Still half-asleep and thinking quite strongly about coffee, I stumbled across a YouTube video this morning that—well—got me to thinking about the future of gaming instead, and how awesome it\'s going to be. Take a look. Prehttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/4db17f9e726a9397e74ef4b9551bed99.html

At this year’s GDC, one thing became increasingly clearer to me: the next big trend in gaming is going to be free-to-play MMO titles. A few years back, we entered into the Age of the Military FPS; before that, it was the Age of the Animal Mashttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/70e50fc8a3bed692c13a58f1d194038a.html

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Feb. 10, 2009 – Online gamers have a better place to call home. MMO Life Exploitatie B.V., operator of re­gionalized and demographically-targeted portals for massively multiplayer on­linehttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/0e0ebf79335cea77917eedb251826c93.html

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, [feb4, 2009] – MMO Life B.V., operator of re­gionalized and demographically-targeted portals for massively multiplayer on­line (MMO) and role-playing games (RPG), today announced a €1 million ($1.3 millihttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/40d78ca143433a4056c52dda27962a6f.html

Players of “Last Chaos” can now explore two all new dungeons featuring all new monster A.I, never before seen skills and weapon types, and new armor and weapons. Additionally, players can now use Phoenix Tickets to transform into the mythhttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/e1b922ff141e59832e7b8c722ee6d242.html

Starting tomorrow, the world’s first MMO shoot-em up game, “Valkyrie Sky,” will enter open beta for three days, and three days only. After choosing between one of four “RPG style characters,” players can navigate a 3D whttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/705a50d0c9dff48f49b62d7aa6d54183.html

Valentine’s Day is approaching fast and it means the same thing every year: millions of men scratching their heads while staring through the window of gift shops, at gift magazines, and online, trying to find a gift that won’t land them ihttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/ef6641712d3aed9a4c94355d47820c49.html

It has been seven or eight years now since the first version of “America’s Army” flickered onto our monitors. (I mean that literally; there were many faults.) Since then, over nine million players have registered and given it a go.http://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/1bc7b138191552d921a5adf357eacc8d.html

Thanks to a deal between China-based Perfect World, the same company behind “Perfect World International,” and HI-WIN Co., Korean gamers can now enjoy the monster-catching/trading madness of “Pocketpet Journey West.” Now, it&http://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/14eeec46c91607dfc52ab8e8b2de2f52.html

Version 1.9.02 of “Zu Online” will arrive sometime in the future (the official word is “very soon”), but until that time, developer IGG is teasing its players with a few of the snazzy new items included in the update. Accordihttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/f605d6b8d795b41000644a9150551372.html

How do you briefly explain the localization process in bringing a China-developed MMO to Western audiences? You relate it to food. At least, that’s what “Perfect World International” developers Beijing Perfect World did, according thttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/e4963bcee4181bde21bab4015d833903.html

How many times have you formed a rag tag group of heroes made up of other players and saved the world from the clutches of an evil mastermind? Don’t you wish you could actually learn something while inhabiting an online world? Well now you canhttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/6ae65bfbe9f98ad5a55ad1b8fd93c1ba.html

Attempting to bring the player-versus-player experience of MMOs to a wider audience, Multiverse has released the flash-based gladiatorial sim “Battle.” Similar to the gameplay in the free-to-play “Guild Wars,” players can onlhttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/0041969c76897cf41e0391414d71e38b.html

Lasers, stars, weird looking guns, battleships and last but not least, an astounding view of the universe and beyond. No, it’s not a re-run of “Star Trek.” (Good guess, though.) It’s a new online space game based on thousandshttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/0f2719ecf5e361aa65007d51138f3cb5.html

Just last week, upcoming MMORPG “Warrior Epic” revealed details regarding the six different classes and sub-classes. Today, publisher True Games Interactive unveiled a fancy new site and announced they are now accepting registrations forhttp://my.mmosite.com/lordaltay/Blog/Item/322d201e226885392b5af68e104d242a.html