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Read More »Kotick: Old Republic a win for George Lucas, not EA
Well, if nothing else EA can at least take this as proof that Activision is nervous about Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic is seen by some as the first real contender to World of Warcraft’s subscription MMO crown. Not that Bobby Kotick agrees. …
Read More »EVE Online Crucible expansion out this month
Players will be able to download the 15th free expansion pack for PC space MMO EVE Online on November 29th. The Crucible add-on pack promises four fan-designed battlecruisers, new environments, three new faction-based captain’s quarters, ship rebalancing, graphical improvements and other minor multiplayer gameplay tweaks. A statement from developer-publisher CCP …
Read More »Entire MMO vanishes from the internet
An entire MMO has been wiped from the internet after the game’s server was damaged beyond repair, according to translated reports. It has emerged that Japanese firm Sankando had shut down its MMO, called M2, late in October to perform emergency maintenance on a set of servers. Despite efforts by …
Read More »MMO ‘disappears from the internet’
Humble apology issued after M2's servers break down
Read More »‘The Old Republic will be the last big MMO’
LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Free-to-play model is the future, says Nicholas Lovell
Read More »Total Recall getting the MMO treatment
Next year’s remake of TriStar Pictures’ 1990 sci-fi movie Total Recall is to be transformed into an MMO. The original film was directed by Paul Verhoeven and was based on Philip K Dick novel We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. It sees hero Arnold Schwarzenegger play the part of …
Read More »Another 800k quit as Warcraft exodus hastens
The kingpin MMO has lost one million customers this year
Read More »2m leave World of Warcraft in one year
The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year. Yesterday Blizzard announced that 800,000 players left the PC MMO between July and September. During October last year the game reached a peak with over 12m users. Earlier this year that figure fell …
Read More »DC Universe usage surges 1,000% after going F2P
Over 330,000 new DC Universe Online players in eight days since move from subscription model
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