America’s Army 3 got a huge update today, fixing a long list of gameplay issues and bugs while adding a number of enhancements. Additional features include new achievements, and updated VOIP communication system, a revised incapacitation system and more.
The game updates automatically once the game launches through the Deploy Client. A full and lengthy list [...]

This week’s MMO Report takes us back to last week’s E3 at the Los Angeles convention center, and the show is so packed with content that Casey Schreiner and crew couldn’t manage to fit it all into one episode. As a result, you can check out part one this week and wait with baited breath [...]

This week’s Dungeons and Dragons Online guild renown contest encouraged more players to visit Lamannia and check out the renown system. Turbine has been receiving a fair amount of feedback on these features and making adjustments every few days. Some functions — such as the small guild bonus and renown in treasure bags — have [...]

The recent release by developer Team17 of their top down sci-fi shooter Alien Breed Impact has apparently been a solid sales success for the team. Now folks who want to give a friend a copy of the game can do so via the Alien Breed Impact two pack deal on Steam.
Normally the two pack deal [...]

Outspark’s new hilarious and high-kicking free-to-play arcade action MMORPG, Fists of Fu, is currently in closed beta. You can join in the fun by downloading the client and registering an account. Here’s how:
1. Download and install the Fists of Fu closed beta client
2. Visit the Fists of Fu web site and click on “Redeem Beta [...]

The new “Personality+” feature in FIFA 11 isn’t exactly what our minds conjured for a feature with that name — charismatic footballers cheerily encouraging each other, helping up fallen opponents and maintaining a modest dance routine after scoring a goal.

Instead, according to this video demonstration, Personality+ appears to make many of the game’s players worse. [...]

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
I’m submitting a new disease to the books. It’s called “Patching Syndrome.” It’s where people think something has changed because of the patch even though it hasn’t.
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Last week, I talked about survivability in Champions Online. I mainly talked about passive defenses and stats — things you can plan for. Anyone can adjust a stat build to be more effective, and anyone can get a defensive passive to adjust survivability. This week, I’m going to talk about something you can’t get from [...]

After next week’s crossover RPG Trinity Universe, you’ll have to wait until September for your next serving of anime-style, cute role-playing from NIS America.On the PlayStation Blog, the publisher announced that Atelier Rorona, an alchemy-based RPG that’s heavy on the dialogue (and on the moe), will be in stores in North America this September. The [...]

John Greiner was president of the US-based Hudson Entertainment for five years, and worked for Hudson Soft in Japan for fifteen years before that. Now, he’s taken his expertise in the Japanese game industry and applied it to a new project, the digital distribution-focused publishing firm MonkeyPaw Games, a company that will specialize in remaking [...]

id Software is known for taking its time on making their games. With the exception of their free-to-play shooter Quake Live the Dallas-based developer hasn’t released a game made on their own since Doom III way back in 2004 (although they have helped with the making of games like Quake IV, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars [...]

Electronic Arts has submitted a trademark application for “Alice: Madness Returns,” a possible name for the previously announced sequel to American McGee’s Alice. Beyond an “unofficial” teaser video for the sequel released in late 2009, details on the project have been slimmer than the Queen of Hearts’ soldiers. We’ve contacted EA for info on what’s [...]

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This is the first we’ve heard of Korean MMO The Exiled Realm of Arborea (TERA) in a while, and it still looks like standard MMO fare. Skimpy armor, scantily-clad fantasy babes, and stereotypical environment and monster design are all present in this trailer. However, the claim that it is the first true action [...]

Even with the massive console sales success of the Call of Duty shooter franchise, Activision Blizzard’s main revenue source comes from games that are not from traditional disk based console products. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick says he doesn’t worry that the overall console game sales [...]

As promised last week by Valve, the developer has now added Counter-Strike: Source to its growing list of games that now have a native Mac port. The hugely popular multiplayer shooter joins Half-Life 2 and its two “episodes” along with Portal and Team Fortress 2 with Mac versions.
As with Team Fortress 2, Mac players of [...]