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Massively Multiplayer Online Fallout Online Declared, Beta Signups Open

Ending years of dancing round and refusing to confirm that its plainly Fallout-related post-apocalyptic PC MMO codenamed ‘Project: V13′ was its Fallout MMORPG, publisher Interplay has officially unveiled Fallout Online and opened beta signups.

Fallout Online is co-developed by Earthrise dev Masthead Studios and internally at Interplay, with Fallout designer Chris Taylor onboard as lead system [...]

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Jun 21st, 2010 | Filed under shacknews
Massively Multiplayer Online Supernatural

Metal Gear Acid director Shinta Nojiri is working with Aliens vs. Predator developer Rebellion on a supernatural action game, titled NeverDead, starring an immortal hero, publisher Konami announced at its E3 press conference today.

Set in a “fantasy and horror-influenced universe of the near-future where supernatural battles between humans and extraordinary creatures span a vast city [...]

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Jun 17th, 2010 | Filed under shacknews
Massively Multiplayer Online The Mummy Movies Inspire Free-to-Play MMO

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Jun 6th, 2010 | Filed under shacknews

EA’s PC racing MMO Need for Speed World–previously NFS World Online–will go live on July 20, the developer and publisher announced today, with free and paid options.

The free client will offer “access to all races, pursuits and career progression up to level 10,” while the $20 ‘Starter Pack’ grants “full access up to level 50, [...]

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Jun 3rd, 2010 | Filed under shacknews
Massively Multiplayer Online Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught DLC Preview

Earlier this month, Electronic Arts and DICE announced “Onslaught Mode” as downloadable content for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which puts a squad of up to four players up against AI-controlled enemies as players move to capture control points across four maps. I had a chance to get some [...]

May 22nd, 2010 | Filed under shacknews

The maritime city-state of Limsa Lominsa is explored in a new batch of screenshots for Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, filled with salty sea dogs and booty hounds.

Final Fantasy XIV is scheduled to arrive on PC and PlayStation 3 some time in 2010. An Xbox 360 release might apparently not be out of the [...]

May 22nd, 2010 | Filed under shacknews

Publisher Bethesda has ended its silence about when inXile’s Hunted: The Demon’s Forge will arrive, today dating the cooperative action-RPG for release in Q1 2011, perhaps more commonly known as the time between January 1 and March 31, 2011. The confirmation was tucked away in a media blast promoting the title’s just-launched teaser site, [...]

May 20th, 2010 | Filed under shacknews

The next mutation for Left 4 Dead 2 has gone into effect and will last until next Friday. This week, players can play “Last Gnome On Earth”, which is playable in campaign mode. It requires the gnome to be carried from start to finish in order to win. Be careful, though. Whoever is carrying [...]

May 17th, 2010 | Filed under shacknews

While development on Sony Online Entertainment’s PlayStation 3 MMORPG The Agency has been relatively quiet, the company has launched a Facebook game within the game’s universe – The Agency: Covert Ops. Revealed through Mashable, the game is a standard “mafia wars”-type affair that has players building up an avatar and equipping it with new [...]

May 6th, 2010 | Filed under shacknews