Launch Day

Nintendo

It’s Sonic Generations Launch Day

8:40AM November 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Two generations of hedgehogs collide today in Sonic Generations, and we’ve got the launch trailer to prove it. Just don’t watch it if you’re waiting on the PC version (November 4) or the 3DS one (November 22). More »


PC

Battlefield Play4Free Pulls The Trigger On Open Beta

1:40AM April 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The war between the US and Russia escalates today as EA’s browser-based shooter Battlefield Free2Play enters open beta, allowing gamers everywhere to enter the fray with the default equipment or pay to play the tricked-out way. More »


PC

Are You Ready For Rift?

4:30AM February 25, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The head start program for Trion Worlds’ fantasy MMO Rifts launches today, and with more than one million registered accounts to date, things are bound to get a little crowded. More »


News

Lego Universe Is Open For Early Business

2:40AM October 9, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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The building blocks of the LEGO Universe community fall into place as NetDevil’s toy-based MMO opens two weeks early for its Founders. More »


News

Clone Wars Adventures Welcomes Playful Jedi

1:20AM September 16, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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While we’re all anxiously awaiting that other massively multiplayer online Star Wars game, Sony Online Entertainment officially launches the free-to-play Clone Wars Adventures, and you may never find a more fetching hive of fun and villainy. More »


In Real Life

Malaysia Gets Its Halo: Reach On

10:20AM September 14, 2010 | Brian Crecente

You may be prepping to go stand in a line somewhere, but some international gamers already got their copy. Take Mylasia and these folks at Gamer’s Hideout in the Tropicana City Mall in Petaling Jaya. See more here. [Thanks Chapree]


News

Halo: Reach Launches Jet Packs In Trafalgar Square

7:20AM September 14, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Using jet packs as marketing tools has been done before, but in the case of the Halo: Reach launch event held in London’s historic Trafalgar Square this morning, the spectacle was quite appropriate. More »


News

Here’s Your Special Launch-Day Halo: Reach Hat

6:20AM May 25, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Halo fans who pick up Reach on its September 14 release date will score this attractive exclusive in-game Spartan Recon Helmet. Fans who wait until after launch day aren’t really fans, now are they? More »


News

Lord Of Ultima Brings Online Strategy To The Browsing Masses

12:00AM April 21, 2010 | Mike Fahey

EA Phenomic lures unsuspecting gamers into an addictive, free-to-play, browser-based online strategy game using the name of a beloved classic role-playing franchise in Lord of Ultima, now available for play worldwide. More »


News

Global Agenda Is Go

7:00AM January 30, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Hi-Rez Studios has launched the head-start program for its massively multiplayer online shooter, Global Agenda, and so far nothing has exploded! More »