Category Archives: MMOARTS

Look, will you please just read these, and not come asking in two weeks why I didn’t report on the West Wing fan game being made in Los Berados as if I’d just shot a puppy?

More »

Some of the best experiences in gaming can be had, right now, on your PC, absolutely gratis. It’s the brave new world. Why pay for anything ever again?

More »

I’ve got to clear my inbox, or I’m going to have some kind of Wednesday-afternoon fit. Here are some bits and bobs I can’t stretch into a paragraph.

More »

S2 Games has explained that a series of recent Heroes of Newerth outages were caused by a group of hackers.

More »

Trion Worlds and Petroglyph have released a video for End of Nations, the upcoming MMORTS where players are tasked with rebelling against the Order of Nations, which holds an iron grip on the world’s most coveted resources.

More »

Riot Games has announced that there will be a $100,000 prize purse for the first official League of Legends tournament championship

More »

Petroglyph community manager Mathew Anderson has said the multiplayer online battle arena scene (aka MOBA or DotA clone) is doing so well due to its immediacy of action.

More »

Paradox’s foray into the rapidly-crowding MMORTS world, Dreamlords: Resurrection, is up, running and desirous of your attention.

More »

Relic’s readying itself to send out Closed Beta invitations for its MMORTS Company of Heroes Online.

More »

Loads of World of Warcraft stuff is coming out of BlizzCon 09, but you knew that already.

We also told you about the new CCP game Dust 514 this week thanks to GamesCom, but there is other stuff that went on in the world of MMOs as well.

The Avaline service is now available in Second Life, Warhammer Online is having it’s Wild Hunt Event, an Aion has revealed the Cleric class.

More is through the break.

More »

E3 was a very busy week for all involved whether they were at the show or not. Loads of games were unveiled, peripherals, and tons more stuff happened.

MMOs were there too though, and while the majority didn’t make the front page, loads of stuff pertaining to the genre happened or is going to happen.

Find out exactly what after the jump.
More »

Petroglyph is creating an MMORTS in conjunction with Trion, the company’s announced.

“Trion is thrilled to partner with such decorated and extremely talented game vets as the Petroglyph team,” said Trion boss, Lars Buttler.

“We are very excited about bringing the world’s first truly high-end MMORTS to market and we can’t wait to share with gamers the innovative and fun game design Petroglyph is creating on the Trion platform.”

There’s no date on it, or any of detail for that matter, but this should be worth a watch: Petroglyph staffers worked on C&C, Red Alert, Dune 2, and so on.

Press release after the break.

More »

Silverlode Interactive is offering the client for MMORTS SAGA for free. According to the publisher, if you’ve “been wanting to try out SAGA but haven’t been sure if you’re ready to buy, you can now play for free and try things out.”

There is no expiration date for the free version of the game but “there are some features which are disabled such as the market and guilds.” If you want the full experience then hard cash is required.

Download it here.

By Mike Bowden

Here. Billed as the “world’s first collectible online real-time strategy game”, Saga is readying for a March 4 launch with an open beta which starts today.

The site says, “The exact time isn’t nailed down yet, but we hope to have things up and running as soon as possible.” Old skool. It’s worth looking at if only for the really clever Flash dragon that flies past the navigation at the top. May as well give the game a go while you’re at it.

Press release after the link.

More »

Phantagram’s working with Korean outfit Blueside to create a sequel to Xbox strategy title, Kingdom of Fire. The original was well-liked among the Xbox hardcore at the time (2004), who will no doubt rejoice to learn that the sequel, named Kingdom Under Fire II, is a “MMOARTS” (massively multiplayer online action real-time strategy) title. It’s a gothic, knights and monster affair, with lots of swords and horses.

Have a look at the link for screens. Kingdom Under Fire II releases in 2009.