The City of Heroes Official Forums announce that Issue 12, "Midnight Hour," is live, offering new content for City of Heroes/Villains subscribers (thanks Jon). This page offers an overview of the update, and the City of Heroes Q&A on Boomtown talks with Matt Miller about Issu...

GameTap gives Myst Online back to Cyan. Cyan says it's opening the game to fan development (thanks Mike Martinez) has word that GameTap has surrendered the rights to Myst Online: Uru Live back to Cyan Worlds after closing their revival of the MMO Myst game (story). Though Cyan's attempts to ...

The Live for Speed Website now offers a new Patch Z for Live for Speed S2 Alpha, the online racing simulator. The new version includes a number of changes, which are all outlined on this page. The new version can be applied to version V, W, X, or Y via the game's auto-updater, or there is a ...

The id Software Website has details on the tournaments they are running at this year's QuakeCon (thanks Gamer's Hell), which kicks off at the end of this month in Dallas, TX, announcing two QUAKE LIVE (yes, this is disturbingly presented in all caps) tourneys, as Intel is sponsoring both one...

GameTrailers has the debut trailer for Quake Live, id Software's upcoming free first-person shooter (thanks Ant and Digg). The clip shows off the Quake III Arena-style gameplay, and glimpses of the surrounding web interface. ...

Gamasutra has word that Microsoft has announced plans to introduce a Games for Windows marketplace similar to the Xbox LIVE marketplace. They also announce plans to offer a less console-centric Games for Windows LIVE service and confirm that they will be dropping the premium subscription fee...

Ars Technica's story on Games for Windows LIVE going free (thanks Mike Martinez) has good news for gamers who may be ticked off they ponied up for the Gold subscription fee that is being eliminated, as MS's Kevin Unangst tells them early adopters will be getting refunds:But that's not all. T...

GameTap has now launched A Boy Learns What Fear Is, the first episode of American McGee's Grimm, the episodic fairy tale-inspired adventure series. As mentioned earlier (story), the episode is free to download and play for the first 24 hours as an ad-supported release. Here's word on the fir...

Shacknews has a report from John Carmack's QuakeCon address where the id Software Technical Director indicates that the future of the Quake series is probably depended on the success of their upcoming free Quake Live project, quoting him saying: "The door is not completely shut for anot...

Computer and Video Games has a couple of updates from the future, revealing items from a John Carmack interview from the issue of PC Zone magazine that will hit newsstands tomorrow. One bit highlights a comment about the possibility that a premium version of Quake Live will be implemented a...

QuakeUnity.com has video of the QuakeCon one-on-one finals played on Quake Live, as well as a few other matches from the tournaments at the just-completed convention. The clips include commentary, and show off the upcoming browser-based shooter, as well as some high-level competition. ...

This press release has word that Star Wars Galaxies: Champions of the Force is now live, offering the next installment in this SWG Trading Card Game. The game is available to all current and former subscribers to Star Wars Galaxies, and word is: "In addition, all Star Wars Galaxies s...

There's an "audio slideshow" on CNET offering sounds and images from the Video Games Live show that tours the world in celebration of the music of video games. This includes a conversation with prolific game music composer Tommy Tallarico, who is one of the driving forces behind th...

The EverQuest II Players Website offers details on the update #48 that just went live for Sony Online Entertainment's MMORPG. This "Breaking Ground" update includes an Everfrost revamp, a Guild Hall construction event, and the underwater city of Veskar, which features half a new hi...

Ryan Gordon's .plan file seeks to end conspiracy theories about the ports for Unreal Tournament III, as apparently he's been getting mail from folks who think Microsoft is paying to block their releases. As a form of reassurance, he offers a screenshot of UT3 for Linux and another from U...

Massively reports the patch is now live in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures that lays the groundwork for the PvP system in Funcom's MMORPG by introducing PvP XP and gear. The Age of Conan Europe Forum has the full patch notes. ...

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa Website announces the Deployment 12.5 update is now live for Tabula Rasa, NCsoft's science-fiction MMORPG. This page offers the extensive release notes for the new version. Thanks Massively. ...

Call of Duty Headquarters announces the multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War is now live for both Windows and Xbox 360. Here's word on testing Treyarch's upcoming military shooter sequel: "In order to participate, you will need to sign up as a CallofDuty.com member. Xbox 360™...

The Warhammer Herald announces the launch of the new version 1.04 of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and according to the current status report, all servers should currently be down. The update will kick off "The Witching Night" live event, described in full here. Thanks ...

As noted on the World of Warcraft Community Site, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is now live for Blizzard's high-profile MMORPG. The post offers an overview of the content in the expansion and the opening cinematic for your viewing pleasure. MCV reports on the add-on's London midnigh...