"Painkiller Hell & Damnation" is ready to hit the Beta phase, with hell due to be unleashed today. Beta testers will have the opportunity to be among the first to trial the ultimate horror FPS with a limited-access closed beta. Registration is open at www.painkillergame.com, and the lucky ones might grab a key. The beta will run until the release, and will allow testers the exclusive chan... more.

Rising Star Games, today announced the release of the second episode of Carrier Command: Recruits, the four-part prelude to Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. In the second episode, "More Than A Thousand Words," players are assigned their first official task as a United Earth Coalition Technical Analyst. By completing a set of diverse challenges, a mysterious plot will be uncovered. Players ... more.

Arktos Entertainment Group and Hammerpoint Interactive today announced the launch of the official website for the upcoming, zombie-apocalypse MMO, The War Z (TWZ). The game was first announced on July 19 and, within 24 hours, gathered more than 100,000 registrations for the closed beta. The War Z is slated for release in fall 2012 for the Windows PC platform. “The response in the first w... more.

One year after its formation, Infernum will exhibit at Gamescom for the first time ever. The sandbox shooter "Brick-Force" launched several weeks ago and  has already built a userbase of over 1 million players. It will be on display at Gamescom booth B043/C044 in Hall 8, Entertainment Area. For trade and business visitors, Infernum will reveal current and upcoming Brick-Force features ... more.

BioWare a Label of Electronic Arts, announced today that it will be expanding the story-driven, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic by adding a new Free-to-Play option this fall. This option will give players access to each of the eight iconic Star Wars character class storylines, all the way up to level 50, with certain restrictions*. Unlimited game access, inclu... more.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today announced that Bullet Run has completed open beta testing and is now officially live for the PC. Developed by ACONY Games, Bullet Run is a new free-to-play first-person shooter (FPS) that brings together the elements of the FPS genre with unique levels of immersion and character progression; AAA gunplay coupled with action-oriented twitch gameplay and sp... more.

Gravity Interactive, a publisher of exciting massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), today officially kicked off the full commercial launch of Maestia: Rise of Keledus.  A traditional fantasy title that's both familiar yet different from other online titles, whether players are into solo or group content or wants to pwn in PVP, Maestia's got something for you! By choosi... more.

Reloaded Productions, the wholly-owned creative development studio for GamersFirst, announced the live release of version 1.9.0 for the Free2Play® online action game APB Reloaded. Following the blockbuster success of 1.8.0 , update 1.9.0 introduces new Joker Tickets that gives players new ways to earn items without spending money, unlockable titles and improvements to the Fight Club Chall... more.

Today InnoGames started an event of Olympic proportions in the strategy browser game Grepolis. Grepolympia will be running on the ancient island worlds for the next four weeks - running parallel to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. From now on, the most excellent athletes in the worlds will face each other in fierce competition. Players, who successfully train their protégés will receive nu... more.

To celebrate the start of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Rock Hippo Productions announced today that both popular free-to-play games, Brawl Busters and MicroVolts, will host their very own Micro-Lympics and Brawlympics games for their Clans and Crews.  Both events will  begin today, July 27th and run through August 12th.  Busters can suit up and go for the gold at www.BrawlBusters.com. ... more.