Listen up Steampunk fans, indie game developer Mechanist Games just returned from Shanghai with huge success in its demonstration of City of Steam. Sensational Hit ◊ City of Steam, the story-driven, browser-based debut MMORPG from Mechanist Games, caused a sensation among the attendees and visitors. After a total redesign, the cooldown-based combat system guarantees that City of Ste... more.

Today is the day: gamigo's Jagged Alliance Online, the offshoot of the legendary turn-based strategy series, is going into closed beta testing. Selected strategists can now jump in and experience exciting battles in this turn-based strategy hit for themselves. Features of Jagged Alliance Online at a glance: ◊ Top-notch 3D graphics based on the Unity 3D engine ◊ More than 100 missi... more.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will soon launch its second Downloadable Content (DLC) pack for DC Universe Online with the worldwide release of Lightning Strikes, later this year. Launching simultaneously on the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC, Lightning Strikes introduces Electricity Powers – the game’s eighth power set – and a new adventure starring the iconic speedster The Flash. “I... more.

GamersFirst is holding its first in-game, real-world-reward contest in Fallen Earth with MAINGEAR. During the contest, players can harvest collectable MAINGEAR Computer Parts from special resource nodes randomly distributed throughout the wasteland. The player with the most MAINGEAR Computer Parts at the end of the contest wins a MAINGEAR F131 computer system! Contest information can be foun... more.

Joymax, a leading online game developer and publisher, revealed today the next major content patch for their popular World War II game with a zombie twist, Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead.  Developed by Dragonfly, the creators behind Quake Wars Online and Soldier of Fortune Online, these veterans of the gaming industry have pulled together a huge amount of additions for Karma, which will... more.

Leading online game publisher, GamesCampus.com (www.GamesCampus.com), today announced the launch of the new level cap for their highly touted fantasy MMORPG, Scarlet Legacy.  Players can now reach the lofty goal of level 55, with a huge amount of content awaiting their journey up to the new cap.  Martial artists new and old can register for an account at www.ScarletLegacy.com and jump straigh... more.

Today Funcom kicks off Week of the Templars; a full week of focus on the Templars secret society. Throughout the week, all eyes will be on the historic and uncompromising Templars society, one of three secret societies represented in the upcoming, modern-day MMO  ‘The Secret World’. Which secret society are you? Sign up for the beta and join a secret society by taking the initiation te... more.

Today SOE released three big pieces of news for EverQuest II (EQII): ◊ EQII is going free-to-play in early December. For more information, check out the Producer's Letter by Dave Georgeson, executive producer for the EverQuest franchise here: http://www.everquest2.com/news/read/current/5028. ◊ EQII: Age of Discovery expansion will launch in early December with pre-orders available ... more.

The monsters of Dragon Saga are getting stronger with their new found elemental attributes but the Dragon Fellowship are preparing their warrior’s armors and weapons, to allow them to wield the power of the elements to fight off the hordes. Socket your armor, socket your weapons, you decide how you control the elements, in the latest DRAGON SAGA expansion: “New Origins: Phase 2” to be r... more.

THQ today announced that Margaritaville Online will launch in January and is now in Closed Beta. A select number of lucky players will join the "Buffett Beta Club" and experience the carefree, free-to-play paradise based on the lifestyle of legendary singer, songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett. Buffett Beta Club members will have the chance to venture through Margaritaville Online in its curre... more.