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The number of new signups to EverQuest II has tripled since the Sony MMO game went free-to-play one month ago. Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley revealed a series of statistics on Twitter about the RPG’s rise in new players. We are seeing some amazing growth in EverQuest II,” he …
Read More »Star Wars success ‘reflects healthy MMO market’
'Peak concurrent users at 350,000 players', says analyst
Read More »Indies furious over Old Republic collector’s edition
Independent games retailers are in uproar having missed out on stocking the GAME-exclusive 130 edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The monthly subscription-based PC MMO developed by BioWare and published by EA hit stores as early as December 15th. The collector’s edition – featuring a statue, map, journal, metal …
Read More »Interview: SWTOR’s senior writer
Alex Freed talks to Develop about scripting the much-hyped MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic
Read More »NFS World gets $100 downloadable car
EA is charging users of Need for Speed World $100 to download the free-to-play PC racer’s first ‘premium elite’ car. The publisher has listed the Koenigsegg CCX Elite Edition motor at $100, although it’s currently on offer at $75 until December 21st, reports GameSpot. Although Need for Speed World is …
Read More »Free-to-play APB surpasses three million users
$100 million MMO currently 2nd most popular free title on Steam
Read More »Relaunched APB attracts 3m users in first week
In the first week since it officially relaunched, GamersFirst MMO title APB Reloaded has attracted 3m users. It’s a great start for a game that suffered the most brutal of failures when it was initially released last year. The game was seemingly left for dead in September 2010 when, after …
Read More »Command & Conquer MMO is coming
EA has announced a brand new free-to-play MMO in the Command & Conquer series. Called Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances is set in the established Tiberium universe. It promises cross-platform play across devices thanks to its browser-based design. Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliancesis the first MMO and first free-to-play game …
Read More »Fantasy MMO Aion to go free-to-play in February
NCsoft working with German publisher Gameforge to develop new content
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic goes live
EA has switched on its servers for PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic two days ahead of its retail release. Customers who pre-ordered the game through the publisher’s online Origin download service have been able to access it from 12pm midday today. The Old Republic arrives in UK stores …
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