Perfect World International is a Chinese mythology fantasy based mmorpg developed originally by 'Beijing Perfect World', several versions are now on the market catering to a variety of languages. Perfect World International is primarily for English speaking players...

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2001

RMT- Real Money Trading

Everquest bans the use of players buying and selling their virtual goods with real money. Companies such as E-bay begin to support Everquests stance and enforce it by removing any 'illegal' auctions from its site.

DarkSpace

Sci-fi mmorpg DarkSpace goes live. Originally called DeepSpace by development company Palestar. The game enjoys relative popularity and respectable player counts even today, relying heavily on volunteer staff to run the site, boards, and the game itself.

Runescape

RuneScape goes live. A browser based mmorpg, Runescape developed a cult like following of players with roughly 5 million free accounts and one million paid accounts. RuneScape's popularity is partially attributable to being accessible from most web browsers allowing players to play the game in many locations.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Testing Begins

LucasArts has confirmed that the Star Wars: The Old Republic 'game test' is underway. Those chosen will be notified by email, and if you have yet to sign up you can still do so here.

Game Testing for Star Wars: The Old Republic is underway! Those selected to test will gain access to the game and be able to provide valuable feedback to help tune particular areas of gameplay and begin the process of balancing and tweaking content.

Game Testing is an on-going process being rolled out in several phases. These phases began with smaller, more focused tests with community members from North America, and later will expand to other territories. Users selected for the test program will be notified via email with more information on accessing the Game Testing Portal. Those not chosen yet may be selected in the next wave!

For those who haven’t signed up already, it’s definitely not too late! Those who are interested but are not already a member of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community need only visit the official site to sign up, and then check the box to indicate they are interested in becoming a tester. For those who are already a member of the community, they can go to the Game Testing Portal to opt in for the testing program. Note that you must be at least 18 years of age to...

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• October 08, 2001 – Civilization III goes gold.
• October 10, 1994 – DOOM II released.
• October 14, 1996 – Planet Quake is born.
• October 14, 2004 – Zoo Tycoon 2 goes gold.
• October 18, 2004 – Half-Life 2 goes gold.
• October 19, 2001 – Zoo Tycoon released.
• October 23, 2000 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 released.
• October 30, 2001 – Aliens vs. Predator 2 released.
• October 31, 1996 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert released.

Birthdays

• 14th – Paul Jaquays (Ensemble Studios)
• 28th – John Romero

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