Square Enix reveals new Final Fantasy XIV details
With Final Fantasy XIII recently released, Square is already putting the finishing touches on the next entry in the franchise: Final Fantasy XIV. FFXIV will be a massively multiplayer online role-playing Game (MMORPG) set in the world of Hydaelyn. The story revolves around different guilds - remnants of an alliance… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Preview: LEGO Universe first impressions
This massively-multiplayer online game includes customizable LEGO avatars and, so far, most of the elements you’d expect from any online role-playing game (except leveling up). Here’s a bullet-point list of the game’s features and my observations base on the first day of the closed beta. Also check out the LEGO… Continue Reading »
Save money on Star Trek Online at Amazon today
Amazon’s Video Game Deal of the Day today (March 9, 2010) is sure to please those dying to explore the final frontier. Both the standard and collectors editions of Atari’s Star Trek Online, the MMO inspired by Star Trek, are greatly discounted. Plus, both still cost just enough to qualify… Continue Reading »
Player pays $330,000 for virtual space station
If you ever thought that $60 was a lot of money to spend on a video game, then forget about that brand new virtual space station. The winner of an auction for the Crystal Palace Space Station just dropped US$330,000 for his virtual piece of heaven. Planet Calypso, created by… Continue Reading »
Free Realms revs up with Speedway Thunder expansion
All you Free Realmers out there will be happy to know that the game’s already huge environment has just gotten, well, huge-r. Free Realms, the free-to-play online MMORPG has expanded the race car derby, Speedway Thunder. The additions, Kart Racers and Demo Derby Drivers, offer professional progression and allow players… Continue Reading »
Expect to see Ankama at GamesCom 2009
Ankama, the force behind DOFUS, Wakfu and Dofus-Arena have decided to fully support GamesCom 2009 by attending the August 19-23, 2009 convention in Cologne, Germany. And when I say fully support, I mean fully support. There will be giveaways, playable games, Wakfu episodes in English and a special press conference… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Exclusive: Interview with senior producer, creative director Dave Georgeson about zOMG!
Since the free browser-based MMMORPG zOMG! started allowing players in 2008, it has been widely talked about in the forums. Guilds have formed to help others complete quests and meet other players who love the game. I had a chance to talk with zOMG! senior producer and creative director Dave… Continue Reading »
How To: Decide if a Mabinogi elf, human or giant character is best for you
Want to get involved in Nexon’s free-to-play MMORPG Mabinogi? It’s a great time for it, what with the massive Pioneers of Iria expansion just added into the game and a lot of previously premium content suddenly becoming free. Of course, with that expansion came some important decisions. Now there are… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Mabinogi: Pioneers of Iria for PC
If you’re a frequent Gamertell reader, you may be thinking, “Wait, Mabinogi was already reviewed!” That’s true. However, that was before the massive Pioneers of Iria expansion that Nexon unleashed on February 26, 2009. Previously in Mabinogi, the game would be updated in bursts called Generations. Each Generation would tend… Continue Reading »
Fantasia could help usher in the era of cell phone MMOs
MMO fans should keep on Lemon Co.‘s Fantasia. This Korean company has just launched the closed beta of a massive multiplayer online rpg that is primarily played on cell phones. So now you can be out and about in the real world, while also venturing through a virtual one. Lemon… Continue Reading »
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