POSTED BY Nemo, 16 February 2008 | PERMALINK

Seconds after the announcement that a Marvel MMO was not going to be possible (wink, wink!), Cryptic throws some D’s on that bitch and assured us that there will be a return of the mack. In the preview cover for the March issue of Game Informer we learn that Cryptic Studios is already working on their next MMO, Champions Online will continue their legacy of superhero MMOs that is sure...
POSTED BY Nemo, 13 February 2008 | PERMALINK

MTV’s multiplayer blog posted an interview with Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Games Studios, discussing the current state of the Marvel MMO. He finally confirms the rumors that Marvel’s MMO was heading down the toilet by saying that the MMO is in fact dead. When asked for the reason the project was nixed Kim replied that they could not “create another subscription-based MMO.” He then went...
POSTED BY Nemo, 13 February 2008 | PERMALINK

Hear ye! Hear Ye! Blizzard’s Worldwide Invitational for the year of 2008 has just been announced.
Do you want to show your skills in all those popular Blizzard games and compete with some of the top player worldwide? Do you want to meet many of the folks that bring us all these beautiful games that always end up killing around the world? Do you want to get a chance to play Wrath of the...
POSTED BY Nemo, 09 February 2008 | PERMALINK

MMOs seem to be caught in some bad spell ( get it? ) since October of last year and it doesn’t look like it‘s going to stop any time soon. From that point on we’ve had at least one MMO head to that big server in the sky and this month’s second victim is Ryzom, the first one being Myst Online. The Saga of Ryzom has been in trouble because of it’s owners since November of '06 but it looks...
POSTED BY Nemo, 07 February 2008 | PERMALINK

There was big flip out on Tuesday on the AoC boards when a Community Manager made a post informing us on the “final say” on the rating for the game. The post said that the US version of Conan would be rated M for mature but it will not include nipples on naked female breasts. People quickly complained for having the need to include an accurate depiction of graphical boobies because the game...