We have some really sad news for the World of Warcraft players: rumor has it that the General Administration of Press and Publication in China is investigating the joint venture between Blizzard and NetEase, the company that has the operating rights for WoW in China. And if the results of the investigations conclude that there [...]

Germany has always been very strict when it came to computer and video games with violent content, and most of the games had to be edited and censored in order to be retailed in Germany. Things might change drastically and into worse from a gamer’s point of view since various reports suggest that the country [...]

Worlds.com is the company that appeared capable of changing the virtual worlds in all MMOs forever since they claim that they hold a patent for enabling users to interact in virtual worlds. Although they initially targeted NCSoft’s Guild Wars, but other big wigs like World of Warcraft or Second Life were (and still are, at [...]

Indeed it is The Sims 3 piracy a disaster for EA, as I have anticipated when the game was leaked on torrent sites: at least 180,000 copies of the life sim were illegally downloaded in four days, Gamesindustry reports (personally, I think that the numbers are much higher).

Can you sue a dead company? Apparently you can, since that’s exactly what Take Two is doing to the recently shut 3D Realms. The reason? Well, Duke Nukem Forever. Apparently, 3D Realms didn’t really work 100% on the game and it never hit the stores. No s**t!

A battle of the titans is ready to start, with Valve filling a complaint against Activision over unpaid royalties this month, a total worth of $424,000. On the other hand, Activision said that the amount was determined by previous overpayment of royalties to Valve, and that if the court awards the money to them, Activision [...]

I have recently told you about an interesting project under development at Interplay, a Fallout MMO game: a game that’s possible because when the creators of the franchise sold the rights to Bethesda, still kept the rights for a MMO. However, lots of clauses and stipulations were in play and apparently Interplay didn’t meet them. [...]

A young, nine year old boy tragically died after jumping off the roof of the building with a homemade parachute (made of plastic bags and string). One of his friends found the connection of his deed with the young boy playing WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 and attempting to pull off a move similar to [...]

There are a lot of strange things one might find in their games console or used box (the latest being lots of Ecstasy pills), but what about brand new handhelds? Well, they come packed with adult images, it appears: at least that’s what a six year old boy found on his brand new PSP he [...]

Video games, as well as flash games are, most of all, entertainment. However, some of them are better to be kept a secret just to make sure you won’t upset somebody. The perfect example proving that this statement is correct is Georgia City Councilman John Dowdy who is no longer a Councilman after recommending a [...]