The lead article in the Harvard Business Review for the May, 2008 issue is from consultancy Seriosity and IBM and once again argues Seriosity's thesis that the next generation of business leaders are best culled from the people who have proven their abilities to cultivate teams within massively multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft. more...

Turbine and Codemasters plan to release a retail expansion for their massively multiplayer online game The Lord of the Rings Online. Late this year, they will launch The Mines of Moria, marking the beginning of Volume II and six new books of content for The Lord of the Rings Online. more...

Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died yesterday at age 69. Gygax’s influence on hobby games and pencil & paper is unquestionably enormous, but many gamers are not aware of his indirect impact on computer and video games. more...

In his lecture at Games Developers Conference about his upcoming, non-standard, GTA inspired new MMOG APB (All Points Bullets), GTA father Dave Jones also commentend on MMOGs in general, using the example of World of WarCraft. more...

Vivendi Games has just announced that their Massively Multiplayer Online Game World of WarCraft, created and maintained by Blizzard, has surpassed the mark of 10 million subscribers worldwide. 2,5 million of that number are North American players, 2 million hail from Europe, but the overwhelming majority is located in Asia: 5,5 million. more...

The Minnesota Zoo, in partnership with eduweb (and a variety of wolf-related organizations) is launching WolfQuest. The game is free to play and can be downloaded for the PC or Mac. more...

According to a recent community Q&A by GSC Game World, the makers of STALKER, there is a possible chance that the irradiated shooter can turn into a MMOG. GSC Game Worlds says: more...

On Wednesday, a new major content update was introduced into NCsoft’s massively multiplayer online game Lineage II called “The First Throne: The Kamael.” The expansion adds a new playable race, new lands and new battles for this PvP-centric game. more...

The word “W00t,” defined as an expression of joy in the same class as “yay,” was voted the 2007 Word of the Year in Merriam-Webster OnLine’s recent Word of the Year survey.

The 20 candidates for the survey were identified from frequent searches on Merriam-Webster OnLine, the online dictionary from the well-known dictionary publisher. more...

Eve Online players may want to be careful when upgrading to the recent Trinity graphics and content update. According to this post on the official forums, upgrading can corrupt PCs running Windows XP. more...