Entries in 'mmo' (217)
Aion 'will be major MMO force'
NCsoft expects new title Aion can join Warcraft in dominating the MMO genre after its release this week.
Turbine working on console MMO
Developer Turbine has stated that it currently has an Xbox 360 and PS3 MMO in the works, bringing hope to those who still believe that this generation of machines can ...
Blizzard's next MMO “broader” than WoW
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed the company’s next MMO will boast a broader appeal than World Of Warcraft.
Clone Wars MMO inbound?
Whilst Sony and LucasArts’ first collaboration, Star Wars Galaxies, may have ultimately failed to compete in the crowded traditional MMO space, rumours are suggesting that the two companies are to ...
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Codemasters drops ArchLord
UK publisher Codemasters has chosen not to renew its deal to operate MMO ArchLord in the West – though the game will not be closing with Webzen stepping in to ...
CCP unveils EVE on consoles
CCP's Hilmar Veigar Petursson unveiled the studios's latest ambition at GDC Europe today - a new project called Dust 514 which bridges the gap between FPS and MMO audiences.
MMO subscriptions ‘don’t make any sense’
The MMO subscription model is a thing of the past – that’s the verdict of Jolt Online Gaming boss Dylan Collins, who believes that the advent of browser-based gaming signifies ...
CyberSports: Free Realms deserves an award
Fill in a form, decipher the captcha, click the verification email, download the client – getting going in even the simplest MMO can be hard work, and the developer of ...
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NPD: 360 has the digital edge over PS3
North American stats behemoth NPD has revealed that 18 per cent of Xbox 360 owners who subscribe to Microsoft’s Gold Membership “regularly” download content – markedly higher than the 10 ...
The Matrix Online goes offline for good
After an at times turbulent four years on the market Sony Online Entertainment is to turn off the servers to virtual world The Matrix Online on July 31st.
Free Realms welcomes one millionth member
SOE’s promising browser-based MMO Free Realms has already seen one million members register on the virtual world service – despite having only gone live 18 days ago.
CHINA: Blizzard cements World of Warcraft deal
Leading MMO developer Blizzard has struck a deal with NetEase that will see the Chinese firm handle the studio’s MMO offerings in the region for three years.
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Gazillion working on “six or seven” MMO games
Newly revealed MMO developer Gazillion has claimed that it is working on “six or seven” titles at the moment, and that its intention is to take the currently hardcore-centric MMO ...
Sony dates PS3 MMO duo for 2010
The long-awaited maturing of the MMO genre in the console space will seemingly have to wait a little longer to reach fruition with the news that upcoming SOE pair DC ...
MMO subscriptions grow by 22% in 2008
Whilst the publishing world may be vocal in its increasing interest in free-to-play online game models, a new report by Screen Digest shows that the subscription based MMO market grew ...
Marvel distances itself from publishing rumours
With the likes of Disney, Warner and Paramount making increasingly bold strides into the games space, many had pegged Marvel as the next entertainment giant to follow suit – but ...
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Square Enix wanted FFXI on PS3
Japanese publisher and RPG specialist Square Enix has revealed that it was at one stage in talks with Sony regarding a PS3 port of its still popular MMO Final Fantasy ...
New type of MMO comes to iPhone
Aurora Feint Inc’s debut iPhone and iPod Touch title, Aurora Fenit: The Beginning, has already proved a hit with gamers, and now the series is looking to be the first ...
Star Trek MMO beaming onto consoles?
Though developer Cryptic Studios has yet to confirm the host platform for its upcoming Federation-themed MMO Star Trek online, an online job ad suggests that both Xbox 360 and PS3 ...
40 people were working on Halo MMO
Dave Pottinger, the tech boss at ill-fated Microsoft owned studio and Halo Wars developer Ensemble, has stated that the long-rumoured Halo MMO had been green lit and was well underway ...
LOTR Online expansion dated
UK publisher and developer Codemasters has confirmed that its latest expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online, named Mines of Moria, will be released in both Europe and America ...
Codemasters to close RF Online
Britsoft firm Codemasters has announced that it to turn off its European servers for its PC MMO RF Online on November 10th.
360 version of Age of Conan sharpens blade
Age of Conan developer Funcom has moved to quash speculation that the long-awaited Xbox 360 version of its MMO adventure Age of Conan is no longer on the cards.
Star Trek Online details uncloak
After a slight technical hiccup which saw high web traffic bring the official site down, a host of details about the upcoming Star Trek Online have been unveiled by developer ...
E3 08: KOTOR MMO confirmed
E3 may be over but the big-hitting announcements just keep creeping out – this time it’s the turn of EA chief executive John Riccitiello who has confirmed that the EA-owned ...
