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Shane Lacy Hensley to Produce New MMO 2008-05-21 19:08:55 Shane Lacy Hensley
was the creator of several top rated pen and paper RPGs such as the award-winning Deadlands, Weird Wars and Savage Worlds. He was recently promoted to head of Superstition Studios, which is part of Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, the company behind Stargate Worlds. Shane’s previous involvement with other works include the CoX (City [...] Read more:Shane
Take Part in the Richman Online Closed Beta 2008-05-21 16:13:46 Last week, Aeria Games was pleased to announce the beginning of closed beta for their latest free online game, Richman Online, an MMO property tycoon board game. The game is a combination of some of world’s popular board games, where players can buy and sell property, manage their own businesses and engage in stock market [...] Read more:Closed
Indie Developer Receives Grant For New Online Game 2008-05-19 23:50:21 Gameplay Concept Art
3 Lives Left, a Denmark-based video game development company, was recently awarded $125,000 in grant money from the the New Danish Screen at the Nordic Game Conference, which took place in Sweden. The grant comes from a pool of capital that’s used to help fund the development and production of various media projects [...] Read more:Developer
, Grant
, Indie
, Online Game
New TrackMania United Forever Trailer 2008-05-19 17:57:21 In order to hype up the official launch of TrackMania UnitedForever
on the 23rd of May, a new trailer has been released and made available for download in low res and high res versions over at the game’s website. The new title is the sequel to TrackMania Nations Forever, which is completely free to [...] Read more:Trailer
Wild West Online: Gunfighter Open Beta 2008-05-17 22:47:16 A F2P (free to play) turn-based strategy game with some RPG elements, Wild West
Online: Gunfighter has recently been made available for public testing. A new patch was just released yesterday, introducing new updates and features. The game is still relatively new and unheard of, so you can be one of the first to experience [...]
Pixel Mine Games Officially Launches 2008-05-15 19:35:59 The Pixel
Mine Portal is a downloadable client that allows you to play a number of online multiplayer games including MMORPGs like Ashen Empires, Dransik and Secondhand Lands. The fourth game, Fireteam Reloaded, is a 2D isometric tactical shooter currently in beta testing. Pixel Mine plans to add around three to four games each [...] Read more:Games
Roma Victor Prepares for Major Growth 2008-05-14 16:16:50 It was announced today that the former CEO of TIGA, Fred Hasson, will become the Executive Director of RedBedlam, developers of the indie MMO set during the Roman Empire, Roma Victor
.
In addition to continuing the development and expansion of the game, RedBedlam has plans to take Roma Victor to a new full-fledged commercial level in [...] Read more:Growth
, Major
Fallen Earth QOTW, Clans, Research, Flying Vehicles and More 2008-04-17 00:23:50 The latest FallenEarth
Question(s) of the Week has been posted over at their official forums where the developers answer questions asked by fans on a weekly basis.
New details reveal that clans will require 10,000 chips (the currency used in Fallen Earth) and a minimum of 10 members to establish. Clan leaders will be able [...] Read more:Flying
, Research
, Vehicles
Mortal Online Unveiled 2008-04-16 02:22:45 Star Vault, an independent game company from Sweden, has announced the development of Mortal Online, a first-person massively multiplayer online game utilizing Unreal Engine 3 that’s scheduled for release in Summer of 2009. Mortal Online is one of the few upcoming sandbox/player-driven MMOGs that’s boldly deviating from the standard conventions of mainstream MMOGs by providing [...]
EVE Online Client Source Code Leaked 2008-04-15 20:36:24 News broke out yesterday when the game client source code of EVE Online was leaked via torrent and first made available on The Pirate Bay. The torrent included a chat transcript between the leaker and a CCP representative. Apparently, the leaker was concerned about the rampant abuse of bots and scripts in EVE online and [...] Read more:Client
, Source
ION Game Conference 2008 2008-04-15 19:42:59 At this year’s ION Game Conference 2008 (formerly known as OGDC, Online Game Developers Conference), taking place in Seattle at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel from May 13th to May 15th, such figures in the online gaming industry as Craig Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online, Scott Jennings, Lead Designer at NCSoft and Hermann Peterscheck, Producer of [...]
Magic World Online Closed Beta 2 2008-04-15 19:06:37 If you’re not already aware, players are welcome to participate in the second phase of closed beta testing for MagicWorld
Online, which began last week. Registrations are open to anyone and there will no longer be any server wipes, so your character will remain all throughout testing and into the official launch of the [...] Read more:Closed
New MMO Social Networking site Opens 2008-04-15 15:31:14 Mungo Creations has recently opened up a preview of its social networking web service MMOSocial
, a gaming community portal that allows members to connect with other MMO gamers, write blogs, post messages, upload content, make friends and manage guilds/clans, for instance, scheduling in-game events and raids. The site is still in beta testing stages.
“MMOSocial will [...]
Freaky Creatures Updates 2008-04-15 13:26:41 Freaky Creatures is a hybrid between an action figure toy-line with collectible card game elements and a persistent online multiplayer game that’s being developed by Abandon Interactive Entertainment. Players wanting to get into the game will be required to purchase a starter pack that includes a USB device which contains the game installation, two unique [...] Read more:Freaky
ourWorld Makes Online Debut 2008-04-15 00:28:16 A new Flash-based social MMO produced by FlowPlay, titled ourWorld, is the latest addition to the long list of current virtual worlds available on the web, as the game enters public beta for the first time. Unlike traditional virtual worlds, however, ourWorld provides a guided experience, level-based progression, emphasis on player-cooperation and fascinating virtual jobs, [...]
