Could it be happening because the Electronic Entertainment Expo just isn’t the event it used to be? Whatever the case, video game makers are reaching out to other venues to promote their products including the New York Comic Con where the presence of video games will increase by 50 percent from last year (2008). Game-related exhibits are going to eat up 11,000 square feet of space at the event February 6-8, 2009.

Comic Con organizers announced the growth in game industry space is the biggest of…

Champions Online is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the Champions role-playing game that was first published back in 1981. It’s being developed by Cryptic Studios, a company you’re probably familiar with thanks to its work on City of Heroes, another superhero-themed MMORPG.

Although the full game isn’t expected to be released until Spring 2009 (for PC and Xbox 360), Cryptic Studios confirmed via press release that a closed beta for the PC version will be taking place…