If there’s one thing SOE’s president John Smedley likes to do, it’s dropping vast amounts of tantalizing -and sometimes cryptic- update tidbits through Twitter concerning all the developers’ latest endeavors. This time, Smedley’s could barely wait a whole day before informing everyone that SOE had just decided to move Planetside 2 to 64 bit completely. [...]

Steam acquired another free-to-play game for their arsenal this week, as Adhesive Games announced that Hawken will be switching to Steam’s platform. The transition is expected to make the game more functional and accessible, therefore building a broader audience. Those already in the Hawken realm should expect the game to be down while the full [...]

Pearl Abyss pleasantly surprised Russian fans in an interview with Goha.ru about their upcoming MMORPG Black Desert by announcing that an adaptation of the game will be ready much earlier for Russian gamers. The news may come as a bit bittersweet for those waiting to play in the west, as it shows a promise of [...]

It was just by good happenstance that EverQuest Next Landmark became as big of a project as it has, with a now projected 20,000 alpha players, who are considered by SOE‘s Dave Georgeson to be part of the development team by default. With regards to the games direction and original purpose, the new alpha community [...]

The highly customizable, exceedingly over-the-top, and diabolically graphic third-person shooter Loadout designed by Edge of Reality went live earlier today. Those anticipating the release are finally free to taunt, outfit, weapon-craft, and even twerk their life away. Edge of Reality gave a shout-out to their closed beta and early access participants, stating “Your feedback and [...]

While some might say MAIET isn’t exactly the fastest gun in the west, they’ve finally set their sights on a US open beta release date for their highly anticipated third-person shooter GunZ 2: The Second Duel. Although the open beta has been available for an extended amount of time in Europe, early February is the [...]

Although change in the MOBA world can be scarce at times, it appears DOTA 2 will be seeing a turning of a season at the end of this month with their New Bloom Festival event. A new variety of rewards, heroes, enemies, and even an entire new mode known as Takeover will be available upon [...]

Raiders and conquerors seeking a new realm to pillage should be excited to hear that Ubisoft’s new MMORPG, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, is moving forward toward release. The great kingdom of Opulencia and it’s hundreds of castles ready for the raiding will be entering open beta this February 25th. Right alongside the emergence [...]

While it was quite a chaotic day for those partial to the MMO world provided by SOE, it seems there is a light at the end of its dark tunnel. In CEO John Smedley’s AMAA on Reddit, he made a particular shout-out to both Star Wars and sandbox fans alike, stating “SWG PLAYERS – OUR [...]

After what some might call a rocky start for Red 5 Studios and their MMOFPS / MMOTPS Firefall, things might be looking up for the developers and their future plans with the game. Upon entering into share purchase agreements with the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Culture Development Co., $23 Million was set aside for the project. [...]

Within the next couple of months, Sony Online Entertainment will be doing its spring cleaning early, starting the job by shutting down Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and Free Realms on March 31st; then finishing it with Vanguard and Wizardry Online on July 31st. SOE’s explanation for their sudden change of heart mirrors that of [...]

Blizzard tossed the RTS community an awesome bone this week by lifting even more restrictions on their Starcraft II Starter Edition. Aside from providing the first five missions within the single player campaign and even allowing some multiplayer options, the highly modifiable Arcade and all of it’s user made maps, mods and games within the [...]

On January 29th robots are set to invade the fantasy world of Aion. To be more precise, Aethertechs are invading the fantasy world of Aion. Just what are Aethertechs? Just amazing suits of destruction with giant fists and electric whips, which players in Aion’s update 4.5 expansion Steel Cavalry will wield as a brand new [...]