Disney Shuts Down Virtual Magic Kingdom 2008-04-14 19:02:46 Many Disney
fans and casual gamers are disappointed that the popular free online MMO, Virtual MagicKingdom
is getting its plug pulled after only 3 years of existence. Initially, the game was created to temporarily promote Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary, but due to its popularity, Disney decided to keep the game running, even after the events [...]
Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms Close to Launch 2008-04-14 14:05:19 Ubisoft announced at the end of 2007 that Heroes of Might and MagicKingdoms
, a web-based massively multiplayer online strategy game, was set to launch in Spring this year. The launch is quickly approaching, but there’s still some time left to sign up for a chance to get into the action early.
“Thousands of players will [...] Read more:Close
, Launch
New Undead Faction Announced For SAGA 2008-04-14 00:50:24 It’s been announced that the Undead will be the sixth and latest faction to be joining the Brotherhood forces in the MMORTS, SAGA. The Brotherhood currently consists of the Dark Elves and Orcs. Their opposition, the forces of Order, is made up of Dwarves, Elves and Giants. The new faction will add over 20 unique [...]
SocioTown Gameplay Trailer 2008-04-12 16:57:10 A new gameplay video of the web-based social MMO, SocioTown, has recently been made available for viewing.
The original trailer:
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Metin2 Launches Read more:Trailer
Manga Fighter Grand Opening 2008-04-12 16:49:00 Manga Fighter is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online third-person shooter with cel-shaded graphics and anime-inspired visuals that’s currently celebrating its grand opening with special events and contests.
The game offers a unique take on online shooters with stylized cartoon characters, non-lethal weapons and an action-oriented experience without the blood and violence, perfect for Read more:Grand
, Manga
Empire of Sports Tennis Trailer 2008-04-12 15:11:07 Go have yourself a look at the latest trailer to be released, showcasing the game mechanics of Tennis
, one of the many sports that players can engage in while taking part in the first multisports MMO, Empire
of Sports
. The game is now already just a few weeks into its private launch which began late [...] Read more:Trailer
Sign-up for the Stone Age 2 Beta 2008-04-12 14:54:45 Aeria Games has recently acquired the license for Stone
Age 2, a casual 2D MMORPG developed by a Japanese company called DigiPark Inc., to make the prehistoric-themed game available for western audiences. This is Aeria Games’ seventh title in their free online games lineup.
Stone Age 2 revolves around an in-depth pet system where players can [...]
New Fallen Earth Screens and Q&A 2008-04-12 02:46:18 Fallen Earth
has 5 new screenshots up and the latest weekly questions thread posted on their forum. It’s sad to hear that the infamous digger gun has been scrapped. A lot of people were looking forward to being able to manipulate the environment by digging man holes for cover, booby traps and various other purposes [...] Read more:Fallen
More Champions Online Info 2008-04-11 23:05:48 Cryptic Studios answers some additional fan questions for Champions
Online this week with their latest edition of Ask Cryptic. Some of the positive news includes less emphasis on instanced missions than what were found in CoX (City of Heroes/Villains). Instanced areas, instead, will be reserved for villain bosses and the like. The majority of missions [...]
New Earthrise Interview, Q&A and IRC dev chat 2008-04-11 19:54:10 Man, the guys behind Earthrise never seem to decline any interview requests from the media. Every week, they’re being featured in an exclusive interview, podcast or dev chat. It’s not exactly a bad thing, it’s actually admirable how they’re able to juggle between media relations and game development when the game has a release date [...] Read more:IRC
Darkfall Dev Journal #25 2008-04-11 18:22:55 To summarize, Associate Producer Tasos explains that Darkfall is feature complete and that professional testers are already beta testing the game. Their general belief on beta testing is that it should be a process to aid the developers in making their product as stable as possible, not to promote some other artificial agenda, like marketing [...] Read more:Journal
CrimeCraft, An Upcoming Multiplatform MMO 2008-04-11 15:54:19 Vogster Entertainment announced in late 2006 that it had licensed Unreal Engine 3 to develop a mysterious next generation massively multiplayer online game for multiple platforms titled CrimeCraft.
Over the course of this year, more details on the game continue to unveil and so far, Vogster describes CrimeCraft as a third-person shooter game that takes place [...] Read more:Upcoming
Interplay Sets Their Mind on Fallout MMO 2008-04-11 01:48:30 After selling the license of their Fallout
franchise to Bethesda Softworks (the company behind the Elderscrolls series) and in addition to working on sequels to Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent and MDK, Interplay Entertainment is currently seeking funding for a new Fallout MMO title, as the original licensing deal with Bethesda allows them to retain [...]
Twilight War Prerelease Now Available 2008-04-11 01:08:00 Twilight War: After the Fall is a post-apocalyptic MMOFPS that was first announced and developed by Smiling Gator Productions in 2004 as a massively multiplayer online game utilizing Valve’s source engine. In late 2005, the game was pronounced dead, but soon revived in early 2006 when Smiling Gator Productions agreed to license the concept to [...] Read more:Twilight
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