LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies is to close on 15 December, ending more than 8 years of online gameplay.

The announcement came via emails to current subscribers of the game, of which...

Is a Google Games platform incoming? If a job listing on the search giant's recruitment page is anything to go by then yes, especially as it includes the words "Google'’s gaming platform" - as big a clue as you're likely to get.

Listed...

"The undead armies of the Lich King have been vanquished, and the campaign in Northrend has come to an end. Now Azeroth faces a new threat, as Deathwing the Destroyer has burst forth from the heart of the Maelstrom, unleashing widespread devastation...

A new British website is soon to be launched that aims to help users find, play and keep track of all of their Facebook, online and smartphone games, all from the one place.

Tagged a "discovery portal", TeePee Games is the brainchild of Tony...

BT is to bundle the OnLive Gaming Service with broadband in the UK, after it entered an exclusive agreement with the Cloud computing venture. In return, BT has acquired a 2.6 per cent shareholding in OnLive Inc.

The games-on-demand service...

Google has announced it is to close down Lively, the company's social virtual world launched in July.

The news was confirmed in an official blog post, stating the project would be discontinued in December.

"We want to ensure...

Vivendi Games executive Nicholas Longano has teamed up with songwriter and producer Rodney Jerkins to work on an online virtual world based around music.

A more basic version of Second Life, the site Music Mogul will feature social-networking...

Konami has announced that Metal Gear Online, the multiplayer component of MGS4 launched in June, now has more then one million members signed up to play.

As a thank you, Konami is going to be giving out free in-game points between 25th November...

Google has announced its intentions to enter the in-game advertising sector, with a post on its Adsense blog suggesting it will be targeting web-based games to begin with.

It read: "Do you develop or publish web-based games? If so, you're...

The free-to-play MMO World of Kung Fu has had its last series of upgrades and a new server before its official release on August 1.

Having been in open beta for some months, it is now about ready for it official release. The new update features...

If you've beaten all your mates at Mario Kart Wii and are looking for your next competitor, you can now take part in tournaments online and race gamers from across the world.

Every few weeks, Nintendo will start a new tournament online on...

Second Life is hitting our news pages for the second time today, this time for its plans to integrate voice chatting into its virtual world.

Linden Lab will first roll the technology out in beta to a select group of users, as sophisticated...

In a sad case of art imitating life, Second Life has suffered a number of terrorist attacks in its virtual world.

The Second Life Liberation Army, or SLLA, detonated bombs outside a virtual American Apparel store and a Reebok store.

Hasbro has announced that it's struck deals with RealNetworks subsidiaries to bring some of its best-known board games to the web.

Mr Goodliving and Zylom will help to develop online versions of Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Game of Life, and...

A new study of online gamers has revealed that about 12% show signs of addiction to playing videogames.

The wide-ranging study asked around 7000 gamers who volunteered to take part in the survey about their gaming habits in a series of two...