Halloween is approaching soon, boys and ghouls. Got any plans? I’m sure many of you will take the kids trick-or-treating, or even trick-or-treat yourselves. Good luck in finding that one house that gives full-size candy bars! But before you get in costume and bug your neighbors for sweets, you may want to check out the festivities in your favorite MMORPGs. Several games will once again bask in the Halloween spirit, with special themed quests, items, and costumes for players.

Unlike the bundled deals, these single games will only be on sale for 24 hours. Most of the games are action oriented, but they’ve been discounted up to 75%. For all you Mac owners out there, the only games that are Mac compatible are Hearts of Iron and City of Heroes: Architect Edition. On the other hand, both of these games are eligible for SteamPlay.

Cryptic Studios was in a party mood on Friday night (August 29, 2008) of PAX, hosting a big shindig at Seattle’s Public Library. Since Cryptic was celebrating the soon-to-be released Champions Online, there were superheroes present.

I learned a lot about the Champions Online game. At first I was wondering how it was different from City of Heroes, a game also designed by Cryptic. I discovered that Champions Online does some things that City does not…

Monday (April 28, 2008) marked the 4-year anniversary of Cryptic Studios and NC Soft’s City of Heroes set in the fictional city of, Paragon City. To celebrate the success of City of Heroes, NC Soft is releasing a new game calendar. The calendar can be downloaded from the City of Heroes web site and will feature each of the 12 issues that have been released since the game’s launch back in 2004. Players will also be treated to a series of new maps, a new mission creator and other yet-to-be-named goodies…

As we reported back in January 2008, P2 Entertainment, formerly Perpetual Entertainment, announced that it was no longer working on the its ever MMO centered on the Star Trek universe. For reasons not originally stated, P2 Entertainment had been pulled off of the development of Star Trek Online and all of its license material and game’s content (which did not include the code) had all been transferred over to a then unnamed Bay Area development studio.

Today (March 15, 2008), rumors have surfaced that the unnamed developer is Cryptic Studios, makers of City of Heroes/Villains and the upcoming Champions Online, will be taking over production of Star Trek Online…