Already a worldwide best-seller and critical darling, Bethesda Softworks’ “Fallout 3” has raised the bar with its vividly-realized world. Now, hot on the heels of the revolutionary New Xbox Experience and Games for Windows – LIVE launches, Bethesda will release the first of three “Fallout 3” downloadable content packs exclusively on Microsoft’s gaming platforms. Commencing in January, Operation: Anchorage adds a brand new dimension to the critically acclaimed RPG, as players enter a unique military simulation to liberate the city of Anchorage in one of the seminal battles of Fallout lore.

El Segundo, Calif.- Nov 20, 2008 - Two months after its worldwide launch, OGPlanet's massively multiplayer side-scroller La Tale is opening yet another chapter of its fantastic world.

Players can explore new areas and brave new challenges. Ves, the newest city, offers beautiful scenery inspired by Indian culture and architecture. Orca Beach and the Jungle are as lush as they are dangerous. Plus, for the truly brave, the Ruin of Ktuka offers great treasures and secrets to those who can survive its challenges.

"The diverse new zones being added to La Tale give players even more to do and see," said Ross Park, La Tale producer. "Each individual area has its own unique look and feel, and players will find themselves completely immersed in their new surroundings."
Also coming to the world of La Tale in this new update is the LaDeck system. For just 9 Astros (OGPlanet's cross-game currency), players can buy Gold Darts of Luck and use it to mark a square on a 20 x 20 LaDeck grid. Behind each square is a prize that ranges from potions to exclusive, ultra-rare items, but players will have to be quick and lucky to be the first to select the 1st Prize square!
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Nexon America Inc. invites gamers to step aboard the Nautilus ship in MapleStory and become a member of the game抯 newest class, Pirates. This game-changing addition assures MapleStory, one of North America most popular online games, remains a great gaming experience for its six million registered users.

The Pirate expansion provides Maplers with new gameplay features, which can be used throughout the entire Maple World. It also opens a variety of new maps, many of which are aboard the Pirate ship, Nautilus, the ultimate Pirate haven. Once a pirate, players can develop their characters and choose one of two paths through four tiers of job progression. Pirates can advance to become Brawlers, the masters of hand-to-hand combat, or Gunslingers, dynamic quick-draws that drown foes in a hail of iron lead, for a 2nd Job, Marauders and Outlaws as a 3rd Job and finally, Buccaneers or Corsairs as a 4th Job.

As players move through the ranks of the Pirate class, new skills can be obtained, including the ability to sneak past monsters in an oak barrel, sustain longer jumps and summon multiple sea creatures, including an octopus or seagulls, to boost attacks. Pirates can also earn a transform

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At the "World Domination" keynote on the final day of EVE Online Fanfest 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Senior Producer Torfi Frans Olafsson unveiled the upcoming "Summer 2009 Expansion" for the sci-fi MMO, calling it the "biggest expansion in EVE to date." They'd taken more than 300 CCP staff from other projects, and there were more programmers, artists, and the like working on the expansion than ever before, he announced.

New Player Experience

Acknowledging that EVE had a "mildly steep learning cliff" (which drew chuckles from the crowd) that was a barrier for potential new players, Olafsson said that one of the primary objectives with the new unnamed expansion was to streamline the introduction. They'd focus more on learning by doing and progressive character creation, giving players more of a hands-on approach instead of walls of text.

There would also be changes made to the game's UI, continued Olafsson. It wouldn't be a completely different UI overnight, but the team they had working on it would be focused on strengthening the UI and making it more of a productivity tool, rather than a hindrance (especially for newcomers). "What take

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SEATTLE and TORONTO, Ontario, October 30, 2008 - NCsoft®,the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today announced a partnership with TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG) to bring their award-winning City of Heroes® franchise to the Apple® Macintosh®. The game has been enabled for the Mac by TransGaming, a leading developer of portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry. City of Heroes for Mac will be available for public beta testing with the release of the game's thirteenth expansion,Issue 13: Power and Responsibilitylater this fall. The official launch will occur pre-holiday this year with a special digital-only Mac edition of City of Heroes, available across all NCsoft West consumer territories.

