Can’t say I’ve ever been able to take browser games seriously before but I came across one last week that held me spellbound for the half-day or so it took me to complete it. It’s called Bloons Tower Defense and it’s all done in Flash.

Check it out here . It’s very intuitive and compelling. Shame […]

The Lost Eden expansion for sci-fi MMORPG Anarchy Online has been released. Funcom, the creators of the game, have indicated that they wanted to beef up the PvP experience in this expansion, as well as offer greater opportunities for players to confront the alien invasion forces.

Players should now be able to make use of new […]

The PVP changes introduced by Blizzard last week, which made it possible for powerful epic items to be acquired by anyone participating in the PvP battlegrounds, have unleashed chaos in the World of Warcraft. A “huge increase in Battleground activity” has taken place according to Blizzard. The PvP battleground servers have been overloaded and the […]

Microsoft has made version 1.0 of its XNA Developer Kit available, enabling anyone to now create games for the Xbox 360. Based on the .NET framework, and the C# programming language, the dev kit is PC-only at the moment, and can be used to cross-develop games for both the PC and Xbox 360 platforms.

Running games […]

In an interview with CS Nation, Valve Software has confirmed that in-game ads will be coming to Counterstrike 1.6 in the near future. Faced with often hostile questions from the interviewer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi refused point-blank to answer some of them, but did reveal the essence of the company’s plans. These are :
“to put ads […]

The recent release in the UK of “Left Behind : Eternal Forces,” a real-time strategy game based on the apocalyptic novels of Tim LaHaye, has prompted calls for the game to be banned.
Based on the Book of Revelations and the religious doctrine of dispensationalism, the game pits players against the forces of the Antichrist, and […]

Reaction to the new World of Warcraft patch, Before the Storm, has been generally positive. Most players seem to be having fun trying out their new talents. Major cities are filled with warlocks running around ostentatiously with their new Felguard minions, frost mages summoning water elementals, and druids shuffling round in tree form.

Complaints, such as […]

Codemasters have announced that their recently released MMORPG Archlord will no longer require a monthly subscription fee as of January 4th, in an effort to attract more new players to the game.
The developers are still contemplating other revenue sources but at this stage it seems most likely to be charging for items in the games […]

It’s a big week for the World of Warcraft. Blizzard are introducing “Before the Storm,” which they describe as their largest content patch ever, preparatory to the release of The Burning Crusade expansion early next year.
The game could certainly do with an injection of new life. It’s had a funereal air for some time now. […]

Blizzard has announced that it will release two versions of its MMO expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Collector’s Edition. The Collectior’s Edition will include a bundle of goodies that includes:

A behind the scenes DVD
The Art of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade book
Etherwhelp: Collector’s […]