Next week, as long predicted, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) will go free to play (F2P). Gamers around the Web are split on this decision, though most welcome the idea of F2P in general, they are not happy with the way BioWare plans to implement it in SWTOR.  So is the introduction...

Gaming evolves and is continuing to evolve.  Unlike nature, however, there’s no argument over where video games started, but there is still a creation myth.  And like it or not, games are changing how we, as humanity, connect and interact. Back Then Back in the 1940s, a couple of...

The next edition of World of Warcraft will release in a few weeks, with Mists of Pandaria hitting public servers in September.  With the beta for Mists winding down, most of the coming upgrades and changes are pretty well set.  In our last segment, we looked at the broad changes coming...

In just a few short weeks, the latest and much-anticipated update for WoW will release and Mists of Pandaria will become the latest addition to the 8+ year reign of WoW in massive multiplayers online.  With the beta for Mists winding down, most of the coming upgrades and changes are...

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...

The news media puts a lot of headlines towards the idea that video games are addicting. We’ve all heard the “EverCrack” jokes about gamers who spend way too much time staring at the screen and ignoring real life. A few do so to the point that they become completely...

Subscription-based multiplayers are becoming a thing of the past.  A few holdouts still linger, but nearly every major MMO has gone free to play (F2P), marking a huge shift in the gaming market from premium play to freemium. Last month, one of the most venerable games in the MMO role...

Blizzard has announced that its payment service Battle.net Balance is now live.  The new service allows players to purchase digital downloads of all Blizzard games and time cards for World of Warcraft.  The release of Balance also heralds the last step in getting Diablo III online and...

Blizzard has launched the latest World of Warcraft patch, Hour of Twilight, across all servers as of November 29.  The patch announcement was issued late in the day and v4.3 updates are now available for download to all WOW players who log in with their game client. Several new features...

For World of Warcraft players who’re anxious to see how their talents can be maximized in the upcoming Mists of Pandoria expansion, your wait is over!  WOW developers have released a talent calculator for the community to use so you can preview and plan your various builds before...

Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision-Blizzard stock from “buy” to “neutral” after the announcement that World of Warcraft has lost yet more subscriptions.  Blizzard’s third quarter results were lackluster and given the year-long trend of the...

Blizzard has posted its third quarter (Q3) subscriber base as 10.3 million.  That is down from a reported 11.4 million at the first of the year (Q1) and over 800,000 less than the company’s second quarter (Q2) total of 11.1 million. The loss is close to 10% of the company’s...