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Read More »The Old Republic gets free-to-play weekend
Players can climb up to level fifteen for free this weekend in BioWare's hit sci-fi MMO
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic free to play this weekend
BioWare has announced an extended free weekend for their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic kicking off this Thursday. Starting on March 15th at 1:01am ET, anyone who registers for a weekend pass free trial will be able to create a new character and play up to level 15. Pass …
Read More »GDC: Epic secures largest Asian UE3 deal yet
Epic Games Korea inks agreement with MMO specialist NCsoft for future titles
Read More »Artplant creates Game of Thrones MMO
BigPoint has announced an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online RPG based on the popular HBO-series Game of Thrones, with Norwegian studio Artplant on development duties. Artplant, best known in Norway for various games for children based on popular television shows, has expanded heavily in the last two years, and broke through …
Read More »Jagex freezes Stellar Dawn development
12 jobs lost as studio reorganises to focus on RuneScape and Transformers Universe MMOs
Read More »Essential Game Engines: HeroEngine
Develop examines the impressive tool that powered Bioware's blockbuster MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic
Read More »Essential Game Engines: BigWorld
We talk to the MMO specialist about what its platform offers developers looking to build new worlds
Read More »EverQuest free-to-play launch date revealed
SOE has announced the free-to-play launch of their long-standing MMO EverQuest will kick off on March 15th. Asreported by MCV earlier this month, the launch coincides with the 13th anniversary of the game’s original launch, and plans are to introduce a number of new payment options. "Anyone who wishes to …
Read More »Aion going free-to-play in Europe next week
NCsoft has revealed its MMO Aion: The Tower of Eternity will be flipping the switch to go free-to-play across Europe next Tuesday, February 28th. The changeswill take place in English, German and French at the same time on Tuesday; this on the heels of what’s being called a successful beta …
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