1. World of Warcraft: 52.09%
2. Lineage: 12.0%
3. Lineage 2: 10.4%
4. Runescape: 6.4%
5. Final Fantasy XI: 4.0%

Check out the entire graph here. Interesting fact, Everquest and Everquest II are way down there at the 1% margin...  So much for competition.

Seal of Corruption

Requires Level 70
882 Mana30 yd range
2 sec cast
Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1044 Shadow damage over 18 sec. When the target takes 1044 total damage, the seed will inflict 1110 to 1290 Shadow damage to all enemies within 15 yards of the target.

Wool... imagine spamming that in the middle of AV... See the rest here.

Khaz’goroth was dying before the transfers began. Since then, the population of the World of Warcraft server has spiralled out of control, to the point where prime time is marred by queues of 800 odd people just trying to log in.

For those playing on the server this was just another step on the good intentioned paved road to hell, a path that started the day World of Warcraft was launched.

If you're from either of these two locations, you'll find this interesting.

• End Game Rades will be capped at 25 man, rather than 40.
• Many End Game instances are 10 man.
• Eng Game instances will come in multiple difficulty levels, with increasingly better loot. So you can visit an instance at Level 60, Level 70 Green, and then Level 70 Purple.
• PvP Rewards will now be purchased by PvP Points, rather than a competitive grind.
• Arena's will be introduced to allow teams of players to fight each other.

Sounds great. Read more in the preview.

1. Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures- THQ
2. Civilization IV: Warlords - 2K Games
3. World of Warcraft - Vivendi
4. The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts
5. Nancy Drew: Danger by Design - Her Interactive
6. The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff - Electronic Arts
7. The Sims 2: Open For Business - Electronic Arts
8. Civilization IV - 2K Games
9. Guild Wars Factions- NCsoft
10. Titan Quest - THQ

Not bad for a 18 month old MMORPG!

This week, though, the myriad Blizzard RTS fans got some good news, courtesy of a job posting on the official Blizzard Web site. The company is now currently accepting resumes for the position of "Level Designer" with "experience building levels using any popular 3D Real-Time Strategy game toolset." (Emphasis added.) Candidates must have "experience creating levels in [a] 3D RTS game toolset" such as those used in Rise of Legends, Command & Conquer, and--drum roll--Warcraft III.

While the job posting appears to be proof positive that Blizzard is working on a new RTS game--which some speculate is Starcraft II--reps for the Vivendi-owned studio weren't tipping their hand. "We have some unannounced projects in development," a rep told GameSpot, "and we'll be revealing more information about those at a later date."

In addition, Blizzard has made a release statement that it has pulled people from the console development team:

Following "an extensive evaluation of the company's aggressive development plans," the traditionally PC-centric developer now "plans to strengthen its current development efforts by refocusing key members of its console team on other projects."

The only currently announced console title in development... and on permanent hold at that, is Starcraft: Ghost. We also know that Blizzard is currently developming one unannounced project. Could it be Starcraft 2? Please let it be so!

Kudos to Firefly for the news.

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Good news, considering other notable releases like Civilisation 4 and Half-Life 2 did not.