| | Hellgate Open Beta launches today | 
Darryn Bonthuys - July 1st, 2011 | Launched back in 2007, Hellgate: London was an addictive action game from developer Flagship studios, a team made up of ex-blizzard employees. Set in a near future version of London that had been overrun by the armies of hell, it was up to players to don some knightly techno armour and push the hordes back into the underworld. Despite the great ideas ... [»] | 
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| Guild Wars 2 ‘Charr Land’ trailer | 
Ian Felmore - June 28th, 2011 | Once a primitive people, filled with rage and a primal drive to dominate and control, the Charr lost everything and only just survived. But even the cold sting of defeat, oppression and a civil war couldn't keep this proud race down and now they have finally returned and taken back their land.Now, 200 years later a new challenge stands in their way and this time it is their ... [»] |
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| Star Wars Galaxies to shut down | 
Darryn Bonthuys - June 27th, 2011 | A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a bunch of Star Wars fans played an online MMO based on their favourite films. And then Sony Online pulled the plug on them, announcing that Star Wars Galaxies will shut down in December this year.First launching back in 2003 after numerous delays and postponements, Galaxies was an initial smash hit for the franchise, one that managed to capture the spirit of the ... [»] | 
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| Man to play games – in a tiny box | 
Darryn Bonthuys - June 22nd, 2011 | So how do you like to spend your vacation time? Maybe you like to take a weekend to go hiking and reconnect with nature, or do you prefer to just kick back and relax with a packet of chips and some decent dvds to watch? If none of that appeals to you, then maybe you could lock yourself in a small box, seal ... [»] |
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| World of Warcraft: Rise of the Zandalari Trailer | 
Ian Felmore - April 29th, 2011 | The guys at Blizzard have just released a new trailer to preview the v4.1 patch scheduled to be released soon.With this new patch named "Rise of the Zandalari" on the way, WOW fans can look forward to joining the troll empires of the past and venture on with Zandalari on his quest to reunite them in the wake of Cataclysm. This patch comes as a saving grace as ... [»] |
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| Bungie confirms its Activision title is an MMO | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 4th, 2011 | I’m a newly converted fan of Bungie’s work. I’ve never really been much of a Halo adherent – but ODST and Reach have shown me the error of my ways. that said, I was pretty excited when Bungie, famed Halo developers, announced their independence from Microsoft, and with it, severed ties to the Halo franchise. Why would I be excited?Mostly to see what they’d ... [»] |
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| Panasonic axes the Jungle | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 1st, 2011 | Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got fun and..we’ll no..no we don’t. Remember that handheld device Panasonic announced last year? Y’know. the one that was supposed to be a trimmed down, mobile gaming device specifically for playing MMO’s?We said that unless it managed to secure a deal to get World of Warcraft, it would die a swift death. It seems we were wrong; because it’s been killed before it managed to crawl.In a statement to ... [»] | 
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| Grand Mer: because the world needs a fishing MMO | 
Miklós Szecsei - January 27th, 2011 | I’ve often thought to myself: “Damn, I’d really just love to kick back and do some online virtual fishing with a load of other people from all over the world. It’d be even better if I could do virtual fishing in an online world that perpetuates gender stereotyping in videogamesâ€.Luckily, a ... [»] |
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| Have you ever heard of the MMO called Code of Everand? | 
Miklós Szecsei - January 18th, 2011 | Neither has the UK tax payer, but they’ve still forked out over £2.8 million for it since it launched in November 2009. Wait, what? Tax payers funding an MMO? Yep, that’s because it was the brain-child of the UK Department of Transport. The MMO was designed to get kids into thinking about road safety.Sadly, the MMO is practically dead. ... [»] | 
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| DC Universe Online – Launch Trailer | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 12th, 2011 | I’ve always been wary of MMO’s on account of my somewhat addictive personality (current addictions : Boobs, beer, and being awesome). One MMO that has poked my interest with a particularly pointy stick is DC Universe online – probably because I’ve always wanted to wear my underpants on the outside.I applied for the beta – and ... [»] |
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| Exclus1ves Holding World of Warcraft Cataclysm Midnight Launch | 
Geoffrey Tim - November 24th, 2010 | Many gamers were blissfully unaware that Exclusive books had entered the video game retailing business – until their Flashmob sale yesterday, where they pretty much gave away games including Fable 3, Dead Rising 2, FIFA 11 for the absurd cost of R50. Now that you know they’re in the game of getting you games, they’re going ... [»] |
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| New Tribes Game Announced | 
Geoffrey Tim - October 25th, 2010 | With their inclusion in Halo Reach and the upcoming Killzone 3, Jetpacks have once again been brought to the forefront of multiplayer gaming. It would make sense then, to resurrect the granddaddy of jetpack-based multiplayer, Tribes. Set in the Earthsiege/Starsiege universe, Tribes was particularly technical – and insanely fun – ... [»] |
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| Firefall from Red 5 Studios free for everyone | 
Miklós Szecsei - September 10th, 2010 | Maybe you’ve heard of this game, maybe you haven’t. It’s an MMO shooter from Red 5 Studio, which is headed by Mark Kern. You know Mark! Mark is the former team lead for World of Warcraft, so it’s safe to say he knows his way around an MMO.Firefall is set to explode the internet in late 2011, but the interesting ... [»] |
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| Call of Duty Developers Rubbish Subscription Rumours | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 20th, 2010 | That video we posted yesterday suggesting the groundwork had been laid for a Subscription-based Call of duty model? Absolute Rubbish, according the the two development teams behind the main series. Infinity Ward (or what’s left of them, anyway) and Treyarch have ... [»] |
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