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Opinion Isn't character progression the main motivation for playing MMOs?

Fans of classic Marvel superhero comics will be no less than thrilled to hear that a massively multiplayer online game based on the comic's roster of costumed crime-fighters is back in development.

EverQuest and World of Warcraft now big enough to mirror real life

Why is it that after 25 years, the enduring mechanic for modelling player damage in computer games is the hit point?

Latest race-creating demo from Comic Con prompts Klingon hype

MMO luminary Richard Garriott, most recently in the news for blasting off into space, is having the plug pulled on his last game, Tabula Rasa, by publisher NCSoft.

Britain's mainstream media have been quick to cover the unfortunate story of a young World Of Warcraft gamer collapsing after a lengthy session on Blizzard's massively popular MMO.

World of Warcraft is now played by over 11 million gamers, according to a Blizzard press release, with Azeroth's online population growing by a million players in the last 10 months.

Cryptic Studios enlisted none other than Mr Spock (Leonard Nimoy) to unveil the first details on its Star Trek Online MMO at the annual Trekkie Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, this weekend.

Is the theft of virtual property a real crime?