Beating the record set by World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, WoW’s latest expansion Cataclysm sold 3.3 million copies in the first 24 hours it was available. Making it the fastest selling PC game ever. World of Warcraft continues to be the biggest pay-to-play MMO with over 12 million active subscribers.
Posts Tagged ‘MMO’
Planetside Next To Launch In March [Rumor]
December 9th, 2010
No Comments
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, Sony Online Entertainment launched Star Wars Galaxies. A few months later they launched the FPS MMO PlanetSide. PlanetSide, didn’t do nearly as well as Star Wars, but for a little over a year now it’s been rumored that a franchise reboot would be coming. Well, [...]
The Agency Delayed To 2nd Half Of 2011
December 7th, 2010
1 Comment
If you were looking to get your spy MMO action on anytime soon, you are sadly going to have to wait. Sony Online Entertainment has announced another delay for their oft-delayed Playstation 3/PC MMO The Agency. Now you wont be able to play it until the second half of next year. That means July at [...]
APB: Reloaded Will Be Out In First Half Of 2011
November 17th, 2010
No Comments
I bet EA wishes APB got this much publicity while it was still around. Following the announcement that GamersFirst would now be in charge of APB comes the news that it’s coming in the first half of 2011. It will now be “free-to-play” and be retitled APB: Reloaded. If you’re thinking, well, now that it’s [...]
K2 Network Picks Up APB
November 11th, 2010
2 Comments
K2 Network is a company that specializes in free to play MMOs. Today the company bought the rights to APB for close to 2.4 million dollars. They plan on re-launching the game by the end of the year. An official announcement, hopefully with more than these scant few details, is coming soon. Via GamesIndustry.biz
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Trailer Is Epically Delicious
October 17th, 2010
1 Comment
Here it is the over two minute long trailer for Cataclysm the latest expansion for World of Warcraft. It’s actually the entire opening cinematic, and it puts some feature length CGI movies to shame. I don’t know why they would do a live-action WoW movie, when they can just use their own resources to make [...]
Panosonic Unveils MMO Handheld Device: “The Jungle”
October 4th, 2010
5 Comments
So out of nowhere rumors started surfacing earlier today that a new piece of gaming hardware would be unveiled by a major electronics manufacturer. Tonight, we learned that said device is”The Jungle” from Panasonic Cloud Entertainment. According to Engadget, “The Jungle” is a portable gaming device meant to play MMORPG’s and a web show called [...]
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Arrives 12/7
October 4th, 2010
No Comments
This is it World of Warcraft fans, the game’s next expansion will drop on December 7th of THIS year. I would tell you to clear your calendar, but if you already play Warcraft, that shouldn’t be a problem. The standard edition of the game will be available both physically and digitally for $39.99 while the [...]
EA Offers Ex-APB Players a Free Game
September 26th, 2010
No Comments
If you were one of the unlucky few that bought APB from Steam and got left out in the cold when the servers were shut down, EA is willing to give you a new game as compensation. You can choose from any game available on their website which include (among others): Mass Effect 2 Dragon [...]
N4S World Now F2P
September 9th, 2010
No Comments
When we last checked in on Need For Speed World the MMO version of the NFS franchise it was free to play to a point. Eventually you would have to play $20 if you wanted to progress. Well EA has announced today that the game is so successful that it’s completely free to play. That [...]