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10 May
Industry
The Secret World Open Beta Starts Friday

Funcom starts the first of its Secret World beta weekends on Friday, May 11th, open to pre-order customers, ahead of the June 19th launch.

07 May
Industry
Fatshark Wants Your Help Naming KRATER’s Weapons

Fatshark asks the community to help name three weapons in its squad-based RPG KRATER after a designer mix-up left them nameless.

03 May
Industry Browser
The Secret War Heats Up With 200k Players

Funcom's browser-based The Secret War tie-in hits 200,000 players ahead of The Secret World MMO's June 19th launch.

01 May
Industry Mac PlayStation 3
Free Realms Celebrates Its 3rd Birthday

Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play family MMO Free Realms turns three with birthday quests, daily rewards and an in-game world event.

April 2012
30 Apr
Industry
Dominus Development Halted

Pitchblack Games has halted development of its sandbox MMO Dominus, telling its community it couldn't deliver the game with the resources it had.

30 Apr
Industry
Nickelodeon’s Monkey Quest MMO Reaches a Landmark

Nickelodeon's kids' MMO Monkey Quest hits 10 million registered users in its first year, the fastest-growing kids' virtual world, marked with in-game gifts.

28 Apr
Industry
Happy 8th Anniversary, Lineage II

NCSoft's grind-heavy MMO Lineage II celebrates its 8th anniversary with a month of giveaways, new content and developer events.

27 Apr
Industry Browser
More Languages Announced as Forge of Empires Beta Picks Up Pace

InnoGames is adding French, Dutch, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese to its city-building browser game Forge of Empires as its open beta gains momentum.

February 2000
29 Feb
Industry
Microsoft Opens Baseball 2001 Web Site

Microsoft launches the official Baseball 2001 site with screenshots, features, and a trial version planned for spring.