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Comic-Con 2011: NCSoft Uses Convention to Celebrate with Its Fans
07.18.11

Massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game publisher NCsoft is returning to Comic-Con July 20, 2011 – July 24, 2011 in San Diego. Featuring the latest updates to their popular MMO games, City of Heroes and Guild Wars 2, NCsoft invites fans new and old to meet the artists and developers behind the scenes on the show floor at booth #5345. The publisher will also host several panels and a party for fans to get more quality time with the people who make these games.

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Comic-Con 2011: MMOs Rule the Day at Annual San Diego Convention
07.17.11

The San Diego Convention Center will be overloaded with massively multiplayer online (MMO) games this year as game publishers tease new games like BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic and Gazillion’s Marvel Universe. Plus, established MMO games like World of Warcraft and City of Heroes will focus on new content.

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Japanese MMO Lucent Heart Launches North American Mall
07.12.11

Gamania Digital Entertainment has opened a North American item mall for its free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Lucent Heart. Gamers now access the new item mall for unique outfits and other in-game items. This is the latest game to build its business model on free gameplay, enticing gamers to purchase virtual goods with real money. The game was promoted at E3 last month through cosplay (costume play).

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John Smedley Reveals New Sony Online Game Initiatives at Fan Faire 2011
07.07.11

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) President John Smedley made his annual community address at Fan Faire 2011, a gathering of dedicated massively multiplayer online gamers at Bally’s Las Vegas. During the event, Smedley announced details on its newest game, Planetside 2, the next generation first-person shooter designed to take the genre places where technology wouldn’t allow back when the original launched in 2003.

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Bigpoint's Battlestar Galactica Online Tops 3 Million Players
06.29.11

Bigpoint has registered over 3 million users for its Battlestar Galactica Online massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. Now it’s offering its biggest update. Players can challenge other players to private, instanced PvP (player versus player) matches in ranked battles or duels. In Ranked matches, the game’s matchmaking system will help pair players of similar Arena rating, ship size, and class, and let them battle it out in their own private piece of space. Tricia Helfer talks about her gaming skills in the exclusive video interview below.

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Blizzard Opens Up World of Warcraft to New Gamers for Free
06.28.11

Blizzard Entertainment lost approximately 600,000 subscribers during its last quarter, so the game publisher is opening up the world of Azeroth to anyone who wants to explore it – at least through Level 20 character progression. With the new Rage of Firelands (patch 4.2), the company has removed the previous 10- and 14-day trial time restrictions, and players who are interested in trying out World of Warcraft can now play the base game for free up to a maximum character level of 20, including draenei and blood elf characters. Blizzard co-founder talks about the game’s latest expansion, Cataclysm, in this exclusive video interview.

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The Force Was Strong with Star Wars Galaxies, But It's Time to Move On
06.27.11
Before the world caught the World of Warcraft fever, many gamers spent their time playing a completely different MMO, and that would be Star Wars Galaxies. The Star Wars franchise has commanded arguably the most loyal fanbase of all time, capitalizing on their loyalty with books, comics, and even video games, outside of the 6 major film releases. Though Star Wars Galaxies has been running strong for 8 years, Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts will be pulling the plug on the game later this year as they move onto greener pastures.
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E3 2011: Cosplay Girl Vanessa Liang Talks Lucent Heart
06.15.11

LOS ANGELES -- After taking numerous community requests for where to film, Gamania Digital Entertainment filmed its Lucent Heart star, Vanessa Liang, cosplay as Goddess Theia at E3 2011. Liang talks about Lucent Heart, E3, and video games in this exclusive video interview.

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E3 2011: Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Feature One of the Biggest Stories Ever in an RPG
06.08.11
What once started as just as a novel in 1976 quickly rose to fame and became a staple of the entertainment industry. That novel was Star Wars. After George Lucas filmed the first trilogy of films, Star Wars grew to become a pop culture phenomenon, spawning more books, comics, toys, and even its very own convention. The world of video games was also no stranger to Star Wars, as many titles were released from the Atari 2600 to this very day. At E3 this year, Star Wars: The Old Republic looks to be the next game to be a part of this legendary franchise. In this exclusive video interview, Lead Writer Daniel Erickson talks about the story and how massive of a game it is.
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LOST's Harold Perrineau Talks About America 2049 Facebook Game [3D Video]
06.04.11

LOST's Harold Perrineau talks about his role as Ken Asaba in the America 2049 Facebok social online video game plus his role in other games like Enter the Matrix.

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Syfy Ventures to Launch Syfy Games Publishing Group Focusing on Facebook Games
06.02.11

Syfy Ventures is entering the growing social games space by launching its first ever publishing business under the Syfy Games banner. Available initially on Facebook in the United States -- with further expansion onto other social networks and platforms in Syfy territories worldwide -- the suite of high quality games, completely sponsorable, will embrace the sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, action/adventure, and superhero genres, ranging from original content to games based upon Syfy programming.  The first round of games is scheduled for launch later this year. 

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2K Partners with XLGAMES to Develop MMO Game for Asian Market
05.23.11
Take-Two Interactive is serious about the Asian massively multiplayer online (MMO) market. The game publisher, which has yet to take the MMO plunge in the U.S., has announced its second game for Asia. 2K Games has partnered with XLGAMES to develop and publish a MMO game for the Asian market based upon one of 2K Games’ top-selling franchise. This follows a partnership between 2K Sports and Nexon to develop an MMO baseball game for Asia.
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LEGO Universe MMO Gets First Expansion
05.06.11
LEGO Universe has released a huge round of content update. Players can band together to tackle a cooperative building challenge; a month-long mission to complete the construction of the Nexus Tower. LEGO Universe will also add a fiery hot racetrack, exclusive racing vehicles and bigger Property worlds, with new capabilities – like placing pets on your personal property and bringing them to life. The below video is an exclusive look into the making of the music of LEGO Universe.
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Nexon’s MapleStory MMO Game Hits Eight Million Registered Users in Six Years
05.06.11
Six years and more than 24 million character creations later, Nexon’s 2D side-scrolling massively multiplayer online (MMO) game MapleStory is bigger and more popular than ever. To celebrate, Nexon is rolling out a series of anniversary-themed in-game events and prizes throughout the entire month of May. While World of Warcraft gets all the MMO press with its 12 million subscriptions, Nexon has shown that the free-to-play model works in the U.S.
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World of Warcraft Maker Blizzard Shares the Wealth with $800,000 Donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation
05.05.11
Blizzard Entertainment donated $800,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The donation is based on 50 percent of the total sales during November and December 2010 of a special in-game pet, the Moonkin Hatchling, for Blizzard's award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft.
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