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Donate EVE ISK to help disaster relief efforts in Japan
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Economy, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items When it comes to collecting aid for disaster relief, EVE Online developer CCP Games has a unique way of...
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NCsoft makes multi-million dollar Japanese relief donation
Filed under: Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items, Miscellaneous Earlier we told you about Hi-Rez Studios and its efforts to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. NCsoft is also...
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The Mog Log: Blackout
Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log It's really hard to find the heart to talk about anything related to Final...
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SOE rewards players for aiding Japan's relief effort
Filed under: EverQuest, EverQuest II, Events, real-world, News items, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, Clone Wars Adventures, EverQuest Next In case you haven't been paying attention to the world,...
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Perfect World Entertainment offers Japanese disaster relief across multiple...
Filed under: Fantasy, Perfect World International, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Ether Saga Online, Jade Dynasty, Battle of the Immortals MMO industry efforts to rebuild...
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EVE Online players raise over $44,000 for Japan relief fund
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Economy, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items Never let it be said that gamers don't have big hearts. When Japan was hit by an earthquake and the...
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Hello Kitty Online donates $6,000 to Japanese earthquake relief fund
Filed under: Fantasy, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Hello Kitty Online, Kids, Family It's been inspiring to see how many people have stepped up following the tragic Japanese earthquake and...
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Sony loses $3.2B, spends $170M in response to hacker attacks
Filed under: MMO industry, Legal, Miscellaneous Sony's bad year is getting a smidge worse. The company, which had previously predicted a healthy profit for the past fiscal year, is now expecting a loss...
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gPotato players pitch in to help Japan relief effort
Filed under: Events, real-world, MMO industry, Rappelz, Miscellaneous While March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan is no longer in the headlines, relief and recovery efforts go on -- and will continue...
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World of Warcraft pet sales contribute over $1.9 million to Red Cross
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items In May, Blizzard announced that sales of the Moonkin Hatchling in-game pet had raised $800,000 for the...
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Fujifilm resumes production on X100 cameras, new-age vintage is rolling again
Fujifilm has a hit on its hands with the retrotastic X100 camera, selling for a whopping $1,200 but still flying off shelves. That popularity resulted in some shortages, and a stoppage of production...
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Softbank to offer free phones to earthquake orphans, free replacement for...
Following the catastrophic earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, surviving victims from the affected region are going to face a tough time over the coming months, if not years. Many of those who are more...
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Perfect World Entertainment offers Japanese disaster relief across multiple...
MMO industry efforts to rebuild Japan continue, as free-to-play titan Perfect World Entertainment is lending its considerable weight to the cause. The firm is donating 50% of the proceeds from special...
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iRobot, QinetiQ machines to assist in Japan relief effort
A few weeks ago, it looked like robots would play a relatively small role in recovery efforts following the earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis in Japan, but as concern grows over radiation...
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Sony CEO casually mentions he's supplying cameras to Apple
We were tempted to call it an April Fools' joke, but it seems the story's true: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer reportedly let slip that his company is producing cameras for the next batch of iPhones and...
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EVE Online players raise over $44,000 for Japan relief fund
Never let it be said that gamers don't have big hearts. When Japan was hit by an earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, people around the world stepped up to donate to disaster relief programs. Several...
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Softbank's CEO donating ¥10 billion to Japan's quake-affected region
Softbank already stepped up to the plate by offering gratis handsets to earthquake orphans following the horrific events that transpired last month, but now the outfit's CEO is doing one better. ¥10...
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo delayed to Q3, Arc and Play facing limited supply...
There hasn't been much good news coming out of Japan lately and this sadly keeps up with the unhappy trend. Sony Ericsson has officially bumped the broad launch (it's already available in limited...
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Hello Kitty Online donates $6,000 to Japanese earthquake relief fund
It's been inspiring to see how many people have stepped up following the tragic Japanese earthquake and tsunami a month ago, including gamers and studios. Sanrio Digital rallied Hello Kitty Online...
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iRobot Packbots enter Fukushima nuclear plant to gather data, take photos,...
iRobot recently deployed a pair of robots to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, where intense levels of radiation have made it increasingly dangerous for human rescue workers to operate....
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