| Sierra closes 21 Game Servers | |
| Posted: 08.10.2008 10:35 by Jamie |  Comments: 8 |
 Sierra announced today that it will be closing 21 game servers on 1st November. This is probably due to the Activision Blizzard merger, although we cannot confirm this as Sierra haven't given a reason for shutting down these servers. | |
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| Funcom talks about the success of Warhammer Online | |
| Posted: 07.10.2008 12:39 by Jamie | Comments: 2 |
 Strategy Informer had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360. We wanted to know how Funcom felt about the release of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, as its been hailed as the fastest-selling new MMO of all time. Jorgen Tharaldsen told us that he's happy for EA as the MMO genre needs success stories besides WoW. | |
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| New Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Screenshots | |
| Posted: 07.10.2008 11:15 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 Codemasters has sent Strategy Informer five fresh screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria. You can see all our screenshots here. | |
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| Funcom: Xbox 360 Age of Conan won't release for another year, isn't our key priority right now | |
| Posted: 07.10.2008 05:03 by Jamie | Comments: 2 |
 Strategy Informer recently had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360. Funcom has been quiet about the Xbox 360 version of Age of Conan, so we asked Jorgen Tharaldsen how development for this version is coming along, and he told us that the Xbox 360 version is not the companies key priority as there are a massive amount of PC gamers already playing the game. | |
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| New Venetica Screenshots | |
| Posted: 02.10.2008 04:24 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 The Venetica image gallery has been updated with 31 new screenshots. | |
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| Community Booster Competition Volume 2 UPDATED | |
| Posted: 01.10.2008 07:22 by Kres | Comments: 13 |
 We've prepared another competition for Strategy Informer members! Codemasters were kind enough to provide some cool prizes to pack it with. The prizes that we have are: Xbox 360 Faceplate, Statue, Keychain and a T-Shirt. They're all themed with the upcoming multi-platform RPG game, Rise of the Argonauts. | |
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| New Dragon Age Screenshots | |
| Posted: 24.09.2008 03:56 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 The Dragon Age image gallery has been updated with 14 new screenshots. | |
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| Zombie Siege: Call of Duty 4 Survival | |
| Posted: 19.09.2008 12:23 by Kres | Comments: 26 |
 Strategy Informer has a Call of Duty 4 game server running with Before the Dawn mod installed on it. Those of you that have played this mod will know what it is about, and for those of you that haven't, well lucky you, you will get to experience it for the first time. | |
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| Age of Conan Producer and Game Director resigns from Funcom | |
| Posted: 17.09.2008 03:20 by Jamie | Comments: 5 |
 Producer and Game Director for Age of Conan, Gaute Godager, has chosen to resign from Funcom after working on Age of Conan since the initial conception, and he leaves the company after 16 years. Godager was one of the original founders of Funcom, and leaves a large legacy, having contributed to making Funcom the largest MMO company in Europe. | |
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| Iron Tower working on HP Lovecraft inspired Turn-based RPG | |
| Posted: 12.09.2008 02:52 by Jamie | Comments: 16 |
 Iron Tower announced last night that it's currently working on a second project, a turn-based RPG that is currently in pre-production and has been named Cyclopian, inspired by, and to a large extent based on, the stories and mythos of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, which takes place in 1923 Western Massachusetts. | |
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