officially closed, just days after the game celebrated its one year anniversary. The game was plagued with issues on all fronts, from game play problems to stability issues.  It was...

The Rise of Dragonian Era (RODE) game is an MMO coming from Mgame USA.  This weekend, a beta event will be taking place, the development team has announced, featuring cool prizes such as four $500 cash giveaways, 8 high-end video cards from EVGA, four surround sound headsets from...

I’m old enough to remember when computer games came in boxes the size of a textbook and had up to ten (sometimes more) floppy disks inside.  Then came the smaller, no longer floppy, floppy disks, then CDs and now DVDs.  Boxes have shrunk in size as well, but they’re still...