How much will Lord of Ultima Change the Online Strategy Game Marketplace?

The Online Strategy Games Blog (one of my favourite blogs after my own) has a guest article by Jonah Alexander in which he speculates about how the new Lord of Ultima game being released by EA (Electronic Arts) will affect the Online Strategy Games marketplace. I recommend reading the whole things, but here’s part of it: The addition [...]

Online Gaming and Music

If you’ve been visiting this site for a while, you’ve probably got a good idea about what my musical tastes are like.(See the Brand New video I recently posted for one example). Since I’m a pretty hardcore gamer, it probably comes as no surprise that I have specific music that I like to listen to when [...]

The Rise of Free-to-Play Online Games

I came across this while visiting Online Strategy Games: Electronic Arts is jumping into the Browser-Based Strategy Games bandwagon, with their new “Lord of Ultima” game. The website Gamesutra recently did an interview with the General Manager of their Online Games department. This interview is interesting because it shows how much their game was influenced by Travian (and [...]

Getting bang for your buck at browser-based games

Online Strategy Games did an interesting post recently where it compared the costs of premium features in some leading browser-based strategy games (including Travian). It turns out that the special features in Travian are a lot  more economical than a lot of its competitors. Follow this link to read the post and see his findings: http://osg1.com/2010/04/16/osg-bang-for-your-buck/ I’m surprised there’s such [...]

20 Awful Videogame Boxes

Heavy Magzine has an article looking at 20 of the worst video game box art ever. One of my favourites: You’ll be amazed out how bad some of the others are. Check out the complete list here: http://www.heavy.com/comedy/2010/04/the-20-worst-video-game-box-covers/

The Next Big Browser Based Game: Kung Fu Panda?

Yes, you read that correctly. You can now join the Beta Test for Kung Fu Panda Online. Read more about it here: http://news.bbgsite.com/content/2010-03-29/kung_fu_panda_world_enters_open_beta_test,1.shtml Well, it would sure be a complete change of pace from Travian.

Randomgeek’s Recommended Reading

There’s a great interview with the author of a new book called “The Warcraft Civilization” at New Scientist Magazine about the effect that online gaming is having on civilization. Here’s an excerpt that will give you something to think over: In the book you say: “WoW may have the potential to become the first real afterlife.” How? [...]

Watch out if you’re buying used Videogames

Gamestop, a retailer that sells used videogames, is getting sued for deceptive advertising. Now that the internet is fully integrated with gaming consoles, exclusive downloadable content is oftentimes only available if you buy the game brand new. But Gamestop wouldn’t say this when it was selling used games. I’m not sure if the lawsuit will [...]

Travian at the top of the Google Search Terms for Browser Based Games

Rylar from the blog Travian Guide wrote a post on the blog Online Strategy Games that lists the most searched-for Broswer Based games on Google. Travian is tied for #1 overall. Follow this link to look at the complete list: http://osg1.com/2010/03/20/osg-popularity/ Sometimes I forget just how popular Travian is, and when I see something like this it surprises [...]

You know they’ve run out of ideas when…

Check out the new robot boss for the upcoming Mega Man 10: the mighty Sheep Man!

Travian Games Merges with Online Sports Games Company

Travian Games, the company that created and develops Travian and other browser-based games has announced that they are merging with a Northworks Software, a company that owns two browser-based sports team management games, Goalunited and Ballersunited. With this merger, Travian Games now has a stable of 6 different browser-based games, with diverse offerings such as Strategy (Travian and Imperion), Role-playing [...]

Tiger Woods in new Browser Based Games

Tiger Woods may have lost a lot of sponsors due to his many affairs being exposed to the public, but Electronic Arts is sticking with Tiger and making a new Browser-Based game starring the golfer. Tiger Woods online is a sign of how the gaming industry is changing, as Electronic Arts has pretty much focused on console-based [...]

Posted Just Because I’m a Zelda Nerd…

If you’ve been paying close attention, you know I’m a huge fan of Legend of Zelda game, so I just had to link to this story from Damnlag.com: http://www.damnlag.com/articles/roundtables/235-the-best-15-zelda-songs.html They count down their top favourite 15 songs from Legend of Zelda Games. There are a few I think they missed, but I really like a lot [...]

The Biggest Earners in Competitive Gaming

Ever wondered what the most succesful professional videogame players are like? Courtesy of Playedonline.com’s Blog, here’s some interesting profiles from 5 of the biggest money earners in the world of competitive gaming: http://www.playedonline.com/blog/2010/01/20/5-biggest-earners-in-competitive-gaming Travian players are a competitive lot, so I thought they might be interested in this article. It would be really cool if [...]

Mario’s Still Got It

New Super Mario Bros Wii Hits 10 Mil, Breaks Sales Record Mama Mia!