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Arktos Entertainment Group and Hammerpoint Interactive have revealed their upcoming MMO The War Z brought in over 100k closed beta registrations within 24 hours of being announced. The response in the first week since we announced the game has been incredible and it’s totally inspired the team,” said senior game …
Read More »RuneScape going multi-platform
As the popular MMO reaches 200m registered users, Jagex plans to take RPG to new devices
Read More »MMO RuneScape boasts over 200m registered users
Jagex’s long-running, massively popular MMO RuneScape is perhaps even more popular than we thought. The developer has announced their free-to-play MMO now boasts over 200m registered users from more than 150 countries since its launch in 2001. In that time users have logged some seven billion hours of playing time. …
Read More »RuneScape surpasses 200 million registered users
MMO attracts players from players form 150 countries clocking up in excess of 443bn minutes in game time
Read More »Shadowrun Online chases $500k on Kickstarter
Project becomes second Shadowrun-related campaign to hit crowdfunding site
Read More »Zenimax: Open platform makes PC best for MMOs
Elder Scrolls developer says it's easier to push limitations on PC
Read More »After RuneScape: What Andrew Gower did next
Develop speaks to the Jagex co-founder about setting up Fen Research
Read More »UPDATED: BioWare reveals new F2P Ultima Online MMO
A brand new version of Ultima Online is on the way. EA-owned BioWare has revealed Ultima Forever, which it describes as the first great Western RPG” that has apparently been lovingly restored”. The game will be free to play and, most likely, supported by microtransactions. Whether that means it’s a …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic gets free-to-play trial
The millions of voices that suddenly cried out in terror when they discovered that Star Wars: The Old Republic would have a monthly subscription have been suddenly silenced. No, your eyes have not deceived you – EA has announced that a free trial of the MMO is now available that …
Read More »Game of Thrones MMO Seven Kingdoms announced
Bigpoint has announced Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms, an upcoming free-to-play browser MMO based on the hit HBO show. The setting for the game will be after the deaths of King Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, and will unsurprisingly focus on the seven kingdoms revolving around the plot. Players will …
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