CRIMECRAFT: The zealous ratings board in Australia have refused classification (basically, banned) persistent shooter CRIMECRAFT.
Why have the Aussies done such a thing? That would be because the game features “drug use related to incentives or rewards”. So, now you know. Hit Kotaku AU for more.
Back in June, when I interviewed CRIMECRAFT’s Mike Donatelli, I asked [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Yesterday, on the 23rd of November, WORLD OF WARCRAFT celebrated 5 years online.
To commemorate the occasion (which just happens to be my birthday) Blizzard have doled out in-game Onyxian Whelpling pets to players and launched a new mini web site devoted to the WoW Anniversary. Blizz are also pointing to the fact [...]

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ANARCHY ONLINE: Funcom, who recently announced declining company fortunes, are planning an engine upgrade for 8-yr-old sci fi MMO ANARCHY ONLINE. (source: eurogamer)
You can have a comparison look at a shot below and hop here for more. Nice to see Funcom still supporting AO. I was mildly obsessed with the game back in 2001/2002. Will [...]

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BORDERLANDS: Do you love BORDERLANDS as much as I do? If so, you’ll be chomping at the bit for the upcoming “Zombie Island” DLC arriving November 24th. Check out a gameplay vid below. “It’s like Christmas!”

“2K Games and Gearbox are proud to announce that The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the first in a series [...]

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EVERQUEST II: EVERQUEST II’s sixth expansion, Sentinel’s Fate is set for release on February 16th, 2010 - but we have video for you RIGHT NOW. Exciting, huh? Click away to play.

“EverQuest®II Sentinel’s Fate™ is an all-in-one compilation pack which transports players into a universe of legend and lore where adventures are just the beginning. The [...]

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Happy Friday the 13th everyone! There’s an excellent interview with Blizzard’s Rob Pardo available today at WarCry. It makes for good weekend reading.
In the lengthy chat, Pardo looks back at five years of WORLD OF WARCRAFT (the game launched on 23, November 2004). Most interestingly, Pardo describes what mistakes were made during [...]

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ALGANON: Yesterday, we posted news of ALGANON and its Open Beta status. Today, we provide a link to the first preview of the game over at Eldergoth. (source: broken toys)
Hold onto your hats lads and lasses- Eldergoth calls the game “unattractive, unoriginal, uninspired and unfinished,” and says, among other criticisms, that the interface is so [...]

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ALGANON: Quest Online have launched Open Beta for fantasy MMO, ALGANON.
Interested parties can hop to the official site for the handy sign-up and sign-on.
ALGANON, from the mind of HORIZONS creator, David Allen, features “a rich history dominated by commanding deities, powerful weapons and armor, deadly magic, epic quests, ancient places to discover, the utilization [...]

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WARHAMMER ONLINE: Electronic Arts laid off a huge amount of staff today. A whopping 1,500 employees. Included in the cuts were a reported 40% of Mythic Entertainment folks, developers of under-performing fantasy MMO, WARHAMMER ONLINE.
We still need to wait and see how this all washes out, but my belief is that we may see WARHAMMER [...]

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STAR TREK ONLINE: According to a post at Eurogamer, Atari and Cryptic have confirmed February, 2010 as the debut date for STAR TREK ONLINE.
It seems almost unbelievable that a Star Trek-based MMO will finally be released in just a few short months. When I launched gamebunny back in 2001, a Trek MMO was rumored and [...]

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DRAGON AGE: Last week we watched an IGN review vid for Borderlands. Today, let’s take a look at what IGN has to say about DRAGON AGE: Origins.
I picked up the game yesterday (after years of anticipation) and put in 3 and a half hours with a dwarf commoner. So far, so good.

“Dragon Age: Origins is [...]

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TORCHLIGHT: Alright, cats & kittens - welcome to November. It’s time to dip that brand in oil and set our TORCHLIGHT review on fire!
Join with me now as I eagerly play through and review Runic Games’ greatly-anticipated single player action RPG and salivate at the prospect of the eventual MMO version arriving sometime in 2011. [...]

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