Lately I have been wondering where to invest my spare time; my love for MMOs and online games is still strong, but I might be suffering from "mmo fatigue".  As my friends wait impatiently for the release of Aion and after various conversations of how the game will bring real "pvp" to the MMO scene a lá Dark Age of Camelot; my interest for the game keeps diminishing.  Don't get me wrong, the game is beautiful and the gameplay is solid (I am sure many people will enjoy Aion for the gameplay or no…  More

Preface: The article is written in the form of a letter, with specifically stylistic references to Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. It's not meant to be a journalistic article.

FunCom, the creators of Age of Conan sent me an e-mail today entitled “Ian, your 14 day re-evaluation of Age of Conan is now available”.–How curious–I thought! I'd only played the game for three days and they're already pining for my return as if I were their long lost childhood friend.

The e-mail went on to state…  More

The company that brought us the wonderful Dreamfall series of games and the somewhat less-than-wonderful mess that is Age of Conan is in dire straits, posting a $23.3 million loss in its fourth quarter financial results. Things have gotten so bad with the company that CFO Olav Sardines has resigned from his position at the company. His departure follows in the wake of FunCom co-founder Gaute Godager's own departure last year.

I'll spare you the financial details, but needless to say, Age of Cona…  More

"No matter how great you think your game is, developers must listen to the community."  Wise words from the Vice President of EA Mythic.  Mark Jacobs recently sat down with MTV Mutiplayer and discussed all things MMOs.

Jacobs discussed Hellgate: London and why it failed, mainly from the fact that they carried big egos with them into the project from their Diablo days and that they should have focused on the community more than how great they felt the game was.

He went on to talk Age of Conan as …  More

I have some morning gaming news for your reading enjoyment today.  Lots of information still flowing out of the Games Conference so read on to catch up!

Cammy has been confirmed to be heading to the console version of Street Fighter 4.  Shen Long was basically confirmed as well, though I will let you read the interview to catch that detail.

Funcom seems to be readying some sort of Age of Conan expansion pack based in the orient.  Not many details were given other it is in the works along with s…  More