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Mytheon Closed Beta Key Give Away - The Mytheon-True Games team has kindly provided WarCry with beta keys for the game's closed beta. To grab YOUR chance at mythological mayhem, keep reading!
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The following was just posted to Gamasutra News

This is a great kit to use to build your fan or guild site with.

AUSTIN, Texas - (February 17, 2009) -- True Games Interactive, an international multi-player online game developer and publisher, and award-winning developer, Petroglyph, announced today that they have launched an all-new Fan Site Creation Kit for Mytheon ( www.Mytheongame.com), their upcoming Action-RPG MMO with strategic game play which is due to launch Spring 2010. The new kit offers exciting new concept art and screen shots, audio files, and all the necessary components to make a fun and engaging fansite for Mytheon. The fansite kit can be downloaded from:

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I am showing the last 20 updates from Engadget on new items from the CES Internation 2010 show.

Go look at all the new products for this years 2010 Consumer Electronics Show.

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If you like point and click type games like Diablo and Neverwinter Nights, you will want to check out this game.

Head over to Mytheon and sign up and join the fun. This game is going to be a free to play game when it launches.

To quote "http://www.betawatcher.com/"

"True Games Interactive has teamed up with developer Petroglyph to bring you MYTHEON; an exciting online action-RPG in a unique mythological setting. Closed Beta participants are now being selected! What can you accomplish in Mytheon? Defeat the gods and create your own myth, use strategic combat and combine it with endlessly collectable Power Stones, cast deadly spells, summon mythical creatures and powerful structures, and craft rare Power Stones to enhance your arsenal! Sign up for Closed Beta now!"

Fall of the Lich King Trailer - Title speaks for itself. Behold the awesomeness that is, the Fall of the Lich King. [WOW News Vault]

Well, no words can express this video, so I will let it speak for itself.

The following was posted on November 15th in Yahoo games.

Electronic Arts Announces Earnings, Layoffs - Within hours of confirmation that Electronic Arts had acquired social game developer Playfish, the company also confirmed that it would lay off 1,500 workers despite announcing record digital revenues of $138 million for Q2 2009 (up 23% year-over-year). Despite digital... [Virtual World News]

I hate to say this, but I mentioned this coming to pass when they first acquired Mytic Entertainment. I feel bad right now because I am still looking for employment and I know many of the folks who were just laid off.

Electronic Arts Acquires Playfish - Electronic Arts Inc. today announced it has acquired social games developer Playfish. The terms of the acquisition were a cash payment of approximately US$275 million with an additional variable cash consideration of up to $100 million, contingent upon the achievement... [Virtual World News]

Ok, so this is an interesting change of events. With the announcement of EA making cutbacks this news is concerning. I wonder if there is any correlation between the two.

Today, Bioware just announced their new class to the upcoming online MMO, Star Wars The Old Republic.

The following link will take you directly to the game site setup for this class: Click here to go to the Jedi Knight information page

I have been waiting for this to be announced for quite a while, since AGDC (Austin Game Developer Conference). There was some chatter about it, however no official word. Well, I guess the official word is out now.

GDC Austin: Playfish's Friend Distribution Strategy - The social gaming space is a new beast. Sebastian de Halleaux, COO of Pet Society developer Playfish, used his GDC Austin keynote to liken companies who integrate their games with networks like Facebook and MySpace as the small agile mammals scurrying around the feet of dinosaurs. Playfish does a lot of things differently than packaged game retailers. The company began in 2007 with the launch of the Facebook trivia game, Who Has The Biggest Brain. ...