CHAMPIONS ONLINE: Tomorrow, September 1st is launch day for Cryptic’s CHAMPIONS ONLINE.
If you are looking for Pre-Order bonus items I would guess that today is your last chance to scoop those up. Those seeking the latest word from the devs can hit a fresh “Launch interview” with Bill Roper over at Ten Ton Hammer. Get [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Machinima time! This is one of the funnier WORLD OF WARCRAFT movies of recent months - with a darn fine original song to boot. Movie creators Cranius and Legs won 1st place in the BlizzCon 2009 movie contest with this beauty. Gratz fellas!

“Cranius’ Quote: Don’t Make Me Get My Main [...]

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CRIMECRAFT: Vogster and THQ have launched “Persistent World Next-gen Shooter” CRIMECRAFT today.
The twitch-based, instance-focused shooter is available at retail through Best Buy and Future Shop, as well as via download on Steam, Direct2Drive and CrimeCraft.com.
If you’d like a nice overview of what CRIMECRAFT has to offer you can read our interview with Senior Game Designer, [...]

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Our BlizzCon 2009 coverage is up and you can grab a read and oogle a ton of exclusive screenshots in BlizzCon Blitz 3: Two Hammers Visits BlizzCon 2009.
I had a grand old time. I checked out the new Goblin and Worgen races for WORLD OF WARCRAFT and experienced some delicious DIABLO III gameplay. Enjoy the [...]

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GATHERYN: Mindfuse Games have announced Open Beta status for casual steampunk-flavored MMO GATHERYN.
Interested parties can hop over to the official site, download the free client and begin exploring. GATHERYN features the Victorian London-styled island of Elymia which is said to be filled with over 30 of “the most renowned” casual games. GATHERYN is set for [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Well folks, it was all true. The next WORLD OF WARCRAFT expansion will indeed be “Cataclysm“.
MMO Champion was correct (and on a lesser note -I was correct for believing it to be true). All the doubters who called the rumors “laughable” and a “hoax” were incorrect. It’s playable Goblins for Horde, Worgen [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Here are a few WORLD OFWARCRAFT-related stories to tide you over until tomorrow when the new WoW expansion should be revealed during opening ceremonies at BlizzCon ‘09.
Future and Blizzard have announced World of Warcraft Magazine, a subscription-only affair, to be published quarterly at a cost of $34.95.
It’s IGN’s turn this week to [...]

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GUILD WARS 2: ArenaNet and NCsoft have finally lifted the veil of secrecy shrouding GUILD WARS 2 for the past two years.
A beautiful video is now live at the official GW2 web site (and below), featuring (the usual) gorgeous GUILD WARS concept artwork and even better, in-game environments and characters. Hop over to the new [...]

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There are a good number of juicy MMO and multiplayer gaming-related stories in the news today - so, let’s get right down to it.
First up is the dropping of the NDA for two MMOs; CHAMPIONS ONLINE and FALLEN EARTH (pictured left). Common Sense Gamer and Keen give their impressions of the CHAMPIONS Beta, both somewhat [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: While working behind-the-scenes today fixing old, broken links and the like, I stumbled across a gallery of WORLD OF WARCRAFT screenshots I had forgotten about. These now-historical screens were taken during my time in the Stress Test Beta of September, 2004.
Three shots of special interest can be found below. Notice the “Guardian [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: There’s a highly-readable, informative article up at Eurogamer today on “The Making of World of Warcraft“.
In Part One (Part Two is promised for next week), Blizzard honchos like Chris Metzen, Samwise and Tom Chilton cast their minds back to pre-launch days and discuss design decisions, influences and worries.
This is one of [...]

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VIKINGS OF THULE: Here’s an interesting new MMO to keep an eye on - VIKINGS OF THULE. This “casual” Facebook MMO is being developed by Iceland’s Gogogic and is set to hit Open Beta early next month. Check the first teaser trailer below.

“The game introduces a battle system that will test your own avatar’s abilities [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: (*SPOILER ALERT*) WoW.com are reporting that the new WORLD OF WARCRAFT expansion (as-yet-unannounced) is to be titled, “Cataclysm” and will feature new player races; Goblin for Horde and Worgen for Alliance.
The reveal has apparently been provided to WoW.com by “multiple sources close to the situation”. How reliable these sources are remains to [...]

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EARTH ETERNAL: EARTH ETERNAL’s Matt Mihaly, CEO at Sparkplay Media, has been interviewed at Gamasutra. In the fairly detailed and interesting chat, Mihaly expounds on such topics as micro-transactions, the fantasy MMO’s projected audience and game design choices.
I’m really looking forward to EARTH ETERNAL and encourage you to read the new interview and hop over [...]

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Hey, hey, nonny no - how’s about some quick news to go?! Let’s take a look at some of the MMO and multiplayer gaming news of the day, shall we?
First up, as you may have heard - STARCRAFT II has officially been pushed to the first quarter of 2010. We all pretty much saw that [...]

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