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Free Realms is now 12 million strong, and the free-to-play tween-oriented PC game (coming someday to the PS3) currently offers a $5/month VIP subscription (less if you prepay) as well as a strong stable of "Station Cash" micropayment options for mounts, equipment, and other perks. Read more »

The EVE Online server cluster, which serves the single-shard EVE universe everyone plays in at the same time, was set to be offline yesterday during a move to a new data center home. This downtime extended past the initial 11am EST deadline into the afternoon, then into the evening, and as of 7am today is still going strong. Read more »

You are correct, last week I didn't tell you what I played over the weekend, but I have an excuse! I was on vacation with my family. It wasn't far from home, and once I saw the place we'd be staying had WiFi I happily carted along my laptop so I could spend evenings playing EVE Online watching over my sleeping youngest daughter while the wife took my older kids out for more summer fun. Read more »

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After years of admiring EVE Online from afar, I've jumped in and have finally subscribed to the dog-eat-dog sci-fi MMO thanks to my brother James jumping in a few months ahead of me. With good free-to-play MMOs out likes Runes of Magic and Dungeons & Dragons Online you might ask how I could agree to pay anything for one, but the answer is easy. I am absolutely sick of fantasy themed games. Read more »