If you aren’t a World of Warcraft fan, but you do love a good MMO, this fall seems to be overcrowded with new, interesting, or just plain expanded MMORPG’s. Case in point, Mines of Moria, the Lord of the Rings Online expansion has announced its release date. It will launch November 18th.  It’s available as both a digital upgrade as well as two different flavors of retail boxes. As per industry standards, there is a regular and collector’s edition version of the game. Check out the trailer after the jump. (more…)

Hey, just this in. In next month’s issue of PC Gamer, it looks like Bioware will finally announce what is likely to be the worst kept secret in the computer gaming world – a Knights of The Old Republic based MMORPG. As you may well know, LucasArts partnered with Sony Online Entertainment to create Star Wars Galaxies, but that game has really not been neary the kind of success in the last few years that games like World of Warcraft or even Lord of the Rings Online have had. Knights of The Old Republic is an absolute classic game and it’s very exciting to think about the possibility of a MMO based around it. Needless to say, this announcement is going to be a big one and I can’t wait.

Hey everybody, just picked up some great news! Fallout 3 has gone gold. That means that Fallout 3 is finished and is ready to be shipped to manufacturing and eventually into stores near you. If you’ve got a fairly recent PC, you should be able run this game which is sure to be an instant classic. After the last few Bethesda classics such as Morrowind and Oblivion, I’m quite excited to see how this plays out. Oh and if you don’t have enough of a PC to play this game it will be on the PS3 and Xbox 360 as well. Check out the full post for a trailer as well. (more…)

Though I haven’t had the chance to dive in myself, it seems that Warhammer Online has created quite a bit of buzz for itself. It’s averaged an 88/100 across all reveiws, which would seem to indicate that the game doesn’t suck. Then again, an 8.8/10 for most sites would put it at like a 4/5 here, so again, that is in the realm of being a very good game. Game of the Year? Who knows, but the game is buzzing that is for sure. A friend of mine is going to try the game out, so I’ll let you know they think of it. In the meantime, happy gaming!

This week Blizzard annouced that Wrath of the Lich King is going to launch November 13th, 2008. This is the second expansion for World of Warcraft and it looks like it’s going to be a real blockbuster. The original launch of World of Warcraft four years ago was so big that Blizzard was caught flat-footed. Servers were overloaded and for a time it seemed that the game was too successful. Eventually, Blizzard caught up. By the time the first expansion launched the server problems all seemed to be smoothed out and now the game has over 10 million subscribers. Anyhow, WoW is a great game that is completely worth checking out. It’s not perfect, but it’s always getting better. If you want to pre-order you can do so at Best Buy, Amazon, Gamestop, or most other retailers.

Most gamers don’t know much about the game studios that produce their games. Of course, some people are aware of the bigger ones such as Bungie, makers of Halo, EA, makers of Madden, and Rockstar, makers of Grand Theft Auto. However, there are a lot of other companies out there that don’t seem to get the credit that they deserve. One such company is Ensemble Studios, makers of the Age of Empires series and the forthcoming Halo Wars game. (more…)