According to Sony Online’s latest figures their ‘family-friendly’ MMO, Free Realms, has signed up its 12 millionth registered user during its latest in-game promotion, a virtual Summer Camp.
“Our players wanted a summer of fun in Free Realms, so that’s what we’ve provided. With new items, jobs and quests being added to the virtual world, there are [...]
Interplay has named its upcoming Fallout MMO and also launched launched the official website.
It’s simply called Fallout Online and you can sign up for the beta on the teaser site, which shows someone’s hand sifting through photos of various (Fallout Online?) locations, eventually settling on a “Wish you were here” postcard from Pip Boy, which [...]
Russian MMO developer Wargaming.net is bringing the world’s first team-based tank MMO to Europe. The beta has gain a huge amount of momentum in its native Russia, apparently living up to its reputation as “Counter-Strike with tanks”. Featuring a garage with more than 150 types of tanks to earn and collect, World Of Tanks relies [...]
It’s come to light that Bethesda Softworks, the current holders of the Fallout licence have lost part of their legal battle with the original Fallout franchises holders Interplay.
A few months ago Bethesda Softworks attempted to sue Interplay, and get an injunction to prevent them selling the original PC Fallout titles and the Fallout Trilogy compilation. [...]
US company Redbana updated the Mythos teaser site yesterday, announcing the upcoming launch of the ARPG MMO Mythos… for the North American market. Slightly irked that parent company T3 appeared to be neglecting a clear market for the game in Europe, we got in touch with Redbana, who told us that “Mythos will definitely be [...]
It’s never an easy launching and sustaining a new MMO and the genre landscape is sadly littered with the remains of failed games. Here TPCG presents the three shortest lived MMOs to date.
SEED
Developer: Runestone Game Development
Publisher: Runestone Game Development
Runestone Game Development’s innovative combat-free sci-fi MMO ran out of money and was cancelled on 28 September [...]
Eve Online developer CCP has unveiled DUST 514, a “console-based hybrid MMO/FPS set within the EVE universe.” The new MMO, CCP’s first venture into console-gaming realms, involves shooter and RTS elements and interacts directly with Eve Online. Most of DUST 514’s gameplay will involve “brutal ground combat” on the surface of EVE planets, giving consolegamers [...]
