Outspark announces digital distribution platform for online games
Outspark, a publisher of free-to-play online games, is launching a new digital distribution platform today called Flint. The platform will help third parties distribute...
Once dead Hellgate: London online game returns as free-to-play
Hellgate: London, an online game developed by former members of Blizzard Entertainment that was shut down in 2009, has returned from the dead and...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is World of Warcraft for Star Wars fans
Let’s get this out there right now — Star Wars: The Old Republic probably won’t kill World of Warcraft. At least, not in terms...
Can Trion pull off a third-person shooter MMO?
Get ready for a new experiment in online gaming: A game universe that’s tied directly into a television show. Trion Worlds on Wednesday showed...
Sony slashes three studios, more than 200 game jobs
Sony Online Entertainment confirmed today that it will cut 205 jobs and close three studios as part of a restructuring effort. The company is...
Sony launches free-to-play online world Free Realms on PlayStation 3
Finishing a big conversion effort, Sony Online Entertainment today launched its fantasy-themed Free Realms online game on the PlayStation 3. The title is the...
Atari to launch big online game Tera from Korean developer
En Masse Entertainment is announcing today that its blockbuster-wannabe online game Tera will be launched by Atari this year in the North American market....
Will Trion’s Rift be cataclysmic for World of WarCraft?
Rift is one of the biggest bets in video game history. Trion Worlds has been building the fantasy role-playing online game world for almost...
Will Trion World’s Rift online game kill World of WarCraft? (interview)
No one at Trion Worlds has promised that the company’s first fantasy role-playing online game, Rift: Planes of Telara, will be a World of...
Bejeweled creator PopCap Games to launch social game service in Korea
Diving online for the first time, PopCap Games — which created the addictive casual game Bejeweled — said today it has teamed up with...