Video Game Genres

NOV. 8, 2011 • After noting that the number of active World of Warcraft subscribers had dropped under 11 million to 10.3 million, Activision Blizzard announced an annual pass for the MMO to [...]

NOV. 4, 2011 • Sony Online Ent. announced that two days after taking its DC Universe Online MMO free-to-play more than 120,000 new registrations had flooded in – a four times concurrent increase. [...]

NOV. 1, 2011 • The Lego Group announced that its Lego Universe MMO would be shut down on Jan. 31. Any paid subscribers still in the game by Dec. 31 will get their final month of enhanced service [...]

NOV. 1, 2011 • The one hugely popular MechWarrior franchise is set to return during the second half of 2012 in the form of a free-to-play online squad title by Vancouver-based Piranha Games. [...]

OCT. 5, 2011 • One game company that has successfully avoided the me-too, casual game approach on Facebook is Kabam. Against all of the conventional wisdom of what sells on social networks, Kabam [...]