Battlefield fans will be glad to hear that version 1.6 has arrived and support for Punkbuster has been added. They've also thrown in 2 new maps; Liberation of Caen, in ... Read More

The word is that Blizzard will begin accepting beta test applications for their first MMORPG, World of Warcraft, later today. Anticipation over this game is running wild, so I'm ... Read More

There is a wealth of fresh information on the Dark Age of Camelot site about changes planned for the keep system in the upcoming New Frontiers expansion. They intend to ... Read More

InternetNews reports that RealNetworks is going to buy GameHouse, a Seattle-based online game developer, for $35.6 million in cash and stock. "In a statement, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser said that ... Read More

Faced with growing controversy over the requirements for becoming a Jedi in Star Wars Galaxies, the developers have decided to make significant changes to the Jedi system. This will include ... Read More

Grand Theft Auto is in the news again, and this time it's presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman taking a few shots at the game. During a women's forum at Dartmouth College, ... Read More

Chrome is another contender in the crowded world of multiplayer FPS games. It looks terrific and sports most of the bells and whistles we've come to expect in this kind ... Read More

Savage Eden announced today that they are granting everyone free play for an indefinite period of time. Although this MMORPG is set in the post apocalyptic future, you can still ... Read More

Online mechanized assault vehicle battles are the focus of Dark Horizons: Lore, an upcoming PC game developed by Max Gaming Technologies, which is now in open beta testing. Though not ... Read More

Although each generation of FPS games brings improved graphics and new features to the genre, for the most part, gameplay hasn't changed that much since we were all playing Quake ... Read More

Ubisoft has made a demo of their upcoming shooter, Far Cry, available. It's a single-player demo, but the game will have multiplayer capabilities. This should give you a taste of ... Read More

Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle is now accepting applications for beta testers. This MMORPG is the next-generation sequel to the Lineage series, which is wildly popular in Asia. According to ... Read More

What happens when a respected CTO discovers his nephew's PlayStation 2? That's right; another online gaming geek is born. InfoWorld has a great article by Chad Dickerson that might take ... Read More

Ubisoft has official news that Shadowbane is open for service all across Europe. "Shadowbane Europe opens with two new server worlds and a brand new strategic map called Vorringia. They ... Read More

GameSpy has a very lengthy and glowing preview of World of Warcraft available. It does look like every effort is being made to keep this game from becoming another MMORPG ... Read More

It was a busy year for online games, and it had its fair share of successes and failures. This is a look back at some of the major news events ... Read More

The first phase of beta testing for Wish, Mutable Realms' upcoming medieval fantasy MMORPG, is well underway, and they are looking for more testers to take part in the final ... Read More

There is a press release on the LucasArts site that reveals some of the details of their upcoming 3rd person shooter, Star Wars Battlefront. The will be available for the ... Read More

Ashen Empires, a medieval fantasy MMORPG based on AsylumSoft's Dransik, is now accepting beta test applications. So, what has become of Dransik itself? Here's a quote from the FAQ on ... Read More

Touted as the largest video gaming competition in history with cash prizes totalling $600,000, the Cyber X Games in Las Vegas encountered some serious technical snags that led to the ... Read More

Console manufacturers are after a larger piece of the video game pie, and one way they are hoping to accomplish this is by getting their systems online. Are consoles the ... Read More

Thanks go out to Chris for bringing my attention to this BBC News article on the Gaming Open Market, a site recently set up to facilitate the exchange of online ... Read More

The top players from the 32-city Madden Football tournament will meet in Las Vegas next week to compete for the $50,000 grand prize. One skillful gamer is going to go ... Read More

Voodoo Extreme has a great summary of the Themis Group's Report on Online Gaming 2004. They expect worldwide revenues to reach $1.3 billion this year, and over $4 billion by ... Read More

Game Studies has posted a very interesting paper about virtual economies by Edward Castronova, an Associate Professor of Economics at California State University. He compares the rules of real-world economics ... Read More

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released as a single-player game, but that hasn't stopped fans from modifying it to get more people into the action. Multi Theft Auto: Vice ... Read More