SEATTLE, Dec. 3, 2008—NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) today announced the next free update to its highly successful comic-book inspired MMO, City of Heroes®. The release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility introduces several innovative features to the MMO genre. Macintosh players won’t be left out as…
Worldwide shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) used in PCs and other consumer electronics gear will be flat or could even decline in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to last quarter, according to iSuppli Corp. At the same time, iSuppli is estimating that solid state disk (SSD) drives shipped over the next year will…
A new trailer from Ghostbusters: The Video Game shows off the upcoming video game return of the eclectic, existential, ectoplasm eliminators. The movie trailer-style clip features the stars of the game (and movies), the Ecto-1, the Stay Puft marshmallow man, and the memorable Ghostbusters theme song. The clip is available on ActionTrip and FileFront. Tweet
A post to the Age of Conan Forums by Funcom US Community Manager Glen ‘Famine’ Swan outlines plans for the promised Age of Conan server merges. In the short term, word is, “The first servers that will be merged are the US servers ‘Bloodspire’ and ‘Hyperborea’. The list of servers for the next merges will…
Last week just before the industry all but shut down for Thanksgiving, MMO fansite Ten Ton Hammer broke the news that Funcom was laying off as much as 70% of their North American staff. Of course, Funcom’s current primary game, Age of Conan, was heavily developed in Europe, and the layoffs were supposedly mostly relegated…
Wizards of the Coast has a holiday promotions for retailers including a special “Euro Lands” giveaway. Retailers who opted for this promotion when they registered for FNM (Friday Night Magic) events in December will receive six 5-card packs of Euro Lands cards. The retailers who signed on for the promotion agreed to give a Euro…
