Alright, it’s that time of year again.  The time when everyone makes their predictions about what’s going to happen in the hopes that by the time you realize it didn’t happen, you’ve forgotten who it was that said it would.  Like politicians on campaign stumps,...

No blog about gaming is complete without an official list of game cliches and the games that most exemplify them in action.  Right?  It’s an industry requirement or something.  Because it’s required by both the MMO Game Blog Guild of Secret Handshakes and the Gamers With...

The gaming market is growing and much of that growth is happening in the newly-emerging market of China.  Currently, according to analysis by Niko Partners in San Jose, California, China is about half of the world’s total online games revenue. “China is home to more than 150...

The world of massive multiplayers is continually changing.  Game companies are attempting to stretch the limits and take risks as they develop new and more advanced content.  All of these moves are made in order to attract players and attempt to stay fresh and relevant in a fast-paced...

It’s difficult to bring up video games, especially online multiplayers, without hearing comments about pedophiles.  It has become as expected as hearing about living on mom’s basement and living on Twinkies.  Pedophilia is now considered part of the gamer culture by those...

Electronic Arts has blamed casual players for the sudden drop-off in subscribers to Star Wars: The Old Republic.  They’re right on the money, but are missing one valuable piece of information.. those casual players were what the game was aiming for in the first place. As of the...

If you’re an MMO and RPG forum troll like I am, then you no doubt are very familiar with the old argument: “[Game X] was so awesome! It had a great story, innovative game play, and killer graphics!” vs. “[Game X] was a pile of crap and that’s why it’s...

The term “massive multiplayer online” (MMO) has meant a lot of things since its inception in the 1990s.  Today, one genre of MMO are social games that include real-time or near-real-time play aspects into their models.  While most social games, such as Zynga’s...

Anyone who’s been around long enough to remember the very beginning of computer games, as I have, knows that things have developed rapidly, but not always for the better.  Twenty years ago, the text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) was king.  These games were based on well-written...

Neowiz has announced that their latest MMO RPG, Seven Souls Online, will be coming in the spring of this year in beta mode.  The game will feature cultural combinations of East and West along with some science fiction elements.  A trailer for the new game was also released (see it...

Last year was an eventful one for the MMO genre.  Games come and go all the time, some are better than others, and some deserve (and some don’t) the fates that await them.  Here are the games that died in 2011. Star Wars Galaxies - this game had a hard-core fan base and will...

A new MMO real-time strategy (RTS) called UFO Online from Gamigo is about to release, the company says.  The turn-based game will release this quarter. Unlike most turn-based RTSs, however, UFO will not be mostly player versus player (PvP), but will be mainly player vs. environment (PvE)...