I am yet to play Skyrim, disappointing right? Although from the people who have been consistently talking to me about it for the past two weeks have told me that there are quite a few glitches and bugs. This is of course to be expected and thankfully Bethesda aren't taking chances; they will be patching the game this Wednesday in order to fix the following problems: - Fixed issue where texture... more.

The LEGO Universe MMO will be closed down at the end of January, The LEGO Group has announced. Despite having nearly two million players, the game has not been able to encourage enough of them to move from playing for free to becoming regular subscribers, and will be shut down on 31st January 2012. Vice President, Lego Universe, Jesper Vilstrup said: The LEGO Universe team can take pride in... more.

Last week we reported that Sony's Superhero MMO DC Universe Online was moving to a free-to-play model. Now it looks like, in the short-term at least, that move has been hugely successful. President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley recently reported via twitter: wow. Over 120k PC registrations in 2 days for DCUO PC. 4x concurrent increase. Big TV and online campaign coming later in Novemb... more.

EA's winter blockbuster Battlefield 3 has been confirmed to use the online pass system that EA has pushed quite hard over the last few years. As with all other titles that employ this system, all new copies of Battlefield 3 will come with the online pass while anyone who buys Battlefield 3 used will need to buy the online pass. The online pass will unlock all of the games multiplayer component ... more.

Nintendo aren't really known for their presence in the realm of online gaming, their services are pretty lacking compared to that of the Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE and as far as we know Nintendo aren't changing any time soon. Nintendo applied for a game-related patent in February 2010 and it was published last week. The title of said patent was "Massively Single-Player Online Game" and... more.

If you were one of the many people who purchased a copy of Final Fantasy XIV for PC - depending on trial to convince to whether the game is for you, whether the price of admission is worth it. You are in luck, today Square Enix announced they are doubling the trial period for players - you now have an impressive 60 days to explode the plains. ... more.

In a recent interview with Silicon Valley bureau of Forbes during E3 2010 Square Enix's chief executive Yoichi Wada had some interesting things to say in regards to Square Enix titles in the future. "In all of the games we will be releasing going forward, some kind of multiplayer element will be incorporated one way or another," Wada said he expanded upon this by saying  "It is not as if all t... more.

Are you a Final Fantasy fan? Did you watch E3 2010? Take a look what you fans have in store for yourselves come release day of Final Fantasy XIV. [youtube width="640" height="385"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yW9mQ8fCCA[/youtube]... more.

In recent months EA, among other publishers, have tried their best to combat the pre-owned games market and bring in as much money for themselves as possible. Now EA have taken another step in doing so with the announcement of their "Online Pass" for their sports games. The concept is simple - every new game comes with a code which must be used to access certain features of the game. Without th... more.

Epic have recently shed some light on the subject of the state of Gears of War 2 online, mostly regarding match making. Cliff Bleszinski acknowledges the problems with Gears of War 2 multiplayer and has pledged that Epic have taken steps to improve the online experience of Gears of War 3. Bleszinski had a few things to say about the match making system calling it very clunky and very rarely worke... more.

Games recruitment site, GamesRecruit, may have leaked some vital information about the upcoming and rather secretive Fable III. An article on the website says that “The role involves converting and maintaining the network code of the Xbox 360 version of Fable III to the PC, and enabling the Xbox 360 version and PC version to play together.” The post then goes on to add that successful applic... more.

EA games have decided to drop the online support for more of their online games. Much like they did not so long ago with some of their 07/08 game, EA will be closing the servers making it impossible for you to play them online. Although the games are old, this does come as a blow to many players as they will no longer be able to gain the online achievements. The following games will be affected..... more.

Bungie and Microsoft have announced that the highly anticipated Halo Reach Beta will be coming to Xbox 360 on May 3rd 2010. Previously set as a "Spring 2010" release date, this date is now confirmed. To enjoy the Halo Reach beta you will need a copy of Halo 3: ODST so that you can open it from the Main Menu. This beta could be revolutionary to the series or completely ruin it, only time will tel... more.

EA have made a very broad statement that every single one of their Fiscal Year 2011 titles will feature both online of some sort and Downloadable Content. The games included within this time frame and therefore the statement include Dead Space 2, Need for Speed, Crysis 2 and several yet to be named titles. This could mean big money for EA but also mean you get that little bit more from your money... more.