How’s this for a Halloween gimmick? In line with its monthly introduction of the cast of characters for upcoming massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online, Sony Online Entertainment has just revealed the newest addition to the title’s growing roster, Bizarro.

Bizarro indeed needs no mask to scare pesky children on a trick-or-treat spree on Halloween. For those unfamiliar with this Frankenstein’s Superman, Bizarro is a fictional supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics.
As a testament to the popularity of Bizarro, his name, however fictitious it may be, is often used to describe anything that uses twisted logic …read more

Level Up! Games, an online games publisher based in the Philippines, is set to launch a new massively multiplayer online first-person shooter. As to which game it is, everybody but executives of the gaming giant remains in the dark.
“We are very excited to launch this new game, ad we are confident that this will be the first-person shooter that Filipino gamers will be talking about and getting their action gaming fix from,” said Jane Walker, chief executive officer of Level Up! Games, in a statement.
The only clue that Level Up! has given as to the title of the online game …read more

Great news for players and fans of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Trickster Online: A New Discovery. This October 7th, Wednesday, online games publisher Ntreev USA Inc. will launch Trickster’s Episode 5, which ushers in 11 new maps to explore and 28 new quests to complete.
ubbed the “Rebirth of Memories,” the new patch also brings back the Hallow Twins, Nyxx and Noxx, albeit for a limited time only, from October 7th to November 4th. Of course, no Halloween celebration is complete without special holiday-themed items.
In Episode 5 of Trickster Online: A New Discovery, characters will be catapulted into the …read more

Oliver Queen has finally made his introductions in the much-anticipated massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online from Sony Online Entertainment. For those of you who are unaware of the world of comic books, Oliver Queen, fondly called Ollie by his equally fictional friends, is the alter ego of the well-loved comic book hero The Green Arrow.
Awww, but The Green Arrow isn’t exactly super by some standards, so what is he doing in DC Universe Online. Well, for starters, that’s probably why he’s a well-liked chap. Ollie’s lack of any super powers endears him to a lot of DC Comics …read more

Uforia, publisher of the upcoming massively multiplayer online first-person shooter Mercenary Wars, has finally released details about the game’s Character Stat System which, according to the developers, sets it apart from other MMOFPS, both online and offline.
Okay, enough with the jokes that Mercenary Wars is just another Counter-Strike clone. Although it can’t be denied that the game indeed looks a lot like other MMOFPS out on the market, it does have its merits. Just the fact that it has a built-in “bot” system where instead of fragging other players you get to shoot down heartless computer-controlled sprites adds a whole …read more

So there I was, minding my own business, just surfing the Net for useful information about the latest massively multiplayer online games when I came across an announcement on a website proclaiming a closed beta test for an online volleyball game. Nothing amiss there, I thought. Just another test for some online game trying to reach the top.
Then suddenly it hit me. I read the headline again, “YetimeNet Will CB Hot Volleyball on September 17th.” Was this Hot Volleyball the same as the Beach Volleyball that MMOtaku featured in October last year?
Let’s take a look at the two announcement stories …read more

Finally, some action! The second chapter of Runes of Magic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Runewaker Entertainment and published in North America by Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, is at hand, and so are the able swords and bows of the Elves.
Yes, you heard that right—a new race! Enough playing with stocky humans. Now you have the chance to play graceful elves—that is, if the elves in Runes of Magic conform to the stereotype of elves in different RPG lore. Here’s hoping that the females of the new race appear, well, more feminine.

Fallen Earth LLC has just come out with the announcement that its self-titled massively multiplayer online game will be launched on September 22, 2009. This comes at the heels of a previous announcement on a one-week postponement of Fallen Earth, from September 9th to September 15th.

Obviously, the earlier announcement has been rescinded. Here’s the reason behind the latest postponement:
“Our main focus is to make sure that Fallen Earth is easily accessible to as many fans as possible,” said Jessica Orr, product manager for Fallen Earth. “We are working on initiatives that are near fruition and we simply need more time.”
Take …read more

North America-based online games publisher Uforia has just released details on the gameplay modes available in its upcoming online military first-person shooter Mercenary Wars. Veterans of first-person shooters, from the golden age that spawned hit titles like Doom, Quake and Half-Life down to the current batch of MMOFPS, will feel a degree of familiarity once they get their hands on Uforia’s new baby.
This is both a good and bad thing. Some players who have outgrown the slug fest of Counter-Strike may find Mercenary Wars a breath of fresh air in the sea of massively multiplayer online first-person shooters. Similarly, other …read more

IP E-Games, a publisher of online games in the Philippines, has finally broken its silence on what they hope will be the next big massively multiplayer online role-playing game hit. The alpha site of Runes of Magic Philippines is up and running but lacks depth. At present, it only contains a link to a registration page and a video of the game.
To be honest, I’ve known about the plan of E-Games to launch Runes of Magic, an MMORPG developed by Taiwan-based Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the North American and European market by Frogster Interactive, in the Philippines for quite …read more