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Dave's Internet Games Blog June 2009 Archive

By Dave Spohn, About.com Guide to Internet Games since 2002

China Prohibits Real Money Trade

Monday June 29, 2009
The Chinese Government has taken steps to curtail the selling of virtual goods for real money. Their main concern, according to the press release, is the remarkably popular "QQ coin" ... Read More

Battlefield Heroes Open Beta

Saturday June 27, 2009
EA's light-hearted shooter, Battlefield Heroes, is now in open beta and freely available to anyone who wants to give it a try. If you haven't already heard, this is a ... Read More

Mythic and BioWare Merge

Wednesday June 24, 2009
In a surprise restructuring move, EA has decided to combine Mythic Entertainment and Bioware into a new RPG/MMO development team, led by Ray Muzyka of Bioware. We also learn from ... Read More

Top Free Online Tower Defense Games

Monday June 22, 2009
Tower defense games have been growing in popularity at a rapid rate ever since the success of Flash Element Tower Defense and Desktop Tower Defense in 2007. Of course, the ... Read More

America's Army 3 Released

Friday June 19, 2009
This week the U.S. Army launched America's Army 3, the third installment of their free shooter designed to introduce possible recruits to military training and combat. The latest version has ... Read More

New Battleground Coming to WoW

Monday June 15, 2009
The next content patch for World of Warcraft will include a new 80-player Battleground called The Isle of Conquest. Blizzard has put up a preview on the official site, and ... Read More

Free Realms Reaches 3 Million Registered

Saturday June 13, 2009
SOE seems to be pushing all the right buttons with Free Realms, as they've just announced that the game/social network has surpassed 3 million registered users. Of course, as per ... Read More

Dungeons & Dragons Online Going Free

Tuesday June 9, 2009
Turbine has revealed their plans to make Dungeons & Dragons Online available for free. Later this summer they are going to release DDO Unlimited, a free download with unlimited free ... Read More

Steam Group Boycotts Left 4 Dead 2

Monday June 8, 2009
Among the deluge of game news that came out of E3 2009 was Valve's announcement that they are working on a sequel to Left 4 Dead, and not everyone is ... Read More

Star Wars: The Old Republic "Deceived" Trailer

Sunday June 7, 2009
The first cinematic trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bioware's upcoming MMORPG, is now available on the official site, and it's an impressive piece of work. It depicts the ... Read More

Build Your Own Games at ChallengeYou

Wednesday June 3, 2009
A lot of people like to create as well as play, so ChallengeYou has made it possible for just about anyone to develop a simple Shockwave game. They've built a ... Read More

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