Stratics take an approving look at flagship's free-to-play Mythos: Overall, I found playing this MMO to be a great experience. This game is cute and I had a lot of fun. With playable quests, instanced dungeons, a complex skillset, an achievements list and more, Mythos has a surprising amount of content and customization for the free-to-play genre of MMOs....

In the second part of his look at the games industry, Heretic looks at what to expect once you have broken the wall: The Vision It all starts with the vision. What kind of game is this? MMORPG? Action? RTS? FPS? What makes the game different? Customization? Speed? Some new twist on gameplay? Why will anyone want to buy this game instead of any other game in the same genre? Once the kind of game is determined, the next step is identifying the principles....

The second Age of Conan insider video looks at PvP in the game. You can watch it Here

Guild Wars is having a three year anniversary party: It's that time again! Three years ago this Monday, Guild Wars was launched and players entered the world of Tyria for the very first time. Now, the franchise stands tall with two additional campaigns, an expansion, and an eagerly anticipated sequel on the way....

The latest Fallen Earth Question of the Week is actually eight in one: 1. Wondering what factors are going to determine Player movement speed... will adding AP into Agility lead to an increase in how fast you can run? We don't have an Agility attribute, but we do have Coordination and Dexterity....

EVE Online Character Artist Ben Mathis discusses ambulation with Ten Ton Hammer: At New York Comic-Con, Ten Ton Hammer's Garrett Fuller spoke with EVE Online Character Artist Ben Mathis about his work with Ambulation - the project that will someday let EVE players step out of their ships and into stations as full-fledged 3D avatars....

RPG Vault are showcasing five new screenies of the Umbral Peaks zone. See them Here!

According to the Press Release: Karlsruhe, May 24th 2008 - Gamers who bought the Game-of-the-Year edition of "Two Worlds" (available in the European shops for 29.99 Euro since the beginning of April) were thrilled with the brand new PC multiplayer add-on for the RPG - and now they can download the new adventures in Antaloor from the first of May - for free at http://www....

River-maiden, Goldberry is the latest Miiddle Earth character to be described in the LoreBook: Middle-earth holds many strange mysteries and enigmas, but none quite so unusual as the River-maidens. These beautiful creatures, Man- or Elf-like in appearance, are born of the waters of secluded rivers....

The Hellbound expansion for Lineage 2 has now been released: Thursday 24th April... Brighton, England/... NCsoft Europe (http://eu.plaync.com/eu/) today announced the release of Hellbound, the newest addition to the Lineage II (http://www.discoverlineage2....

Next-Gen.biz take an interesting look at a 2006 survey on in-game ads: Analysis also revealed key differences in reactions between non-gamers (those who reported playing videogames zero hours per week) and avid gamers (those who reported playing games 10+ hours per week)....

In the first of a new series, RPG Vault present: Some scenes to convey the aura of dark despair and impending doom pervading Gravity's horror-themed gameworld Check them out Here

The US servers are being patched with Book 13 today and the Patch Notes are Up: New Region: Forochel! * Over 100 new quests * Enhanced solo play * Extends the epic story * Vast, desolate landscape * New reputation faction: the Lossoth o The Lossoth of Forochel are by their nature distrustful of outsiders, but once you earn their trust, they will reward you greatly....

The Mythos Beta test is being restricted to English-speaking countries: Please understand that the Mythos Closed Beta Test was designed for North American and select European territories. When we do open our Beta, we cannot have countries outside these regions playing a non-localized Mythos designed for territories other than their own....

GamaSutra argue that Gary Gygax was the father of the video game: Still, players needed something to generate the experience -- where do the "forest" or "castle" come from? Gygax and Arneson's answer was another human brain: the Dungeon Master's. The DM of a D&D campaign runs and arbitrates the game, doing everything from designing the world and describing it to his players to providing goals and obstacles to controlling the actions of NPCs....

EuroGamer spoke to LotRO's Jeffrey Steefel about upcoming free content, Book 12: Eurogamer: Where does the idea of Forochel come from? The actual language we've seen describing it so far features lots of Finnish names, and the screenshots seem to show Eskimos....

The Chronicles of Spellborn site has a new Beta video entitled A fine day in Midlands! Some time ago, you had the chance to meet Raznilof, the powerful Runemage, during one of his first adventures in the world of The Chronicles of Spellborn. Today, he's back in business, being higher-level and he's setting foot in the Midlands, zone located on the Parliament Shard....

MMORPG.com are hosting a new Lineage II Dev diary entitled "What's So Cool about Hellbound and the 4th Anniversary Edition": With the shipment of Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne 4th Anniversary Edition we will also be releasing the next content update for the game: Hellbound....

Ray Muzyka (CEO & GM) and Greg Zeschuk (President & GM) sat down for a GDC chat with GameDaily. this is a snip about the nature of RPG's: BIZ: Have you guys ever been tempted to make something other than an RPG? Muzyka: We would argue we're making all kinds of things other than RPGs....

Head over to WorthPlaying and check out the new four Stargate Worlds Screenies!

WarCry explores the frozen wastes of new zone Forochel: For players used to the more lush, wooded environments of Lord of the Rings Online, Book 13 may provide a rude awakening. The new zone, Forochel, lies further north than any of the previously accessible regions of Middle Earth, and it's every bit as hostile as you'd expect....

There's new wallpapery goodness over on the Champions Online site: Customize your desktop with Champions Online wallpapers! Our first wallpaper release (Defender and Doctor Destroyer) is now an available download on the media section of our web site....

CSR, Smith "Elias" Getterman, is the latest of the SWG team to spill the beans on his role: What do you enjoy most about your job on SWG, and why? My favorite part so far has been getting to chat with our European and British players. I love to travel and I'm a bit of an Anglophile (huge Ricky Gervais fan, huge Gordon Ramsay fan, huge anything English fan) so I enjoy being able to connect with people who have shared interests....

The latest state of the game article over on the main Guild Wars site looks at the RAWR Cup series: Last December Rebel Rising [rawr], in conjunction with GuildCafe, kicked off the 2008 RAWR Cup Title Series with the highly successful 2008 RAWR Cup Inaugural Tournament, and promised that there would be more to come....

Ten Ton Hammer have posted a NY Comicon overview of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition and Dungeons & Dragons Interactive with Chris Perkins: We were also lucky enough to get a sneak peak at Dungeons & Dragons Interactive while at NY Comicon. The D&D Insider gives players a lot of interactive tools to help run their game and make life easier....