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At E3 2008 the upcoming Star Wars-based MMO was confirmed by Electronic Arts. It was revealed in a a tongue-in-cheek manner, and quickly confirmed, by EA CEO John Riccitielo.

Riccitielo in an interview with Conde Nast Portfolio magazine said that they have two big name MMOs in the works. One of which is based of the Warhammer franchise, which will launch soon. He then said…

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Sony and Zipper Interactive revealed a new online game to add to their repertoire. The game is MAG, short for “Massive Action Game” and massive is no joke.

MAG supports up to 256 players in one game at one time, putting a bit of stress on even the PS3’s harware. This allows for full campaigns that could will make a long-running shooter experience.

At E3, Andy Beaudoin (Lead Designer for Zipper Interactive) introduced the game and gave some details before showing a trailer of the game. He said they wanted to…

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Take- Two’s press conference (10:45 a.m. PT, July 16, 2008) was shaping up to be an exciting start to day three of E3 considering they weren’t going to talk about a movie for an hour (I’m looking at you Capcom).  With the announcement of the Grand Theft Auto series coming to the Nintendo DS, it seemed as though Take-Two would have more information unveil about this and maybe some other games that are under development for the company. 

All-in-all the conference ended up being a yawn fest.  Some of the highlights from the show included the kid friendly Dora the Explorer games and new clips surrounding 2K’s NBA and NHL franchises. 

Click through for a recap of the conference…

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Sony has released a full schedule and revealed some of the free items attendees will be receiving at Fan Faire 2008. The event is being held at the Las Vegas Hilton (in Las Vegas, Nevada) from August 14-17, 2008. Visitors can purchase a day pass ($39) or an All Access pass ($89) and get in to participate in tournaments, visit a career fair, see live events, get game demos and see the new EverQuest and EverQuest II. 

Attendees will receive some nice freebies. Demo CDs of games like Free Realms and The Agency are mentioned, as well as a free in-game item for EverQuest, EverQuest II, Matrix Online, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies or Vanguard. There will also be loot items given away for Legends of Norrath and Star Wars Trading Card Game: Champions of the Force. 

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Free MMO fans might want to sign up and become FilePlanet users, that way they can get first crack at Atlantica Online‘s closed beta. FilePlanet has been given a number of keys for the closed beta. A small fraction of them will be given away to FilePlanet users on July 15, 2008. The remainder will be distributed on FilePlanet, MMOABC, MMOsite, MMORPG and onRPG on July 18, 2008. 

Atlantica Online is a parallel universe MMORPG with strategic elements. In it, players get to explore Atlantis and take part in turn based battles against opponents. There will also supposedly be mercenary and country management systems included in the game, which makes me wonder if players will be able to hire themselves out as mercenaries. 

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Nexon’s free-to-play, MMOFPS (massive multiplayer online first person shooter) Combat Arms, has been officially released. That’s right, no more beta phases for you. From now on, the game should be absolutely perfect and ready for play. No more bugs or glitches! Just smooth battles against other players from around the country.

Quite a few additions have been made now that the game is no longer in beta. There are new weapons for players to wield, an extra game map to explore and fight in and a “Capture the Flag” game mode. Most importantly, the official launch of Combat Arms also means that the ranking system is working! Now players can see how they and their clan are doing, compared to other users.

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I always like to look into new children’s free, online games in an attempt to lure my young cousins away from Webkinz. I think Wizard 101 may prove to be a nice alternative for them. The open beta hasn’t begun for this casual children’s online game, which allows kids to enter a wizard academy, but people can sign up for the free beta at the site. Once the game enters the commercial phase, there will be a monthly fee.

In Wizard 101, players become students under Professor Merle Ambrose at the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. Kids will be able to interact with NPCs, learn magic spells, play mini-games and customize their character. It sounds like a nice bridge between casual games like Webkinz or Moshi Monsters and full, free MMOs.

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There’s an interesting free MMO called Tcrew is surprisingly cute and looks like a genuinely fun action-RPG experience. The game revolves around collecting ghosts, called Crews. There are over 120 different kinds, and they’re kind of like Pokemon, since different crews give players different skills and abilities and you have to catch and collect them.

In Tcrew, players join together to try and stop Gazar. Gazar was a Crewger (someone who collects and uses crews) who went bad. He created a lair on Imeros Island and started stealing Cores (where Crews can be found) and stealing other ancient artifacts. Players choose to play as one of four characters (Rot, Free, Dudungga or Raya) and then head off to collect Crews and explore the world. 

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Nexon has just begun the open beta period for its first, free MMOFPS, Combat Arms” title="Combat Arms">Combat Arms. The open beta began July 1, 2008, and will run until Nexon launches the commercial version of the game is launched before the end of Summer 2008.

In Combat Arms, players are able to completely customize and arm a soldier. They can then go off and play in multiple gameplay modes against other players around the world, choosing to either to team up or fight alone. The game has in-game messengers and a clan system, in case players want to team up to succeed. The open beta update also includes a new map, new match settings and a Deathmatch mode. The game also has a tracking system built into it so you can determine how well you and your clan are doing.

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Aeria Games has quite an impressive library of free-to-play massive multiplayer online (MMO) games. But there’s been one area where its lacking - real-time strategic rpgs. That’s where Dreamlords: The Reawakening steps in. Lockpick Entertainment’s Dreamlords will now be available for North American residents to play, thanks to Aeria.

Dreamlords: The Reawakening is a lot like Starcraft or Age of Empires - players wage strategic battles against one another. The difference with Dreamlords is that, like with all MMOs, the game keeps going when you’re not there. So players are given the opportunity to dictate their orders ahead of time, while they are playing. In fact, they can even issue directives from anywhere, so long as they have access to a computer with a browser and internet. They won’t be able to experience everything without downloading the program, but they can keep up-to-date on events and issue orders.

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