Release of the Week: APB (PC)

Release of the Week: APB (PC)

APB: All Points Bulletin is a cops and robbers MMO from Realtime Worlds, the developers behind the original Crackdown on the Xbox 360. Players can choose to become either criminals or enforcers and then fight their way to fame and fortune. Become famous enough and statues will be erected in your image, but...

E3 Spotlight: Nexon America Game Previews

E3 Spotlight: Nexon America Game Previews

Nexon America may not be a company that many hardcore gamers are aware of, especially in North America, but they are a company you should be aware of. Nexon has dominated the free to play market for the last 15 years and is probably best known for Maple Story in North America. To put things into...

Dungeon Fighter Online Delivers Fun For 197 Million Players

Dungeon Fighter Online Delivers Fun For 197 Million Players

197 million people have registered for the free-to-play game by the name of Dungeon Fighter Online.  The sound of free-to-play might make you cringe, but 197 million people can’t be overly wrong.  Let that soak in for a moment…..197 MILLION people have played this game, and they are not all...

Hands On at GDC: Tera

Hands On at GDC: Tera

The Exiled Realm of Arborea, or T.E.R.A, is a PC MMO developed and published byEn Masse Entertainment. It was just announced at GDC, and we got a chance to sit in on a playthrough. What does TERA bring to the MMO space? It’s an action MMO with some strategy elements, and a combat system that is rather...

From a Galaxy Far Far Away to the Echoverse

From a Galaxy Far Far Away to the Echoverse

Simutronics today announced that Idea Fabrik is licensing HeroEngine for its upcoming flagship virtual world game, Echoverse. The engine has been licensed for a variety of projects including BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game will combine real life and digital life as players create their own...

Frakkin’ Sweet 3D Browser-Based MMOG Announced at 2010 GDC

Frakkin’ Sweet 3D Browser-Based MMOG Announced at 2010 GDC

The global market leader in browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), Bigpoint,  will be demonstrating the next generation of client-free PC gaming at Game Developers Conference 2010. Leading its product slate for 2010 will be Battlestar Galactica Online, a tactical space combat and...

Tea Time with the Horde

Tea Time with the Horde

Analysis of the consumer data coming from the Today’s Gamers MMO Focus Report by Gamesindustry.com and TNS reveals that 1.5 million Brits spend an average of £10.50 per month on Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games. More than 90% of this budget is spent directly online. 2.5 million Brits play these...

Fallen Earth Review

Fallen Earth Review

Platform: PC Developer/Publisher: Icarus Studios, LLC Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) Verdict: Ideal for those looking for a more ‘hardcore’ MMO Pros: No class system allows many combinations of character; excellent crafting systems Cons: steep learning curve;...

Release of the Week: Star Trek Online (PC)

Release of the Week: Star Trek Online (PC)

When it comes to video games, Star Wars has always had the upper hand on Trekkies. Star Wars fans have played adventure games, role playing epics, shooters, real time strategies and even space combat simulators. To this day, there have not been very many exciting Star Trek games. That is, until this...

Preview: Star Trek Online

Preview: Star Trek Online

Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Neverpants. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange new MMO’s. To seek out new quests, and space loot. To boldly go where no gamer has gone before!  Star Trek Online hits retail on February 2nd, but we had the chance to...