CAPCOM, have revealed a custom Wii classic controller, imprinted with a funky image of their Japan-favorite franchise. This tool of monster destruction will be included with a limited edition bundle of the Wii's "Monster Hunter G" port, to be released before the end of April in Japan. Additionally, the game will include a demo of the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Many of you may have forgotten it by now, but “Metal Gear Online” still has quite the following—over one million registered members, to be exact. And, now, Konami is looking to bring new players into the fold with their "Welcome Rookie" campaign. Until February 16, 2009, all players who register the retail version of "MGO" will [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Fans of the free to play -- in cynics' words it's pay to enjoy -- MMORPG "The Chronicles of Spellborn" can get a good glimpse of what's in store for their in-game future. The latest update by community manager Banshee details what's next for the imminent content patch, as well as long-term development plans for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Funcom has announced all of the servers that will be merged into one, for the US, European and German versions of their initially very popular MMORPG. While nearly 50 servers had been available, these will be reduced to less than 20 within a couple of weeks. Call me bitter but I expected this type of change [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
Shortly after celebrating their game's continuing growth, CCP announce the upcoming March release for what they dub the most ambitious Eve Online expansion yet, Apocrypha. Offering all-new areas, skills, and the versatile customisable "Tech 3" ships, which are able to fill any role, combative or not, fans of the unique space MMORPG are in for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Long-time Eve Online players still remember the times they used to try and mass log-on, with both primary and alternate characters, in order to break the 10 or 15 thousands simultaneous users record. CCP's space MMORPG has come a long way since then, as yesterday saw the announcement of 45,186 simultaneous players. The emphasis is on [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
So, you're pretty good at Gears of War 2, huh? Like, one of the best? Care to put some money on that? OMG, BRING IT. Your crazy gaming skills are about to be rewarded. Billing itself as "the next generation of competitive video gaming," BringIt.com is a new site "where video gamers can put up money [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 19, 2008
In yet another win for the folks at World of Warcraft, Kevin Werbach, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of business and self-proclaimed "technology analyst, dad, raconteur, resto shaman, and policy wonk" has recently been "named as co-leader of the FCC review team for the Obama-Biden Transition Project." It [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
I am not a member of the Midnight Club. I have never participated in an illegal street race, nor have I played any of Rockstar Games' Midnight Club series which focus on street racing. Hell, I've never even seen The Fast and the Furious; apart from some foolish moving violations earned in my youth, I [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I've made no secret of my feelings on RMT -- the "real-money transfer" that exchanges actual currency for virtual goods, such as in-game property, character-leveling services, or vast hoards of Warcraft gold. As a gamer and not a gold farmer, however, the depth of my complaints extended only so far as such practices might affect [...]
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