Final Fantasy XI has been a huge hit for Square Enix: despite loads of more advanced MMO’s coming out in the 10 years since XI launched, the original Final Fantasy MMO continues to maintain a dedicated fanbase that has kept the game profitable. Square has similar …
There’s been a lot of discussion within the industry about whether subscription based MMO’s are still viable in the current market, and more and more it’s starting to look like the answer is “no.” Today Bioware announced that their 7 month old MMO is shifting over …
Hearing news about Final Fantasy XI is like when you see an old celebrity show up on the news or TMZ. “Oh, that guy is still alive? That’s nice.” Like Corey Feldman or Kel from Kenan & Kel, Final Fantasy XI keeps chugging along, popping up …
The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is currently preparing a law that will outlaw virtual item trades, and farming items for commercial use. This means that botters who rack up millions of gold and spam channels will become criminals. The law is aimed …
THQ can’t seem to catch a break recently, as the company let go over 100 employees from Vigil Games (best known for their work on Darksiders,) and Relic Studios (Company of Heroes.) The massive layoffs happened simultaneously with the announcement that the long awaited Warhammer MMO …
Want to give Bioware’s new MMO a shot, but afraid to commit? Well, cancel your plans for the weekend, cause Bioware and EA are giving players who’ve yet to join a side in the latest Jedi-Sith conflict a chance to try out The Old Republic for …
On any given day I can normally find one or two stories about gaming and the industry to sink my teeth into, but not today. For some reason today’s news is filled with a digital smorgasbord of treats, so I will reply in kind. Here’s a …
These days it seems like every vaguely popular franchise is getting it’s own MMO — Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, DC Universe, hell, even Hello Kitty — so it’s kind of weird that some franchises that would be perfectly suited to becoming MMO’s …
The colossal entertainment company has announced they will be working on Disney Universe, an MMO with worlds based on their films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and Walt Disney Pictures. No shortage of content there at all.
Following the massive earthquake and then subsequent tsunamis which almost totally destroyed some parts of Northern Japan recently, many publishers of video games have opted to err on the side of caution. With the part of the country effectively left hapless by the disasters, many popular …
For the first time ever a Free-to-play MMO is coming to a console, and more specifically the Playstation 3, this month. The Kid-friendly MMO is expected to be released March 29th and will be a test for the free-to-play model on a console. The game has …
Though Blizzard Entertainment has yet to affix a release date to World of Warcraft’s third expansion, Cataclysm, online retailer Amazon seems to know something the rest of the world doesn’t, possibly to many a fans dismay. the company sent out emails telling those who preordered the …
