Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series and free-to-play MMORTS Stronghold Kingdoms, hit a major milestone this week with 500,000 registered players. Yesterday Kingdoms’ 500,000th player joined ‘World 4’, bringing the total number of Lords and Ladies to half a million. World 4 is the game’s newest English-language server, launched on Saturday 3rd March to keep pace with the recent influx of new subscriptions that is showing few signs of subsiding. Achieving this milestone puts Firefly half-way to achieving their goal of one million registered players, which it is hoped can be achieved with new markets and platforms. Firefly does … Continue reading Stronghold Kingdoms Hits 500,000 Players→
Gaikai Inc., the innovative cloud gaming service, today announces an agreement with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to begin the streaming of The Lord of The Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online to players across North America directly from each game’s own website. For the first time ever, Gaikai is streaming massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) from the cloud, straight to players without the need for any download or installation. Gamers can try The Lord of the Rings Online now, with Dungeons & Dragons Online to follow soon, developed by Turbine, which is wholly owned by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment … Continue reading Lord of the Rings, D&D Online Move To Cloud→
You’re wiping blood off the chinked armor you donned today, a mixture of your own sanguine fluid and the foe lying dead at your feet. Good thing you chose the poleaxe over a sword, it was the extra reach that gave you this particular victory, but will it save you from the crossbow bolt zipping toward your head? It won’t. You’ve just encountered your first glimpse into War of the Roses, and the battle has you thirsting for more. Paradox Interactive and Fatshark today unveiled the first-ever gameplay trailer for War of the Roses, an ambitious and gritty multiplayer action … Continue reading War of the Roses→
In the first episode of our Heavy Hitter enemy-introduction video series, Irrational Games introduces you to one of the new, unique BioShock Infinite antagonists you’ll be facing in the city of Columbia. Introducing the indomitable, fearless Motorized Patriot. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=SkqcLIYWj5w Publishers: 2K Games Developers: Irrational Games Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
It’s time for Billy and the Time Waster again! Where is he this time? Somewhere looking for his lost shaker of salt, we think. That’s right, Billy’s wasting time at Margaritaville Online. Join him, join him.
Play N Trade, the world’s largest video game retail franchisor, has announced expansion to Canada through a merger with Canadian-based Dimensions Games Corporation. Dimension Games will now be known as Play N Trade Canada, and all new Canadian stores will open with the Play N Trade signage, branding and innovative store layout. The full integration of both companies will take place over the next few months. "I could not be happier with the merger with Dimension Games," said Play N Trade President Sean Finnigan. "Dimension’s systems are both innovative and complementary to the current Play N Trade offering. This merger … Continue reading Play N Trade Merges With Dimensions Games→
Ubisoft has finally unveiled the new hero and setting for Assassin’s Creed III, which will hit stores on 31 October 2012. Dubbed as the most ambitious project for the series yet, gamers will be thrown into the late 18th century for a battle between the British Army and George Washington’s troops. Our hero is Ratohnhaké:ton, otherwise known as Connor. He is half Native American and half English and the latest Assassin to take on the Templars. The trailer doesn’t give much away, but Connor does use a dagger and a tomahawk, with a bow and arrow slung over his back. … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed III Incoming 31 October→
The first blockbuster game of 2012 has arrived! Mass Effect 3 from BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), is now available at retail stores in North America and will be launching in Europe on March 9. The highly anticipated game has been praised by critics for delivering, deep, interactive storytelling and adrenaline-pumping action on a huge scale. Mass Effect 3 has already received perfect scores from a wide variety of outlets around the world, including MSNBC, Game Informer, USA Today, G4 TV, Eurogamer (UK), The Guardian (UK), Official Xbox Magazine (UK), PlayStation Official Magazine (UK), Eurogamer (IT), Game … Continue reading Mass Effect 3 Invades Retail→
Nuclear Dawn is a combat title that combines multiplayer shooting with a real-time strategy commander’s interface. The result is a unique title that will really burn through your free time.
Highwinds, a leader in content delivery, network and cloud-based IP services, today announced that independent developer and publisher of online games, Funcom, is tapping into Highwinds GDN (game delivery network) for the delivery of its online games to global audiences. In addition to supporting Funcom’s existing game titles today, Highwinds is also well-positioned to support the public release of Funcom’s highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game, ‘The Secret World,’ set to launch on June 19th. Highwinds GDN provides Funcom and its online audiences with reliable gameplay via HTTP caching, which supports game downloads, patches, content expansion and in-game monetization. … Continue reading Funcom Taps Highwinds For Online Content Delivery→
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