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Global Agenda: FPSGuru.com | Booster Pack Give AwayGlobal Agenda: FPSGuru.com | Booster Pack Give Away

January 31st, 2012
The FPSGuru.com team has partnered with Hi-Rez Studios to give away booster packs for Global Agenda in celebration of the game's second anniversary. Booster packs give players a leg up in experience, token rewards, credit rewards and end-of-map loot. Head to FPSGuru.com to grab yours NOW!
The FPSGuru.com team has partnered with Hi-Rez Studios to give away booster packs for Global Agenda in celebration of the game's second anniversary. Booster packs give players a leg up in experience, token rewards, credit rewards and end-of-map loot. Head to FPSGuru.com to grab yours NOW!

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Anarchy Online: Monthly Update Letter DebutsAnarchy Online: Monthly Update Letter Debuts

January 31st, 2012
The first in a series of monthly update letters has appeared on the Anarchy Online site. Fia "Lindelu" Tjernberg announces in her post that the graphics team will shortly be producing and publishing a new video to show off the new graphics engine and that new bug reporting forums have been created.
The first in a series of monthly update letters has appeared on the Anarchy Online site. Fia "Lindelu" Tjernberg announces in her post that the graphics team will shortly be producing and publishing a new video to show off the new graphics engine and that new bug reporting forums have been created.

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Drakensang Online: Publisher Bigpoint Scores 250M Registered UsersDrakensang Online: Publisher Bigpoint Scores 250M Registered Users

January 31st, 2012
Bigpoint has surpassed a huge milestone with the 250,000,000th registered user for its stable of games. The press release further states that over 250,000 new players register each and every day. Signature titles at Bigpoint include Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Dark Orbit, and Farmerama.
Bigpoint has surpassed a huge milestone with the 250,000,000th registered user for its stable of games. The press release further states that over 250,000 new players register each and every day. Signature titles at Bigpoint include Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Dark Orbit, and Farmerama.

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Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited: Update 13 – The Prequel to UnderdarkDungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited: Update 13 – The Prequel to Underdark

January 31st, 2012
Turbine and the Dungeons & Dragons Online team have put out the first information about Update 13: Web of Chaos. Web of Chaos is the prequel to the forthcoming expansion, Menace of the Underdark.
Turbine and the Dungeons & Dragons Online team have put out the first information about Update 13: Web of Chaos. Web of Chaos is the prequel to the forthcoming expansion, Menace of the Underdark.

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Myst Online: URU Live: First Impressions Overview with Ripper XMyst Online: URU Live: First Impressions Overview with Ripper X

January 31st, 2012
Myst Online: Uru Live is an open source massively multiplayer online adventure game developed by Cyan Worlds. The game is the multiplayer component to the 2003 video game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. Like Uru, Myst Online takes place in 2000's New Mexico. In our latest exclusive video we offer you Myst Online: URU Live - First Impressions Overview with Ripper X. Check it out!
Myst Online: Uru Live is an open source massively multiplayer online adventure game developed by Cyan Worlds. The game is the multiplayer component to the 2003 video game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. Like Uru, Myst Online takes place in 2000's New Mexico. In our latest exclusive video we offer you Myst Online: URU Live - First Impressions Overview with Ripper X. Check it out!

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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Sith Juggernaut Player’s GuideStar Wars: The Old Republic: Sith Juggernaut Player’s Guide

January 31st, 2012
In the latest addition to our growing library of Star Wars: The Old Republic player's guides, we present the Sith Juggernaut, the advanced class for the Sith Warrior. Read on and become invincible!
In the latest addition to our growing library of Star Wars: The Old Republic player's guides, we present the Sith Juggernaut, the advanced class for the Sith Warrior. Read on and become invincible!

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General: MMO Growing PainsGeneral: MMO Growing Pains

January 31st, 2012
One of the thing that many of us realize is that the MMO-genre is a bit stale. Why is that when, at least according to our latest No Elves Allowed column, "the sky should have been the limit"? Find out and then let us know what you think!
One of the thing that many of us realize is that the MMO-genre is a bit stale. Why is that when, at least according to our latest No Elves Allowed column, "the sky should have been the limit"? Find out and then let us know what you think!

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Online FPS sets new world record with 999 simultaneous players

January 31st, 2012
Planetside previously held the record, with 600 players. The Man Vs Machine session lasted two hours and saw players divided into the two titular teams.

Swedish non-profit technology organisation MuchDifferent has set a new world record for simultaneous online players, hosting 999 combatants in its browser based FPS Man Vs Machine.

Planetside previously held the record, with 600 players. The Man Vs Machine session lasted two hours and saw players divided into the two titular teams. Watch the video below for a taste of what it's like to face a 500-strong opposition.

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Out There: Do we need more stealth games?

January 31st, 2012
The pleasures of sneaking, the finality of videogame death and game designers' love for MacBook Pros.

Stealth has hardly become a forgotten shade in the gaming spectrum, but it's hard to think of many new games that are dedicated to it. Instead of being the leading light, as it was at the heights of the Thief and Metal Gear series, today stealth is more frequently just an element - from a choice in Deus Ex: Human Revolution to a pastime in Skyrim.

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Bigpoint hits 250 million users

January 31st, 2012
German browser gaming company Bigpoint now has more than 250 million registered players. In a press release, the company - which claims to have been the first to introduce the free-to-play model to the west, with 2002's IceFighter - says it is seeing more than 250,000 new signups every single day.

German browser gaming company Bigpoint now has more than 250 million registered players.

In a press release, the company - which claims to have been the first to introduce the free-to-play model to the west, with 2002's IceFighter - says it is seeing more than 250,000 new signups every single day.

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