PC

Lease Your Own Little Piece Of Battlefield 3 When Xbox 360 Server Rental Goes Live

Strangers can be jerks. Granted, they can be cool, too, but if you’re competing in an online shooter, chances are that they’re jerks. And sometimes you have play with them.


October 14, 2011
News

Blizzard Auctions Off Entire Worlds Of Warcraft For Charity

Own a piece of World of Warcraft history and help a good cause, as Blizzard prepares to auction off more than 2000 original server blades for St Jude’s Childrens’ Research Hospital.


March 1, 2011
PC

Rift Combats Massive Player Influx With Massive Server Additions

The response to Trion World’s MMO Rift has been overwhelming, with the 17 servers allocated to North America for last week’s head start blossoming into 39 to combat long login queues. The game launches tomorrow, with more servers on the way.


January 21, 2011
PC

New Type Of Memory Could Boot Your Computer Instantly

Imagine turning on your computer from a powerless state and instantly seeing your desktop without having to wait through a lengthy loading process. NC State researchers have developed a device that could make that happen.


February 19, 2010
News

Halo 3 Multiplayer Servers Will Survive Halo Reach’s Launch

Once Halo Reach hits, bringing with it a brand new multiplayer experience and separate severs, does that mean Halo 3′s multiplayer servers will be shut down?


January 5, 2010
News

MAG Beta Off To A Rocky Start

Zipper Interactive has launched the promised open beta test for the PlayStation 3′s MAG, but early server issues are causing frustration for players unable to connect.


September 26, 2009
News

Aion Gets Rid Of Idle Shopkeepers To Lessen Queue Times

Aion general chat has one less thing to complain about this morning, as NCsoft takes steps to prevent folks from abusing the personal shop system in order to remain online during peak hours.


September 24, 2009
News

Hope On The Horizon For Aion’s Server Woes

Players are none too pleased with the massive, multi-hour queues affecting most of the newly-launched MMO Aion’s servers every evening. We spoke with NCsoft about plans to sooth the teeming masses.


August 13, 2009
News

Section 8 Allows PC-Hosted Xbox 360 Servers

The Xbox 360 version of Timegate’s Section 8 is getting a multiplayer boost, allowing players to create their own dedicated Xbox 360 server on their PC.


October 9, 2008
News

Sierra Closing 21 Game Servers

Now that Sierra has been swallowed by the maw of Actiblizzard, the great behemoth has spat out a few bones.

On November 1st, Sierra will be closing 21 of its game servers, cutting off supports to games such as AvP2, Homeworld and Vampire.

None of the games affected are hugely popular, but doubtless someone out there will be a bit put out by this. Comments, anyone?

Full list after the jump.