Much has happened and much is threatening to happen in the world of persistent gaming of late. Let’s take a quick look at some MMO stories in the news.
Red 5 Studios have laid off workers and restructured. As a result, we may never see (here in the US at least) what the company has been [...]

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DRAGONICA ONLINE: Here’s the latest DRAGONICA ONLINE vid from THQICE. This looker shows off a new end-game dungeon known as Van Cliff Mansion. Maybe they should have called it “Van Pelt” Mansion and players would have to fight bosses Linus and Lucy. Hmmm, might be a copyright problem there I suppose.

“Dragonica Online’s newest end-game dungeon [...]

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As I searched around the intranetz and through my promo emails today looking for something, ANYTHING, of interest to report on - a few “Deep” thoughts occurred to me.
1. APB (ALL POINTS BULLETIN) claims a release date of “March, 2010″. It is now nearing the end of January, 2010. We are conceivably six weeks away [...]

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MASS EFFECT 2: OK, so we’ve been inundated by MASS EFFECT 2 vids over the past few months, but this here baby is the official “Launch” trailer. Zap the clicker below for all the dramatic action. I’ll be picking up my copy of ME2 on Tuesday. How about you?

“This is the launch trailer for Mass [...]

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A long-rumored ELDER SCROLLS MMO has been somewhat confirmed by clever video game journalists. Court records related to Bethesda versus Interplay have revealed a “World of Warcraft type MMO” and VG247 and Duck and Cover have provided “details”. (source: blues)
If rumors are to be believed, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda’s parent company, have been working on an [...]

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GLOBAL AGENDA: Hi-Rez Studios have produced an official launch trailer for GLOBAL AGENDA. GA is set to arrive February 1st and has quite a good buzz surrounding it. I played a bit back at E3 and it seemed polished and fun. Might be one to investigate. At the very least - click away below.

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CITIES XL: Monte Cristo Multimedia’s persistent burg-building game, CITIES XL has been added to the gamebunny World List.
And now - a selection of arbitrary song lyrics about cities; “In the city there’s a thousand things I wanna say to you.” “Rock, rock…Clash City Rockers!”, and “Intoxicated by a quarter to ten. Lost and naked [...]

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LEGO UNIVERSE: We haven’t checked in with the blocky goodness of NetDevil’s LEGO UNIVERSE in quite a while and we rectify that today.
Below we have a handful of new screenshots (which made their media debut at CES) and after you soak those up, you can hop over to the official LEGO UNIVERSE web site. [...]

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CALL OF DUTY/HALO: Rumors are hotting up once again that MMOs set in the CALL OF DUTY and HALO universes are under development.
Although we must take all rumors with a hearty pinch or three of salt - I’m going to put my bottom on the line and say I believe we will indeed see both [...]

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2029 ONLINE: IGG’s (I Got Game) new Sci Fi RTS MMO, 2029 ONLINE has been added to the gamebunny World List.
This one is a recent addition to IGG’s slate of Free-to-Play titles and appears to be a translated Asian import with older graphics. Will the world really be this futuristic in 19 years? Hey, who [...]

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STAR TREK ONLINE: Cryptic’s STAR TREK ONLINE is fast approaching its February release date and the new “Exploration” trailer below may help to tide you over until then. Hit the clicker for hot ‘n’ heavy Trek action.

“Blue’s News Quote: A new Star Trek Online trailer highlights exploration in Cryptic’s upcoming Trekkie MMORPG, which apparently consists [...]

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ADVENTUREQUEST WORLDS: Artix Entertainment’s web-based MMO, ADVENTUREQUEST WORLDS has been added to the gamebunny World List.
Hop on over for the lowdown on this free-to-play fantasy game. This ‘Quest might just be the most Adventurous in the World. Only one way to find out, I suppose.
“AQWorlds is a 100% browser based game with real time combat, [...]

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Hi kids! Grab a viewing of this well-made Star Wars meets A-Team mash-up video (source: extra-life).
If you’ve ever wondered what Star Wars would look like as a cheesy, episodic TV series in the late 70s/early 80s - wonder no longer. Nice editing job, kalleanka71 of Sweden!

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Respected game industry news site Gamasutra.com has published a list of their ‘Top 12 Games of the Decade‘.

The big winner? Blizzard’s MMO game changer, WORLD OF WARCRAFT. Not a surprise really, but I’m pleased to see it sitting at the top of the heap. I’m also in agreement with GRAND THEFT [...]

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