PC

12 Years Later EverQuest Still Soldiers On

Today marks the 12th anniversary of the original EverQuest. What keeps one of the original big massively multiplayer fantasy games going after all these years?


February 23, 2011
PC

Celebrating 5 Years Of Dungeons & Dragons Online With Pirates

It’s been five years since Turbine opened the port of Smuggler’s Rest to adventurers heeding the call of Dungeons & Dragons Online, and to Smuggler’s Rest they’ll return for the new quests and special gifts of a special anniversary event.


January 4, 2011
In Real Life

Raise A Glass To The Father Of High Fantasy

Today we celebrate the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, the English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor whose contributions to English literature forever changed the way we imagine fantasy worlds.


September 10, 2010
News

15 Years Of PlayStation Domination

Fifteen years ago, Phillips, Sega and 3DO were struggling to get North American consumers to accept CD-based gaming. On September 9, 1995, Sony came along and showed them how it’s done, changing the face of gaming as we knew it.


June 30, 2010
News

A Decade Of Diablo II

Ten years ago today, Blizzard unleashed a second helping of hell on PC gamers. A decade later we’re still waiting on a sequel. Let’s celebrate ten years of Diablo II, while poking Blizzard to hurry up with the third game.


April 27, 2010
News

Celebrate Three Years Of Lord Of The Rings Online With Savings

Turbine marks three years’ worth of plunging players headlong into the magical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth with discounts for folks who’d like to stick around a little bit longer.


April 6, 2010
News

How Much DSiWare Have You Purchased In The Past Year?

Nintendo is celebrating the first year of DSiWare today, which gives us the perfect chance to ask our readers this question: how much DSiWare have you purchased?


September 29, 2009
News

Everybody Back In The Britannia

Ultima Online celebrates its 12th birthday by inviting everyone who has ever played back to rediscover the joys of getting killed over and over again while trying to chop wood.


June 24, 2009
In Real Life

Celebrate Sonic’s Birthday With Sega Swag

It’s Sonic the Hedgehog’s 18th birthday today, and in order to celebrate, Sega Europe has been giving away Sonic swag all day via Twitter and Facebook.


May 7, 2009
News

EVE Online Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Cake

With EVE Online turning six years-old today and surpassing the 300,000 active subscriber mark over the past few days, there was really only one way for developer CCP to celebrate – spaceship cake.