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Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that PC online RPG World of Warcraft now has over 12m registered players worldwide. The game first arrived in 2004 and has topped the PC charts ever since via sales of the original and its two expansions, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich king. …
Read More »DC Universe Online delayed
Upcoming PC and PS3 MMO title DC Universe Online has seen its release date slip from November this year to an unspecified time in 2011. No specific reason has been given for the delay, though developer Sony Online Entertainment says that this extra time will allow us to address community …
Read More »Panasonic enters portable games sector
Electronics giant Panasonic has announced a surprise return to the games sector with a brand new handheld called Jungle. The clamshell device sports a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad as well as an HD screen, d-pad and shoulder buttons. It’s being pitched very much as an online-centric device, and includes …
Read More »Deep Space Nine MMO on the way
A brand new free-to-play MMO based on the Deep Space Nine Star Trek universe will be released next summer, German publisher Gameforge has announced. Gamasutra reports that the game, called Star Trek: Infinite Space, is being developed by indie studio Keen Games whose former titles include Dance Dance Revolution: Disney …
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Ambitious MMO firm Trion admits its heavily VC-funded business will not give investors quick returns
Read More »MMO money, MMO problems?
How Trion's CEO is spending $100m to build an online giant
Read More »Activision: Bungie had no alternative
A unrivalled commitment to cutting costs was the key driver in Bungie’s decision to sign a ten-year deal with Activision, the publisher’s boos Bobby Kotick has claimed. Speaking to investors, Kotick outlined a number of ways that his firm keeps a close check on its balance sheets including, bizarrely, the …
Read More »Daily Mail: Are games as addictive as heroin?
UK newspaper The Dail Mail has published an extensive story asking if addiction to video games can be likened to an addiction to heroin. Beginning with menacing introduction despite the restricted view through the letter box, it was clear that something was terribly wrong on the other side of the …
Read More »Michael Jackson MMO in development
Entertainment firm SEE Virtual Worlds has announced that it is working on an MMO based on pop icon Michael Jackson. Not to be confused with the console title in the works at Ubisoft, Planet Michael is an immersive virtual space themed after iconic visuals drawn from Michael’s music, his life …
Read More »Online MMO hit heads to retail
Iceberg Interactive may not be the best known publisher in the industry, but aims to change that with the retail release of Global Agenda. The PC MMO has already been downloaded almost 100,000 times worldwide. In fact, the title – which was previously only available digitally – has been Steam’s …
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