Hello persistent players and curious NPCs! Welcome to another edition of “World MMO News Tonight”. I’m your host, David “Two Hammers” Moore. Let’s have a look at a few massively multiplayer movers & shakers.
First up, we have Firefly Studios who have announced an MMO version of their somewhat popular Stronghold series. STRONGHOLD KINGDOMS (PICTURED below) [...]

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GATHERYN: Mindfuse Games are now accepting Beta sign-ups for Victorian-era steampunk MMO, GATHERYN.

Hop in your steam-powered dirigible and zip over for your chance at early access.
GATHERYN will be free-to-play and is described by the devs as “Advanced Casual”. The game FAQ promises “a lush 3D environment”, a “technologically advanced island nation”, as well as [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Blizzard have announced that WORLD OF WARCRAFT Druids are set to receive new Bear and Cat skin textures in the next big game update.
So far, only the sexy new Tauren Bear forms have been shown off (PICTURED) but further previews are promised. The new looks will be tied in with human-form [...]

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THE AGENCY: Wondering just how the heck SOE’s THE AGENCY actually plays and how the nuts, bolts and bullets of character progression all fit together?
If so, you could do worse than checking out Eurogamer’s deep, 3-pg preview. Oli Welsh’s article takes a look at the spy fi MMO (due 2010) and explores the opening gameplay [...]

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We’re experiencing a few minor technical difficulties here at the moment.
Never fear - work is underway to right the wrongs.
Stay tuned…

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CRIMECRAFT: Vogster Entertainment have announced a PC “ship date” of August 25th, 2009 for their persistent world FPS, CRIMECRAFT.
Additionally, the Eastern European developers have begun Closed Beta testing with a few registered users and are accepting applications for more testers at the official CRIMECRAFT site.
I wonder if we’ll get a release date for APB at [...]

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ALL POINTS BULLETIN: Following up on yesterday’s APB story - looks like Realtime Worlds have now confirmed an appearance at E3 and even released a rare, possibly first, in-game screenshot (PICTURED) to fan site APB Evolved. (source: kotaku)
I should be at E3, barring any unforeseen circumstances, and I’ll sure as heck do my best to [...]

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Fellow space travelers! You still have time to win a free copy of D3’s PUZZLE QUEST: GALACTRIX for the PlayStation 3!
Almost two thousand of you visited gamebunny during the time our giveaway was in progress and none of you sent in correct answers to our three quiz questions. What the heck?!
Never you mind! [...]

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ALL POINTS BULLETIN: According to a news bit at Eurogamer, Scotland’s Realtime Worlds may be set to finally show off its cops and robbers MMO, APB at E3 2009.
This is good news indeed and I hope rumors turn out to be true. ALL POINTS BULLETIN has been hovering near the top of my most-wanted list [...]

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Gather round fellow space travelers - it’s contest time here at gamebunny! We’re giving away a pair of PlayStation 3 download codes for D3’s PUZZLE QUEST: GALACTRIX!
These codes will allow two winners to download the complete PUZZLE QUEST: GALACTRIX game for free! The first two people to correctly answer the three sci fi-related questions below [...]

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MASS EFFECT 2: Here’s one to watch for fans (and would-be fans - c’mon you laggers!) of MASS EFFECT. The trailer below shows off new in-game footage from BioWare’s upcoming sequel as developers detail some of the improvements we can expect. Soak it up.

“BioWare gears up to nuke E3 from orbit with a stunning new [...]

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EARTH ETERNAL: For the first time in a while, the official EARTH ETERNAL web site has been updated with some exciting new information.
Specifically, all 22 (yes, 22!) player races have been revealed and a gallery of the diverse types has been provided. Would you like to roam this upcoming free-to-play fantasy MMO as a Clockwork [...]

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Here’s titillating news - so steel yourself for this one. According to a revealing post over at WorldofWar.net - Blizzard Entertainment’s much anticipated, secret MMO in development is an entirely new intellectual property - not based on WARCRAFT, STARCRAFT or DIABLO.
That’s right. What Blizzard is cooking up behind-closed-doors for one of their next MMOs [...]

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Click! Flashback with me now! It’s time once again to dip into the ancient gamebunny MMO screenshot archives.
Today, we have a half dozen screenshots from my time spent with the EVERQUEST II Beta back in late 2004. While I enjoyed EQII for the most part, I was already obsessed with WoW and knew that’s what [...]

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DC UNIVERSE ONLINE: Watch a saucy, player-created superhero do battle with Doomsday and his minions in this new gameplay video for DC UNIVERSE ONLINE. The action is hard-hitting and features much in the way of trident-based swirly attacks. Just have a look.

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