Virtual Worlds News

There is apparently a new way to remain within the safe, warm universe that is World of Warcraft: Tweetcraft .

Live event runs through July 6th. June 30, 2009 - With summer officially underway, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is honoring the 4th of July holiday with a live event which kicked off last week and runs through Monday, July 6th at 8:00 am ET.

An authority on the trade in virtual items and currencies has discredited claims earlier this week that the Chinese government had banned gold farming .

Ubisoft is now the hero of every prospective Heroes of Europe player, having just announced that it will publish the World War II flight simulator on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.

Linden Lab 's Second Life virtual universe continues to prosper and grow despite the gloomy economy of the real world, and is shifting its attention to helping mix the two realities.

Veteran gaming man Dave Perry has shown off his OnLive-rivalling cloud gaming service Gaikai in a new video that is drawing a lot of attention.

The buying and selling of the make-believe currencies used in online gaming has become so widespread that Chinese authorities fear it will affect the real economy.

Posted by: John at 6/29/2009 6:26 AM - Comments One of the great things about the original StarCraft as well as Warcraft games was the ability to setup a LAN to play.

SAN DIEGO, CA: June 30, 2008: Metaplace, the open virtual worlds platform, today announced that any virtual world created on Metaplace can now be easily embedded into any webpage, enabling virtual worlds to become as pervasive as web applications.

NCSoft today launched Issue 15: Anniversary , the next patch for City of Heroes , the comic-book inspired MMO.

The Chinese government's Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Commerce has announced that, "The virtual currency, which is converted into real money at a certain exchange rate, will only be allowed to trade in virtual goods and services provided by its issuer, not real goods and services." Information Week says that "The ruling is likely to affect ...

A Glen Carbon woman who allegedly showed nude photographs of herself to two boys should have to register as a sex offender, says the mother of one of the boys.

The Mountain Dew / World of Warcraft cross-promotional spot brought together some all-star players to handle these iconic brands.

When StarCraft II was unveiled in 2007, observers remarked on how far along the project already appeared to be.

Since late 2007, I have touted the revolutionary training, product design, and test capabilities of virtual worlds like Second Life .

Former Star Trek: Voyager star Jeri Ryan is set to play a recurring role on the TNT vigilante drama "Leverage," which begins its second season next month.

The Proudmoore Pride 2009 World of Warcraft parade that you see in the gallery and video above is the virtual answer to the annual gay pride festivals that take place in cities around the world.

Listed in: Nintendo DS , Wii , PlayStation 3 , PSP , Xbox 360 , Games for Windows Tags: O 5 Pretty soon Australian gamers won't be able to access anymore those websites that host and sell games which the government deems to contain content "edgier" than what is allowed under an MA-15+ rating.

Usually reserved for companies whose pollutants cause fish to grow extra eyeballs and automobile manufacturers whose wheels fall off at speeds greater than 100 miles per hour, Square Enix has become the target of a class action lawsuit.