Some big news came out of Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, the developers of the highly anticipated but financially plagued Stargate Worlds (an MMORPG set in the Stargate universe), as FireSky, the publishers for SGW, have officially confirmed that CME has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Now, while there have been some fairly big shakeups in the company as a result of the filing, fans may or may not be happy to hear that the bankruptcy filing does not mean that CME will have to give up their development rights on this popular title.

Gabriel_FS, the CME Community Manager, notes that "Chapter 11 simply allows a company to restructure its

source ZAM
On the 22nd of January, 2010 Calthine and Kain were privileged to be invited on the EverQuest II Beta Tour for the new Sentinel's Fate expansion. Sentinel's Fate will have an early access launch on February 16 and will open for everyone February 22.  Christine “Kiara” Renzetti, EQII Community Manager, did a good job of wrangling people into the right areas and explaining a little about each of them. Developers Carl “Gninja” Mora and Brett “Timetravelling” Scheinert were on-hand to give us a more in-depth information

Global Agenda, ZAM's "Best in Show" pick in last year's PAX Awards, is almost here! In anticipation of its February 1st release (as well as ZAM's upcoming preview, which you can expect any day now), we're devoting this installment of "What We Know So Far" to Hi-Rez Studios' ambitious third-person shooter. More than a year ago, the indie developers at Hi-Rez promised a unique MMORPG/FPS hybrid; a sci-fi themed action shooter with a "secret agent" back-story, dubbing its unique genre as "spy-fi".

Posted Jan 20, 2010 by Michael Bitton Duck and Cover is reporting that Bethesda is seeking to redact details about a "World of Warcraft" type MMOG that they have been secretly working on since around 2006, which is being funded with "tens of millions of dollars" and staffed with "close to a hundred people" from court transcripts from their ongoing case with Interplay.  VG 24/7 has additional details on the story, and is comfortably reporting that the game is indeed an Elder Scrolls MMOG as they have

Have you ever wanted to play an MMO that pokes fun at the genre and focuses more on humor than swords or superheroes? Well, you may want to keep an eye out for Kung Foo, Perfect World Entertainment's upcoming game that "has no qualms in making fun of other MMOs, taking their lunch money and then dating their sister."

PWI hasn't released much information yet about the game, but you can currently sign up for e-mail updates on the teaser site. The first letter explains that the meaning of life is bunnies and reveals that beta invites will be sent out to players who ask "pretty please with a cherry on top." You can read the full letter after the jump.

HIIIYAH!!!

Congratulations on taking the first step towards learning about the world that is Kung Foo! While other MMOs make false promises that try to entice you to do the same action over and over again, Kung Foo! promises to uncover the meaning of life: Bunnies!!!

Collector's Highlights

Magic: The Gathering 2010 Core Set features 249 black-bordered cards, including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards in the set. It is available in booster packs, intro packs, and fat packs.

The Purifying Fire
by Laura Resnick

10 Reasons You Must Play Torchlight - by Matt Peckham

Runic Games' $20 loot-leavened action-roleplaying game Torchlight just went live across a slew of digital download services. You can grab it immediately from Perfect World Entertainment, Steam, GamersGate, Encore, Gameware.at, WildTangent and Direct2Drive. Judging from my time with the game so far, I'd say you probably should (buy it, that is) verging on an enthusiastic "definitely."