Sony restructures to target MMO market2010-02-21 00:00:00President of Sony Computer Entertainment Kaz Hirai has taken charge of the company's online business – separate to its PlayStation division – as part of a company restructuring that will sees the platform holder aggressively pursue the online gaming market.
Current president of Sony Online entertainment J...
Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer2010-02-09 00:00:00
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t spring I took the measure of my life, and decided that my favorite video game, World of Warcraft, had to go.
I was 30, and by most objective standards, was doing pretty well. I lived in an old building in majestic Harlem, with a lovely son and partner, and made a show of wearing a suit and fedora to a job that merely requested jeans and a collar. I had a joint bank account and dental insurance. Yet, on any given day, if you'd asked me about my greatest accomplishment, it invariably began with my second lifethe one in which I was a seven-foot blue elf whose hobbies included firing crossbows, trapping wild boars and reenacting the video for Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." In May I quit because I didn't want any illusions about which of my two lives were more important.
Like most of my generation, I was raised on video games. Like most of my generation, I assumed that this obsession would pass at the proper timesay when I turned 30. But like most of my generation, I was wrong. Our assumptions were based on the idea that video games would never grow up. But no genre has worked harder to disprove that maxim than MMOGsMassively Multiplayer Online Games. Unlike with normal video games, where you interact with jus...
Blizzard Prepares World of Warcraft Update2010-02-06 00:00:00Blizzard is getting ready for the release of the second expansion for its blockbuster MMO WorldWarcraft. But before Wrath of the Lich King can present its glory to all gamers, the game will receive another
update, which seems to be massive, in the coming weeks. The idea is that the game is not ready for the expansion yet, as most of the content and features that are now available need to be "bridged" to the expansion.
The update will include new class spells, talents, plus two arenas which are specifically designed with new...