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Harold Camping should be playing Rift if he wants some idea of what the Rapture might feel like. For me, that feeling came not long after I finished downloading patch 1.3 and logged out of my server’s deserted and dreary Guardian capital for the last time on Tuesday. I said no goodbyes, and I didn’t…

Accuse me of hyperbole if you wish, but I haven’t been so surprised by a fighting game since I first played Street Fighter II on the SNES back in 1992. That’s not because Nekki’s Shadow Fight is particularly revolutionary (most of its charm springs from its successful mimicry of other fighters), but because it’s the…

I suspect that the village of Goldshire on the U.S.-based Moon Guard server will maintain its raunchy reputation down to the very death of World of Warcraft. Headline-grabbing raiding guilds have come and gone, entire cities such as Shattrath and Dalaran have boomed and fallen, but through it all the hamlet’s Lion’s Pride Inn has…

I wish I could say that I felt a great disturbance in the Force when I learned that Sony Online Entertainment would be pulling the plug on Star Wars Galaxies on December 15, 2011. For that matter, I wish I could remember my login information. In fact, I’m a little ashamed to admit that the…

Peggle is now on Facebook, although chances are that you haven’t seen it advertised during your daily bouts with Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz. Here, it’s known as HotShot to its rapidly growing legions of fans, and it was created by a small studio that has nothing to do with PopCap or its wildly popular…

It’s pretty eerie when you walk into the main plaza in the Alliance capital of Stormwind, only to see absolutely no one there. On most servers, this little cluster of buildings is where dozens of players gather to trade, whine about life, or show off their mounts and gear — but it’s not uncommon for…

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While it’s not without its flaws, Kixeye’s Battle Pirates is a shining example of just how far Facebook has evolved as a gaming platform in the last couple of years. The concept isn’t terribly different from the studio’s successful Backyard Monsters, but the welcome innovation of battling other players in real time marks a significant…