Wonderland Online: European Server Q&A

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM

Wonderland Online will be launching a new European Server called “Virgo” on August 26th. More...

Myth War II: Leveling Quests Preview

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 1:02 PM

Myth War II continues the tradition of excellent play and an exciting community of players. Today the Myth War team is going to give players a sneak preview of leveling quests. More...

New MMO Publisher Wicked Interactive forms and launches in North America

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 12:56 PM

Wicked Interactive announces launch of new mmo publishing group and strategic partnership with Yedang Online. More...

Chaos Online: Activities during Alph Testing Stage

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM

Ingle Games will be holding several activities for players who participated in the alpha testing of Chaos Online. More...

Nine New Screenshots of Atlantica Online

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM

NDOORS has released a set of 9 new screenshots from their upcoming MMORPG Atlantica Online. More...

Chris Lewis on Xbox 360’s European Focus

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Chris Lewis, vice president, Interactive Entertainment Business Europe, Middle East and Africa, tells us about the pressures and challenges of pushing Xbox 360 in the region.

What does Microsoft’s new focus on Europe mean for your operation?

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Sequels Are Not Evil

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 at 1:09 AM

We"ve heard the argument that the games industry suffers from "sequelitis." But the "problem" of sequel influx is not such a big problem for the industry as some make it out to be.

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Preview: Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

That Brothers in Arms finds it difficult to hit the right tone has always been evident from the eccentric double-act that presents it to the press. On the one side you have Colonel John Antal, military advisor to Gearbox Software, commending the game’s accuracy, detailing the extensive research into the exact weather conditions on September 22 1944 in the Dutch town of Veghel. “It rained that day,” Antal says. “We have rain in our game.”

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Godfather II Could “Change Rules” of Sandbox

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Electronic Arts confirmed Friday that The Godfather II videogame will be arriving in February 2009, complete with strategy elements.

2006’s original Godfather game was heavily inspired by the free-roaming gameplay of Grand Theft Auto. Godfather II will incorporate an open-world environment as well, but also adds the “Don’s View,” which EA describes as a “strategy meta-game” that allows players to see the world of Godfather II and manage the family’s growth on a broad scale.

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id “No Longer Makes Decisions Around PC”

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Credited with titles like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake, id Software’s John Carmack is synonymous with best-of-breed PC gaming.

But these days, he says, the burgeoning console market is id’s focus.

“…The ground truth is just that the sales numbers on the PC are not what they used to be and are not what they are on the consoles,” the programmer told Tom’s Hardware.

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Soul Calibur IV Ships 2M Units

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Namco Bandai has announced that Soul Calibur IV has shipped two million copies since launching on July 29.

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Analyst: Dark Knight No-Show Cost EA and Warner $100 mln

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says EA and Warner Bros. have missed out on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM00 million in sales by deciding not to release a Dark Knight videogame alongside the $400 million box office smash movie.

While the Dark Knight movie has been breaking box office records and associated merchandise has been selling like hot cakes, EA, which has the rights to make a game based on the property, and franchise owner Warner Bros. have ensured that, for the first time in the film-franchise"s history, a Batman movie has released without a videogame attached.

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Eidos Eyes User-Gen

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Ian Livingstone has told Edge-Online that he’s excited by the innovation he expects to spawn from titles such as LittleBigPlanet and Spore over the coming years, and that Eidos “has its own ideas in this area”.

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Review: American McGee’s Grimm: Episodes 1-3

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM

The premise behind Spicy Horse’s highly accessible, episodic game is that the tales of the Brothers Grimm weren’t quite dark enough – sanitised beyond credibility. Following a puppet-theatre retelling of each tale, you take on the role of one of the two brothers in order to make the tales yet more filthy and macabre, tainting the environments simply by moving through the scenes.