"Players will soon be able to join the battle of good versus evil in the most popular comic book MMO on both the PC and Mac platforms -- and in the same game world," commented Brian Clayton, executive producer of City of Heroes for NCsoft West. "Given Mac's fame as a platform for creative people and City of Heroes' unprecedented character customization options, I think City of Heroes is

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Santa Clara, Calif., (October 24, 2008) - NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that they will continue to support customers of PC game Hellgate™: London with online server support and play through January 31, 2009 despite the closure of Flagship Studios. In a further gesture of support, Namco Bandai Games will provide this server support free of charge to all fans and players of the game up until the shut down date.

NAMCO BANDAI Games appreciates the enthusiasm of all the Hellgate: London players and looks forward to providing them with future entertainment products.

For questions regarding the shut down or additional information about Hellgate: London, please visit the game’s official website at www.hellgatelondon.com.

Ntreev USA, Inc. today invited lost warriors to rejoin the battle to defeat Kaze'aze during the Grand Chase Come Back Event. Throughout the week of October 14th-28th, players who have not logged on to play Grand Chase since September 1st, 2008 can log in to receive weapons for each of the game's characters. In addition, returning players who log for more than 180 minutes of playtime will receive potions, neon signs and a Returning Warrior Ticket. Players holding a Returning Warrior ticket will have a chance to receive free points and Gacha Coins.

Grand Chase is an online action brawler set in a medieval fantasy world. It follows the story of a few brave young knights who join a group of nobles known as the “Grand Chase” to defeat an evil usurper to the thrown, a villainess known as Kaze'aze. Grand Chase combines traditional

The public game award "Golden Joystick" is a tradition in the British gaming industry and this year we are also nominated in several categories! Now is your chance to help your favorite game score a place on the podium!

If Age of Conan is first for you in the nominated categories as it is for us, then please visit the award-page and cast your vote for your favorite MMORPG.

Friday 26th September - Brighton, UK/... NCsoft®, the world’s leading publisher and developer of online games, is delighted to announce the success of the stunning free update for its award winning MMORPG Lineage® II: The Chaotic Throne http://www.discoverlineage2.com. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive for the Gracia update, with the record for concurrent users on EU servers now broken for six weeks running. At the same time, the number of new characters created has risen substantially alongside daily raid figures. The changes brought to the game mechanics have satisfied and pleased both newcomers and existing players.

Gracia features a new vitality system which radically accelerates the rate at which players can level up their characters. Before this update it took an average player one week to achieve 1st class transfer; players can now reach it within one day. Gracia has also introduced a range of additional benefits such as free teleports and special buffs, new skills, innovation within the crafting system, and new and challenging instanced dungeons.

“We are very pleased with the feedback we've received so far for Gracia,” commented Christian-...

Dave Toulouse, an independent game developer, today announced the release of Golemizer (http://www.golemizer.com). A free 2D steampunk MMORPG, Golemizer requires no download or plug-in to play and features crafting, pets, player housing and player cities.

“I played Golemizer when it was in Beta and think it is a really interesting game. I’m excited to see independent developers try something different and innovative,” said professional MMO developer Brian ‘Psychochild’ Green. “Dave has shown that you don’t need a large budget to make an online game.”

About Golemizer

Golemizer is a free 2D steampunk world where players are set in the role of scientists creating monsters and many other devices to obtain glory and fame. Inspired by sandbox environment games, Golemizer includes features aimed to give players more influence over the world:

- Persistent monsters created by players
- Skills system allowing full freedom over character development
- Crafting system allowing players to provide most items of the world
- Player housing
- Player cities
- Player merchants
- 2D avatar based chat between players
- Guild system
- RSS feeds of recent events while

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