League of Legends an MMORPG?

League of Legends (LoL), is a Defense of the Ancients (DotA) game made by Riot Games. I have logged in countless numbers of hours into LoL during the past few weeks but not once did I think of it as an MMORPG until I saw this news feature on the League of Legends website. LoL [...]

Aion: Blurring the Gender Boundaries

Plenty of games on the market are geared towards females, but it’s no secret that not every female wants to play Cake Mania and Imagine: Fashion Designer. Women who aren’t just into fashion, makeup, and cooking are left with few games that speak to them personally. Until recently, women and gaming have hardly been mentioned [...]

Global Agenda Has Arrived

Global Agenda doesn’t actually launch until the beginning of February, but I received a nice treat in the mail the other week, the Limited Edition.  It’s not because I am some well known blogger, on a special list, or friendly with the developer.  The reason I received the game nearly two weeks before the [...]

Runes of Magic Reaches 2.5 Million Reg Players

Seems like it’s nothing but good news for Frogster and Runewaker Enterainment today, the publisher and developer behind the free to play MMORPG Runes of Magic.  Not only did Runes of Magic win the ‘International Game of the Year 2009′ at the German Game Developer Awards, but it also announced that since the game launched [...]

Flashback Gaming: Old is The New.

I was perusing the shelves at my favorite game store and had decided I was going to finally buy a game for my Nintendo DS Lite. After much deliberation and some help from the patient staff at MicroCenter I found Chrono Trigger on sale for 19.99. I bought that and a Nerf case for it [...]

Nexon Opens Beta For MapleStory-Based Online Card Game & Details PAX Plans

Nexon America announced this week that the MapleStory-based online card game, iTCG Online, has gone live and will continue testing until August 25.  The game is available for free, like the rest of the company’s titles, and requires no download.  iTCG Online is played entirely through a web browser and is the company’s first browser-based [...]

Virtual Denial: The Reality of Video Game Addiction.

Exactly what is addiction?

Some non-profit self-help fellowships feel that addiction is a disease. Either spiritual, mental or in the form of a physical allergy. It comes down to the simple explanation of lack of control of oneself. One example I’ve read: “Addiction”, when a single behavior starts to transform from business-as-usual to out-of-order. – (clark,scott [...]

Cryptic Details Open Beta Plans For Champions Online [Update]

Couldn’t score yourself access to the Champions Online Closed Beta testing phase?  Fear not, for Cryptic Studios and Atari unveiled additional details for the upcoming Champions Online Open Beta a scant few hours ago.
As previously announced the Open Beta will kick off on August 17, with pre-orderees receiving guaranteed access to the super hero MMORPG.  [...]

Fallen Earth Missing Summer Release Date, Earth Begins To Rebuild September 9

Those of you looking to take Fallen Earth for a spin this summer will have to wait a little bit longer.  Icarus Studios’ post apocalyptic MMOG, Fallen Earth, has been delayed from its original Summer time frame to the concrete day of September 9.  The FPS/RPG hybrid MMOG will launch via retail and digital distribution [...]

Bad MMORPG launch? Fine. It’s really par for the course!

The whole Age of Conan debacle did more than just highlight that the entire staff at Funcom probably shouldn’t be entrusted to mail a letter, let alone produce a multi-million dollar MMORPG. It also resurrected an old MMORPG community meme that has been repeated 1000s of times in forums, blogs and podcasts. What [...]