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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 07, 2008 12:14pm PST

There's a World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Q&A on Computer & Video Games, asking lead designer Jeff Kaplan about the second expansion pack...

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Jumpgate Evolution Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 07, 2008 11:11am PST

RPG Vault has posted the first part of a Jumpgate Evolution Q&A, asking NetDevil's Hermann Peterscheck about the reboot of this space based MMORPG.

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EA Completes Acquisition of BioWare, Pandemic

By Chris Faylor, Jan 07, 2008 11:10am PST

Electronic Arts has completed its $860 million acquisition of VG Holding Corp., owner of renowned development studios BioWare Corp. and Pandemic...

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"kotor mmo is probably the only thing that's going to keep them around i hope mass effect 2 is ..."

- dantastic see all 20 comments

Gory MMO Requiem: Bloodymare Coming Stateside

By Chris Faylor, Jan 04, 2008 10:03am PST

Gravity Corp's Havok-powered MMO Reqiuem: Bloodymare (PC) will be unleashed onto an unsuspecting United States early this year, the Korea-based MMO...

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"Its an MMO, combat is basically the same at Lv1 as it is at Lv99/cap. You just have to push ..."

- MH Knights see all 21 comments

ShackCast 24: Duke Nukem Forever, C&C Tiberium

By Chris Remo, Dec 21, 2007 1:23pm PST

The Duke Nukem Forever teaser dominated this week, but the crew also discusses Command & Conquer Tiberium, UT3 and Crysis sales, Bruckheimer's game studio, and more.

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"I like this podcast. I'm looking for more gaming podcasts and this is probably my 2nd favorite ..."

- jonc see all 56 comments

BioWare Announces More Game Dev. Tech Licensing, Dragon Age Project Still Under Development

By Chris Faylor, Dec 19, 2007 8:38am PST

PipelineFX's Qube! is the latest piece of software to be added to BioWare's ever-increasing stable of development tools, the two companies have...

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"Dragon Age could be good but what I'd really love to see is KOTOR 3 and not as an MMO... :( If ..."

- Necros21 see all 6 comments

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. MMO Under Consideration; No Online Co-op or DX10 for Original, SDK Pushed Back

By Chris Faylor, Dec 17, 2007 10:13am PST

A massively multiplayer online title set in the universe of GSC Game World's post-apocalyptic S.T.A.L.K.E.R. under consideration, the developer has...

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"holy.. stalker's got the giant digging machine too (borderlands also)"

- kemical see all 45 comments

Shacknews Week in Review: December 14, 2007

By Carlos Bergfeld, Dec 14, 2007 5:00pm PST

Here's a quick summary of all this week's feature content, followed by some of the more prominent news items, in reverse chronological order....

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Preview

By Chris Remo, Dec 14, 2007 9:55am PST

Funcom's fantasy MMO is trying to shake things up by being more active and adult-oriented. Does it succeed?

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"How will it work for the 360? Gold + monthly fee or only the latter? Will PC and 360 gamer ..."

- razorblade79 see all 20 comments

Fury Developer Auran Cuts Staff Down to Single Digits

By Chris Remo, Dec 13, 2007 1:29am PST

Independent Australian studio Auran, which most recently released the PvP-only MMO Fury, has been in the news a great deal over the past week....

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"Bah! I don't need that, I still have my original disc and manual. :D :D"

- wytefang see all 18 comments

Blizzard Confirms 'Unannounced MMO' in Works

By Carlos Bergfeld, Dec 12, 2007 11:22am PST

Once again, job listings looking for artists to work on a "Next-Gen MMO" at Blizzard caused speculation in the community forums to run rampant....

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"Indeed. People who have never played a "true" MMO often fail to realize the difference between ..."

- ramshot see all 56 comments

Blizzard's Mike Morhaime Joins AIAS Hall of Fame

By Chris Faylor, Dec 12, 2007 9:47am PST

Blizzard Entertainment co-founder, president and CEO Mike Morhaime (pictured left) is the latest addition to the Academy of Interactive Arts &...

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"Ask him if they're working on Diablo 3. If he says they have no real plans at this time, he's ..."

- qtseng see all 6 comments

BioWare Wwises Up, Licenses Even More MMO Tech

By Chris Faylor, Dec 12, 2007 9:20am PST

Though BioWare Austin has yet to formally reveal much of its forthcoming MMO--heavily rumored to be set in the Star Wars: Knights of Old Republic...

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"to each their own, I can at least respect your point, even if i don't agree with it :)"

- AroundTheFur1380 see all 17 comments

Star Trek Online Dev. Perpetual Sued by PR Firm, Charged with Breach of Contract, Fraud (Updated)

By Carlos Bergfeld and Chris Faylor, Dec 11, 2007 1:30pm PST

Update 3: Kohnke has clarified the statement that it convinced journalists to "write positive reviews about the game" as a typo, noting that the...

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"You obviously do not own a small, boutique PR agency specializing in the niche of interactive ..."

- PRFlak see all 11 comments

Fury Free to Download With December Expansion, 'Bad News' Coming for Dev

By Carlos Bergfeld, Dec 11, 2007 12:30pm PST

Australian developer Auran's PVP-centric title Fury (PC) will become a free download following the title's Age of the Chosen content update...

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"Another problem with mmo's is they require an investment of time from the player. You can't have ..."

- astrofunk see all 10 comments