| WildStar Interview: Behind the Scenes Posted:
The team at Carbine Studios is hard at work on their gorgeous new painterly MMO WildStar. Polycount got to dig in deep with their Creative Director Matt Mocarski, to find out just how they managed to breathe so much awesome into this game.
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| Missouri Video Game Sin Tax Bill Quietly Withdrawn Posted:
You may recall that back in January, Missouri State Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) put forth a bill to levy a one percent sin tax on "violent video games." Apparently not realizing that she lived in a state where raising taxes on anything was considered bad form, she pushed the bill forward in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings that occurred in December of 2012.
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| First Developer Diary Released for Upcoming Title Gangstar Vegas Posted:
Gameloft has released a new developer diary to tease something for the new title: Gangstar Vegas, which is their fourth installment into the Gangstar franchise. The video reveals some of the environments that will be available in the game and goes over a few key features players can expect to find when the game is released.
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| Firefall's Final Public Beta Weekend Test Begins Friday Posted:
Red 5 Studios announced that Firefall's final public Beta Weekend test begins this Friday, June 7, and will be Firefall's last event before its July 9 Open Beta. The Beta Weekend features three days of free access to the game, a special contest for high-end gaming gear and a unique community unlock – the Infiltrator Nightvision Goggles.
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| WEBZEN Changes Gala-Net's Name to WEBZEN West Inc. Posted:
WEBZEN Inc., a global leader in next-generation free-to-play games, announces that Gala-Net, Inc. and its subsidiary, Gala Networks Europe Ltd., a leading publisher of free-to-play online games and operator of the gPotato portals, will now operate under the corporate names of WEBZEN West, Inc. and WEBZEN Dublin Ltd.
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| RIFT: F2P for Owners Starts Now Posted:
Owners of RIFT got a pleasant surprise when Trion extends free-to-play weekend permanently. Announced by Elrar, the friendly neighborhood community manager, all current owners of RIFT have free-to-play until it launches for everyone next week, June 12.
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| Fast & Furious 6: The Game Review Posted:
This is a freemium game review, in which we give our impressions immediately after booting a game up, again after three days, and finally after seven days. That's what the strange sub-headings are all about.
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| New Screenshots Released for of Pocket God Spin-Off Game Ooga Jump Posted:
Bolt Creative has released some new screenshots for its upcoming Pocket God spin-off game Ooga Jump. Information about this title is quite little, but it is sure that there are going to be three different environments to leap through (Jungle, Underworld, and Space).
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| Dragon Nest 2.0 Details Revealed: New Assassin Class, Abyss Dungeons, EX Skills, Talisman and Dragon Jade Posted:
Recently, Dragon Nest developers have an meet-and-greet event with DN players. The main content of this event is about the future content update Dragon Nest 2.0.
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| Marvel Heroes Launches Worldwide Posted:
Marvel Heroes has officially launched today as a free-to-play action RPG so you can now head over to the site to register an account and begin downloading.
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| New World of Warships Cinematic Video Released Posted:
E3 2013 gets underway next week and Wargaming is getting ready early with a new cinematic video reveal for their upcoming World of Warships title.World of Warships will be one of several titles showcased by Wargaming at E3 in a lineup that includes such games as World of Warplanes and their mysterious upcoming console titles.
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| Aion 4.0 - NCsoft Releases New Storyline Trailer for E3 2013 Posted:
Aion's upcoming expansion, Dark Betrayal, is coming out this month - Jun 26th! One bit of information has still eluded us: The details of this nefarious betrayal. Who exactly betrayed whom? The answer lies in this new 4.0 E3 launch trailer.
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| Neverwinter News - Major Updates on the Way Posted:
We've got some great news for you! Cryptic announced today that Neverwinter will have some updates going live very soon. While the devs have been working hard to address the majority of critical bugs and exploits, they've also been working on some fun stuff based on players' feedback and hope.
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| Marvel Heroes First Look! Posted:
Zach Sharpes takes a look at Marvel Heroes, the brand new Action MMORPG by Gazillion Entertainment!
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| My first look at Blade 9 Posted:
While taking a break for studying (and it was really needed, Russian Linguistics can drive people crazy if studied too long in 1 day) I saw from the corner of my eye on a website I wish I remembered that Blade 9 was opening global servers on June 3rd.
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| Nexon Launches New Android Title: Dungeon & Fighter: Defense Posted:
Nexon has already on the way to invade the booming mobile gaming market. The latest mobile game they have launched is Dungeon & Fighter: Defense, which is the mobile version of Dungeon Fighter Online. However, it is only for Android phones and only available in Korea now.
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| Dragon's Prophet Launches Supermetal Music Video Posted:
To get players pumped for E3 next week, Sony Online Entertainment today released an all-new Dragon's Prophet #SUPERMETAL music video, "The Ballad of DraGod." With music composed by Cinderella drummer Fred Coury and guitarist Brent Woods, with lyrics by Ayzenberg Group.
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| World of Warcraft Movie Plans to Shoot in Early 2014 Posted:
Late in January of this year, Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) was announced as director of the long-in-development film based on Blizzard's game world seen in titles like World of Warcraft. Unsurprisingly, news on further developments has been slow in coming as Jones and the films producers craft a plan for the film.
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| EToo Aims to Be the Alternative E3 Posted:
London will be getting its own indie gaming alternative, which will coincide with the major LA-based gaming convention. Taking place at the Loading Bar in Soho from June 10th - 13th, EToo will feature over 30 game developers showing off their latest projects on big screen TVs around the venue. The event is being sponsored by PlayStation, with GameStick, the forthcoming Android console from British tech company PlayJam, as a partner sponsor.
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