Thousand-strong battles are top priority. CCP has given a "specialised" EVE Online dev-squad "carte blanche" to tackle in-game lag issues that have the community up in arms. "CCP has invested significant time and resources throughout EVE's history on increasing the performance of fleet fights. We've always had a team of developers devoted ...

Besides RuneScape, besides Stellar Dawn. Mark Gerhard has told Eurogamer that Jagex has a third, fantasy MMO in addition to RuneScape and Stellar Dawn. "We do, we totally do. We're working on it as we speak," he said in an interview published today. "A lot of what we've done to push the boundary ...

"What if Nintendo built Google Earth?" APB developer Realtime Worlds has given the first glimpse of Project: MyWorld, a social game set in a 3D recreation of the real world that players help build themselves. "What would it look like if Nintendo built Google Earth?" reads the blurb on the game's site. "Project: ...

New level cap, game price slashed to $20. Atari and Cryptic have launched Season Two of their space MMO Star Trek Online, and cut the price of the retail game to $19.99. The Season Two: Ancient Enemies update increases the level cap to 51, including new ranks to progress through in both ...

Original subs service to continue, too. EverQuest II is the latest subscription MMO to jump on the free-to-play bandwagon. Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it's to launch a free service called EverQuest II Extended later this year. A beta test for Extended is expected to begin "on or around" 17th August. The ...

Seven combat, 11 trade disciplines. Square Enix has revealed that its new MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online will feature 18 character classes, or disciplines, at launch. The confirmation comes in the latest Famitsu, as revealed by FFXIV Core. The tally matches the number of classes detailed to date on the game's game's official ...

TV and Arkham's Batman and Joker return. Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Mark Hamill will voice The Joker and Kevin Conroy will play Batman in its superhero MMO, DC Universe Online. The pair are more than familiar with the roles, having played the Gotham antagonists in classic cartoon Batman: The Animated ...

Pre-order for early access. Racing MMO Need for Speed World will be available to download on 27th July, EA has confirmed. Those who pre-order will get early access, starting on 20th July. NFSW, which is very much safe for work, is in development over at Black Box in Canada. Read more...

EU players to get £40 to spend in Store. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons Online will officially go free-to-play in Europe next month, Eurogamer can exclusively reveal. Currently, the free-to-play version of Dungeons & Dragons Online, dubbed Unlimited, is exclusive to North America, although UK players have reported that ...

For both PC and PS3. Also: pre-orders. Sony Online Entertainment has opened registration for the beta test for its superhero MMO, DC Universe Online. Thanks, Massively. There are options to sign up to test the game on either PS3 or PC. You'll need one of SOE's Station accounts to put your name ...