The below is a new high definition video trailer for the Dragon Age Origins: The Golems of Agarrak.

ragon Age Origins: The Golems of Agarrak is set to release on August 10, 2010.

The trailer is about 1 minute long. Check it out below……………………………………………..

We have written frequently about the Land of Chaos Online (LOCO) massively multiplayer online role playing game.

The Open Beta for the LOCO MMORPG starts on August 3, 2010.

Check out the below new high definition Open Beta trailer. The video is about 2.5 minutes long………………….

We have written frequently about social game developer Playdom.

Very shortly we expect an announcement that Disney will acquire Playdom. Disney is already a large investor in Playdom ($33 million out of total $76 million raised) and multiple sources have reported that the deal is in the final stages.

The estimated value of Playdom is about $340 million. Disney also recently acquired iPhone and Android mobile game developer Tapulous for about $35 million.

It looks like Disney is making big moves into the social and mobile gaming arena……………………..

We have written frequently about the repeated failures of Darkfall Online. In this latest case Aventurine has delayed the Player vs Environment expansion that was over-hyped and sold as the solution to all problems.

The outspoken lead developer Tasos Flambouras posted recently that six months of work have only resulted in more instability for the client and the expansion will be delayed indefinitely despite the optimistic quote: “Realistically, we’re looking at a few more weeks of work and testing on this. In the meanwhile we’ll also use this time to add more features to the expansion and if possible further expand the dungeon update…..We’ll give you a new ETA as soon as we have a handle on what exactly is wrong and what needs to be done”.

Check out the below high definition gameplay video. It is about 3 minutes long…………………………

Sony Online Entertainment is no stranger to layoffs. A bit of good news however that SOE has delayed laying off some of the additional 35 employees. Other prominent developers have already been let go and EverQuest II, Vanguard, and The Agency seem to be the hardest hit.

There is no official word yet on the layoffs or the delays. So really it is mainly bad news…………………….

We have written frequently about the multiplayer aspects of Halo Reach. This highly anticipated first person shooter game from Bungie is set to launch on September 14, 2010 on the Xbox 360.

The below video is a great overview of some of the best features including graphics, customization, assasinations, space ship combat, weapons, and more.

The video is about 2.5 minutes long. Check it out below…………………………………………………..

Last week hundreds of thousands of World of Warcraft fans were in an uproar over the Blizzard Entertainment decision to show the real names of players in the official Battle.net Forums. This is an attempt to clean up some of the flame wars and trolling in the forums and give more accountability.

The issue of anonymous posting, internet usage, and gaming has burst into the limelight with outrage all around. Now throw in concerns about privacy, identity theft concerns, and losing a job over a WoW rant years ago that contains your real name.

Read the initial post here.

A shit-storm of rage ensued with claims that this was the stupidest thing that Blizzard has ever done and goodbyes as thousands promised they would never again use the forums.

Check out the below high definition video discussing the issue. The video is about 16 minutes long. Check it out below……………………………………….

When we last wrote about Metaplace, it was closing forever on January 1, 2010 after laying off the entire staff.

This was a dismal end for the virtual world startup. Social Gaming company Playdom has announced that they have purchased Metaplace taking over Facebook games Island Life with 457,000 monthly users and My Vineyard with 822,000 monthly users.

Playdom Chief Executive Officer John Pleasants said: “Playdom is very excited to add the Metaplace game design group to its growing family of game studios”.

Playdom has recently been on a buying spree purchasing Social Games Studio Acclaim Games, Hive 7…………………………..

The below is a video demo of some multiplayer gameplay from the Star Wars The Old Republic massively multiplayer online role playing game. The video is courtesy of Bioware at E3.

The video is about 3.5 minutes long. Check it out below……………………………………………….

We have written before about the NASA MMORPG. Now that NASA will stop actual missions to space it is giving the chance for virtual explorers to do so. The NASA massively multiplayer online role playing game known as Moonbase Alpha is set to launch on July 6, 2010 on the Steam network. This is really the first part to a larger MMORPG: Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond. This larger game is not yet in development.

The game was developed by NASA Learning Technologies and Virtual Heroes which created the free America’s Army MMORPG for the United States Department of Defense. The game uses the Unreal Engine 3 and runs on Windows PC. It is set in the year 2032 and focuses on the daily life of a lunar astronaut. It features single or team play, VOIP chat, and realistic NASA scenarios.

Check out the below high definition trailer. The video is about 1 minute long…………………………..