The players of World of Warcraft continue to climb, now reaching the 10 million mark. Subscriptions continued to grow through the 2007 holiday season. World of Warcraft now hosts more than 2 million subscribers in Europe, more than 2.5 million in North America, and approximately 5.5 million in Asia.
“It’s very gratifying to see gamers around the world continuing to show such enthusiasm and support for World of Warcraft,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re always pleased to welcome new players to the game, and we’re looking forward to sharing the next major content update with the entire community in the months ahead.”
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January 26, 2008 at 9:10 am | MMORPG | No Comments
Square Enix announced today the next expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Wings Of The Goddess will be available in North America on November 20, 2007. The expansion will be available on the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and PC.
Wings Of The Goddess will include new jobs, new characters, and new adventures in the world of Vana’diel.
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September 22, 2007 at 12:15 am | MMORPG | No Comments
At the video gaming convention in Leipzig, Germany, a few industry executives revealed some comments about a new business method for MMO video games. Instead of selling MMO up front to the consumer, video gaming companies will offer the games for free with payed enhancement features. This so called “MMO-lite” video game is a new approach towards the effort to combat piracy of video games, especially in the Asian market, where copyright infringement is a big problem.
During the convention Ubisoft’s Chief Executive Yves Guillemot gave his insight into the new MMO business approach. “They all have the ability to get it, and if they want to progress you can sell (enhancements) to them,” he told Reuters.
Other companies have already pioneered the method with game titles such as Yulong and Legend of Mir II, created by the Chinese companies, CDC Corporation and Shanda Interactive Entertainment.
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August 24, 2007 at 4:30 pm | Business & Law, MMORPG | No Comments
Auran Games, Gamecock Media Group and Codemasters Online have announced Fury Challenge details for their up and coming title. Fury Challenge is an Open Beta event starting September 14, 2007, and will run for 3 consecutive weekends. The event will give you the chance to join 500,000 other MMO players to play Fury, and possibly win some prizes while your at it. $1,000,000 in prizes to be exact.
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August 14, 2007 at 11:37 pm | MMORPG | No Comments
Turbine and Codemasters Online Gaming have announced the release date of Book 10: The City Of The Kings for the Lord Of The Rings online MMO. The new update will be available to subscribers on August 20, 2007, and will include over 100 new quests, significant enhancements to monster play, and introduces the Reputation and Bartering systems.
“Our first update significantly expanded the world of Middle-earth with new story arcs, quests, and exciting new kinds of gameplay,” said Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc. Read more…
August 13, 2007 at 11:30 am | MMORPG | No Comments
Funcom has announced a new release date for Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures today. The highly anticipated MMO is now set to release on March 25, 2008. Funcom is delaying the release to further develop and polish the game.
Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom said, “We naturally regret that we have to push back ‘Age of Conan’. However, after careful consideration, and analysis of recent Beta feedback, we believe that the new release date is in the best interest of the gamers, our company and our owners. Read more…
August 10, 2007 at 5:19 pm | MMORPG | No Comments
Codemasters Online will be releasing its role playing title, Fury, after signing a deal with Australian developer Auran to provide free online play. After purchasing the game at retail price, gamers will be able to play online with regular updates for free, and are given Immortal status for the first month of play.
As an Immortal, players will be given additional benefits including,
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August 9, 2007 at 10:47 am | MMORPG | No Comments
The parent company of Blizzard Entertainment, Vivendi Games, is reporting an astonishing revenue of $685.4 million for the first half of this year. That is a 69% increase in revenue as compared to the first half of 2006. The success of Vivendi Games is attributed to the overwhelming popularity of the World Of Warcraft franchise.
Burning Crusade was the latest in the line of expansion packs for the series, which sold for a record number of 3.5 million copies in only a months time. The user base of WoW has also risen dramatically to 9 million, set back in June. There is no stopping the popularity of WoW and other massive multiplayer online games due to their addicting nature and complex worlds. Read more…
July 25, 2007 at 10:53 pm | MMORPG | No Comments
